Werner Zangerle: tenor saxophone Villy Paraskevopoulos: piano Vinicius Cajado: double bass Mark Holub: drums Extempore was founded in 2021 at the initiative of pianist Villy Paraskevopoulos for the V:NM Festival in Graz. The debut took place as a trio, following the sudden and tragic passing of bassist Thomas Stempkowski shortly before the concert. Subsequent performances… Continue reading Extempore
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singer zangerle – Turm – live im Treibhaus
singer zangerle – Turm – live im Treibhaus (Listen Closely – 2025) This album was recorded live at the Treibhaus in Innsbruck. One of the stages is called “Turm”, which means “Tower”. All of the music was basically improvised freely. Although we sneaked in a few of our tunes whenever we liked. There was no… Continue reading singer zangerle – Turm – live im Treibhaus
Out now – singer zangerle – Turm – live im Treibhaus
Walter Singer and I have been playing as a duo for several years. Now we are releasing a live album that we recorded in 2024 at the Treibhaus in Innsbruck. The album will be presented on 13 October at 7 p.m. in the Strenge Kammer at Porgy & Bess in Vienna. The album is currently… Continue reading Out now – singer zangerle – Turm – live im Treibhaus
Out Now – Extempore – Dream of Frequencies
The Debut Album by Extempore – Dream of Frequencies was released in December Viennese Record Label Klanggalerie. The cover is by Ian Anderson/thedesignersrepublic. You can listen to it on Bandcamp. The Band was active under another name for awhile, Ad Libitum Quartet. After a few concerts we spent a day at Amann Studios and recorded… Continue reading Out Now – Extempore – Dream of Frequencies
Extempore – Dream of Frequencies
Extempore – Dream of Frequencies (Klanggalerie – 2025) Extempore was founded in 2021 at the initiative of pianist Villy Paraskevopoulos for the V:NM Festival in Graz. The quartet operates at the intersection of European improvised music and American free jazz, with a strong emphasis on free improvisation and the collective shaping of dynamic arcs. Personnel:Werner… Continue reading Extempore – Dream of Frequencies
Extended Isolation – Single: Beams and Dots
Extended Isolation – Beams and Dots (Listen Closely – 2025) Long tones are a practice every saxophone player does and I really love to do. They are the starting point for this track in which I again tried to capture a meditative mood. I’m layering beams and dots of sound. There is melody, there is… Continue reading Extended Isolation – Single: Beams and Dots
Out now – Beams and Dots by Extended Isolation
The second single of my Soloproject Extended Isolation is available on Bandcamp. It’s called Beams and Dots. Long tones are a practice every Saxophone Player does and I really love to do. They are the starting point for this track in which I again tried to capture a meditative mood. I’m layering beams and dots… Continue reading Out now – Beams and Dots by Extended Isolation
Extended Isolation – Single: Abstract Nature
Extended Isolation – Abstract Nature (Listen Closely – 2024) The debut single of my solo project Extended Isolation. A 13-minute meditation on nature and not-nature, inspired by nature photographs by Nigel Parry – born from a solo set at the Vienna City Gallery Walk. Alto saxophone on this one, with all recording, mixing and artwork… Continue reading Extended Isolation – Single: Abstract Nature
Extended Isolation
Werner Zangerle: saxophone, electronics Melody and noise, long tones and loops, meditative stillness and unsettling density. Extended Isolation moves through shifting sound worlds. The solo project started in the pandemic. Long hours alone in the rehearsal room, new experiments with effects. Since then, the project moves between purely acoustic saxophone and expanded playing with electronics.… Continue reading Extended Isolation
Out now – Debut Single Abstract Nature by Extended Isolation
I just released the Debut Single of my solo project, “Extended Isolation” on Bandcamp. It’s called Abstract Nature and is an 13-minute-long Meditation on Nature and Not-Nature. Recently I did a solo set at a viennese gallery looking at and being inspired by nature photographies by Nigel Parry This is the produced and more elaborate… Continue reading Out now – Debut Single Abstract Nature by Extended Isolation
Out now – Little Rosies Kindergarten – Du bleda Bua
Texts by Christine Nöstlinger, set to music by Little Rosies Kindergarten feat. Sarah Jung, published by Mandelbaum Verlag. Sound book with 1 CD and included download code In the poetry collection Iba die gaunz oamen Leit, the author Christine Nöstlinger, known as a children’s book author far beyond the borders of the German-speaking world, showed… Continue reading Out now – Little Rosies Kindergarten – Du bleda Bua
Little Rosies Kindergarten – Du bleda Bua
Little Rosie’s Kindergarten feat. Sarah Jung – Du bleda Bua (Mandelbaum Verlag – 2024) Poems by Christine Nöstlinger from the trilogy “Iba die gaunz oamen Leit”. The improvisation collective Little Rosie’s Kindergarten and actress Sarah Jung interpret poetry in Viennese dialect – moving social studies from the perspectives of children, men and women, as relevant… Continue reading Little Rosies Kindergarten – Du bleda Bua
