PRiMi 20240917 - John Butcher and Ståle Liavik Solberg

After a first duo meeting at Café Oto in 2015 that resulted in their record «So beautiful, it starts to rain» (Clean Feed) Butcher and Solberg have been playing as a duo through several tours in Scandinavia and England. Using unconventional material for a sax/drums duo they tend to play sets that move forward in a relaxed way, although they are confrontational in the way they challenge each other.
Both musicians have highly developed extended techniques as a key element of their sound, but this duo stays true to the idea of free improvisation and also uses strong melodies and repetetive beats, taking different paths each time.
John Butcher - saxophone
Ståle Liavik Solberg - drums