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Reviews LOVE AVATAR / Peter Gall Quintet:
„A new milestone from my favorite jazz drummer Peter Gall. An album of great energetic, atmospheric and playful density. Ten songs, ten stories.“ Max Herre
„Perhaps we should briefly explain why the Peter Gall Quintet is currently one of the most interesting groups in Europe. (…) in which Afrobeat, Modern Jazz and EDM remain in the subtext and thus touch the subconscious. On this evening in the Unterfahrt, this doesn’t just work on stage, it spills over into the audience.“ Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Feuilleton
„The drummer’s second solo album has become a marvel of ‘new’ jazz. (…) [Peter Gall] and his first-class quintet weave a wide variety of jazz and non-jazz influences into an outrageously homogeneous album.“ MINT
“This is one intense record! (…) There are so many shades of color that Peter Gall prepares sonically, harmonically and rhythmically. An exciting, great whole (…) The album cover is just as spacey as the music” Concerto
„It’s not pure jazz, but it’s jazz at its most adventurous, its most daring. And that, in the end, is what makes „Love Avatar“ so damn special. In short, „Love Avatar“ is an album for those who like their jazz with a side of unpredictability, a dash of irony, and a lot of heart.“ Chain d.l.k.
„Each track is an experience that delves deep into the soul of modern jazz and delivers thrilling grooves.“ Münchner Merkur
„In ever new combinations within the quintet a very varied performance with an energetic melange.“ Oberbayerisches Volksblatt
Press Reviews PARADOX DREAMBOX / PETER GALL QUINTET:
„German percussionist Peter Gall’s debut is, quite simply, amazing. At times it sounds like a traditional jazz while at others it’s more of a cosmic, psychedelic exploration. (…) Is this album weird? Indeed. But it is a gorgeous liste easy to love? You bet.“ Treblezine, 10 best Jazzalbums 2018
„Many of today’s jazz drummers are somehow different – ideally like Peter Gall.“ Jazzthing
„Gall’s music proved to be a sophisticated conglomerate of different stylistic influences that were not content with simple song structures, but rather layered and discarded sounds, melodies and individual parts, interlocked and decoupled, concretised and relativised. (…) It was a jazz frenzy for advanced musicians.“ Neue Musikzeitung
„A kaleidoscope of modern jazz sounds, skilfully combined by Peter Gall“ Süddeutsche Zeitung
„Extraordinarily mature first album.“ Jazzthetik
„With ‘Paradox Dreambox’, Gall not only presents himself as an accomplished drummer. He also sets a musical marker whose fine blend of personal style with compositions rooted in rich listening experience is truly inspiring.“ Mannheimer Morgen
„It was an experience to listen to these sound stories and to be transported into the most diverse moods.“ Oberbayerisches Volksblatt
„Drummer Peter Gall, who has drummed his way to the forefront of young German jazz, has the recognisable ability to weld musical individuals together into an efficient formation (…) Gall’s compositions (…) are little musical chocolates that catch the ear and melt delicately on the tongue.“ Erlanger Nachrichten
„A big jazz concert.“ Die Rheinpfalz
„Cinematic ambience, electronic washes, and indie-rock flourishes actively coalesce with the contemplative chamber jazz reveries and edgy post-bop eruptions. But what all this talk of genres boils down to is that Paradox Dreambox is music for an imaginary film: catchy melodic hooks that hint at monumental scenes, rhythmic chatter that doubles for dialogue, and diverse expressionism, as if replicating a large cast of personalities.“ Best of Bandcamp, Best Jazz Releases October 2018
„What a tempo, what brilliance, what musicality: the quintet of drummer Peter Gall“ Roland Spiegel, Bayern 4 Klassik
„…Ten well-thought-out numbers full of supporting melodies. They intersect and unite, step forwards and backwards, intertwine transformed rhythms and form a wonderfully cohesive organism.“ Stereoplay
„Melodically and rhythmically colourful soundscapes full of sophisticated details.“ Fono Forum
An all-round successful recording full of power and beauty.“ Jazzpodium
„However, the recording is not only characterised by the musicians‘ somnambulistically confident interaction, which Gall condenses with his filigree, driving drumming and percussion playing. Like a commentary from another world, synthesiser pads are constantly spread out beneath the action, sometimes soft and lulling, sometimes menacingly pumping like from the soundtrack of „Stranger Things“.“ Rondo Musikmagazin