Time Was Now, by Marcus Klossek Electric Trio

Time Was Now

by Marcus Klossek Electric Trio

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Modern Music Dan Muscular and inventive, sitting right in that trademark Abercrombie sound, driven by some deft drumming. Nimble solos unfold with precision, questing lines and great harmonic colours. Favorite track: Let Me Know.

kenny308 The best album I got last year. Not what I listen to when driving the car but wonderful to chill out with at the end of the day. I am new to bandcamp and impressed, look forward to increasing my collection. Favorite track: August 30.

stephenkgodsall seriously imaginative trio arrangements! Favorite track: Big Town Dies.

Mzwakhe I hear the music ...that touches a soul . Thanks 🙏❤️ digging this.🔊⛏️

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1.	Like 4 Minutes Ago 03:23	buy track
2.	Up Close 04:23	buy track
3.	Let Me Know 03:52	buy track
4.	Big Town Dies 04:17	buy track
5.	Memory Lane 08:04	buy track
6.	Done 04:22	buy track
7.	One Of Us 02:38	buy track
8.	Unexpected Skies 04:59	buy track
9.	Black Year 05:10	buy track
10.	August 30 05:20	buy track

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PRESS HIGHLIGHTS:

"Killer Stuff!" Midwest Record

"Storyteller" Jazzthing

"Identity and Sound" Guitar&Bass

“Just Telecaster, drums and bass guitar but a complete sound world from Marcus Klossek, Derek Scherzer and Carsten Hein; thoughtful improvisation which ranges from hypnotic to fiery, often telepathic.” Jazz'Halo

“…in a dream-like interaction and always straight to the point, with precise timing and noticeable joy in playing, the trio shows its great musical experience.”
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There are a number of ways to tell stories: by word of mouth, declaimed and sung, as written words, carved in stone, finely drawn with quill and ink, thrown by artists on canvas in many colors. But what happens when a guitarist simply reaches for his instrument, keeps his lips closed, but moves the strings and, with one go, creates images in front of the mind’s eye that open all emotional pigeonholes and radiate in tones that one could hardly have imagined previously?

Marcus Klossek is such a musical “griot”, one belonging to those almost extinct tribal wise men who did not simply have to learn their craft. It was present in his genetic code from the start. However, the messages of the Berliner with the receding hairline are by no means from a nostalgia-transfigured past. Klossek uses the Fender Telecaster, the archetype of electric guitar, as a mouthpiece. In doing so, he follows a path taken by well-known musicians such as Jimmy Bryant, Ed Bickert, Bill Frisell, Mike Stern, Jim Campilongo and Jakob Bro. Jazz purists may turn up their noses at the electric touch of Fender Telecasters, but anyone who listens to Klossek and his Electric Trio with Derek Scherzer (drums) and Carsten Hein (bass) for just a few seconds immediately feels that a highly vital and lively improvisation heart beats in their midst.

Also on his new CD “Time Was Now”, the trio develops dynamic rhythms and enchanting melodies that unfold miraculously in front of the audience. Like chapters of a novel or verses of complex poetry, Marcus Klossek, as a guitarist and composer, manages with his pieces to let an intensely and plastically perceived structure of action evolve in the mind’s eye. As if sketched by hand, sound images of an amazing density and enormous versatility are created: powerful groovy like in “Up close”, sweet bluesy like in “Done”, swinging fast as lightning like “One Of Us”, wistfully melancholic like in “Let Me Know”, lyrically dreaming like in “August 30”, fiercely rocking like in “Black Year” or full of subtle tension like in “Unexpected Skies”.

With his eighth album, Marcus Klossek has succeeded in creating a masterpiece that will fire the enthusiasm not only of die-hard guitar aficionados. He strives single-mindedly forward without leaving his two congenial partners even one centimeter behind. Every note really sits exactly where it belongs on “Time Was Now”. Klossek, Scherzer and Hein transform their years of experience into a concise, coherent cycle of stories in which everything seems perfectly balanced: the curved lines, the well-dosed explosions and the dramaturgic concept. In this way, a collection of precise timing and noticeable joy of playing can unfold in front of the mind’s eye without any problems and without any moralizing undertones of purists, in which humorous country and surf quotes flow directly into the jazz heritage of Wes Montgomery or John Scofield. Such a matter of course can only arise from the deep conviction that stories without words captivate people everywhere. High addiction factor!

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released November 6, 2020

Marcus Klossek – electric guitars
Carsten Hein – electric bass
Derek Scherzer – drums

Produced by Marcus Klossek and Volker Dueck

Released by Double Moon / Challenge Records International

All compositions by Marcus Klossek

Recorded by Tito Knapp at Zentri.Fuge Studio, Berlin in November 2019

Mixed and mastered by Tito Knapp and Marcus Klossek,
at Zentri.Fuge Studio, Berlin, January 2020

Photos by David Beecroft

Cover Art by Marinel Sheu

Product coordination by Boudewijn Hagemans

Design by Juan Carlos Villarroel & Natasja Wallenburg

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Marcus Klossek Berlin, Germany

Guitarist Marcus Klossek – a master on the Fender Telecaster- has caused a stir over the last ten years, especially with his Electric Trio. For his new band Blink 6, he reinforced this trio with three of his favorite wind players from the Berlin Jazz-Scene, making this unique sextet his largest project to date.
"Storyteller" Jazzthing
"Killer Stuff!" Midwest Record ... more

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Blink 6

Sep 2023
Tales From The Edge

Oct 2022
Time Was Now

Nov 2020
Taken From The Skies

Aug 2018
Free Compilation

Feb 2024
Swirlin' Times

Sep 2015
Now&Again

Jun 2012
Unexpected Skies - Single

Oct 2020
As We Are

Jun 2001
2nd Chance

Dec 1996
Funkyland

May 2009

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Séances
by Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre

Strange, beautiful music! Sometimes I wonder which parts are written or improvised. Love it! Favorite track: Saint-Médard Marcus Klossek
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Searching For The Disappeared Hour
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The Jim Hall & Bill Evans album "Undercurrent" worked out great, so does this collaboration. Fascinating music! Marcus Klossek
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Conversation #1: Condensed
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Great band interplay between all 3 musicians! Listen to it, highly recommended! Favorite track: Vibing With Morton Marcus Klossek
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