2003/06/12
It's dark in the club, the stage is immersed in colorful light. “Embryo” play what they describe as 'ethno-jazz rock', in other words world music. The mature musicians know their craft:
Chris Karrer extracts oriental sounds from his oud, a Turkish short-necked lute; Christian Burchard is a virtuoso on the vibraphone, drums and organ. Lothar Stahl impresses on the marimba, while Jürgen Bräutigam underscores the diverse soundscape with writhing basses. Mik Quantius sits huddled together on the Filmore stage and produces almost extraterrestrial sounds with distorted mouth acrobatics. The band members come from Munich, Cologne, Rockenhausen and even have a guest musician from Mali with them, who creates an intricate rhythmic framework on his djembe. The special thing about it: the art lies in improvisation. What seems perfectly crafted is actually the result of a spontaneous mood.
The musicians give each other space for solos, constantly seeking and finding each other again, creating a melancholic, dreamy, wonderfully passionate atmosphere as if in a trance. Time completely loses its significance: the focus is on making music in the here and now, you can literally feel the music and feel like you're in another world. A more than successful start to the tour and it seems as if the visits to the Filmore were worthwhile again.
Andreas Erb, Die Rheinpfalz, 2003/06/14
Source: embryo.de, 2003