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"Two
instruments are enough to fill a room with warmth and to finally
heat it up with sparkling grooves." Bert Noglik, Leipziger Volkszeitung
"Oli
Bott and Thomas Wallisch find the resources to seemingly effortless
play their audience into a comfortable dizziness. A dizziness so
good that one perceived a loud 'Yeah!' at times from the public
- and that was justified." Mainzeitung
"...melodical,
rhythmical, original and exciting." Die Brücke
"Thanks
to sensible and economical used technique the duo achieves voluminous
sound. Scat-like singing of Oli Bott started grooving independently
and guitarist Thomas Wallisch was able to add his frame guitar sounding
either purely acoustic or Santana-like with one or two rhythm-guitars
below. Exciting and intelligent music which caused enthusiastic
applause."
Augsburger Allgemeine
"'Unknown
beauty' is the name of their recent production and the title is
pure truth. Counterpoints which, however abstract, always fit together,
exact timing, chambermusic-like intimate dialog, music to relax
- even if it at some times attacks with high-speed lines. Thomas
Wallisch and Oli Bott compose all of their music. There is nothing
ambiguous in their compositions, they bring every topic to the point.
And that is beautiful." Burghauser Anzeiger
"An
atmospheric duo-music between the worlds of Pop and Jazz." Jazzthing
"Their
music describes sad and thoughtful as well as happy and playful
contents. Despite of those extremes one locates the overall picture
in the field of pure jazz music. 'Unknown Beauty' asks for an attend
public, which likes to be carried away into the world of intimate
personal communication. All respect for so much concerted action."
Jazzpodium
"The
duo appeared in front of crowded rows of seats and conjured with
guitar and vibraphone sonorous grounds and diabolic riffs, meditative
melodies and stirred emotional outbreaks out of two loudspeakers
not bigger then your portable radio! What is that for a kind of
music? Chamber jazz, groove, noble-pop, cross-over-world-music?
In any case their compositions are rich of intelligence and compository
mastery always combined with an unrestrained thrilling lust of making
music and pleasure in the common work which one could read in their
concentrated but relaxed faces." Traunreuter Anzeiger
"Intimate,
forceful and simply beautiful duo pieces far from egocentric self-presentation."
Crescendo
"Oli
Bott and Thomas Wallisch proof with their production 'Unknown Beauty'
that it is possible to create a hard groove with supposingly soft
instruments." Musicoutlook
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