The Default by Clemens Kuratle
Intakt CD 433
Following the internationally acclaimed debut album Lumumba, Intakt Records will release the second CD The Default by Ydivide in 2025. Many important drummers are great band leaders. With their overview, sense of rhythm and form, they provide guidance for the band. During his many years of artistic activity as a drummer in various formations, Clemens Kuratle has developed an individual language as a composer and drummer. He is considered one of the most original drummers of the younger generation, and one of his greatest achievements is the initiation of and continuous work with the band Ydivide, a British-Irish-Swiss collaboration. This quintet brings together the young British jazz scene with saxophonist Dee Byrne and Elliot Galvin on piano, the Irish guitarist Chris Guilfoyle and the outstanding Swiss bassist Lukas Traxel and mastermind Clemens Kuratle. Clemens Kuratle and Ydivide have extraordinary musical and technical skills and have developed their very own musical language over the years. Ydivide has something to say: the music is driven by the urgent questions and conflicts that this generation, and the next, have to face. The compositions from the pen of Kuratle reflect political and social issues.
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Tracklist
| 1. | The Default | 6:43 |
| 2. | Hamster's Wheel | 6:27 |
| 3. | Deine Wärme | 6:30 |
| 4. | Wilco Too | 1:27 |
| 5. | For E.S. | 5:14 |
| 6. | Highway | 7:16 |
| 7. | Roy Wood Jr. | 5:48 |
Credits
Dee Byrne: Alto Saxophone
Elliot Galvin: Piano
Chris Guilfoyle: Guitar
Lukas Traxel: Bass
Clemens Kuratle: Composition, Drums
All compositions by Clemens Kuratle. Recorded on January 20–21, 2024 at Loft, Köln, Germany by Christian Heck. Mixed on March 26, 2024 in London by Alex Bonney. Mastered on October 27, 2024 at Control Room, Berlin by Martin Ruch. Cover art and graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Liner notes: Christoph Wagner. Photo: Quentin Yorke. Produced by Clemens Kuratle and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records, P. O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland. www.intaktrec.ch
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Born in 1991 in Bern, Switzerland, Clemens started playing the drums at the early age of 6. He established himself as one of switzerlands most in-demand young drummers, always complementing the music with his unique voice on the drums.
His quintet Murmullo was nominated for the ZKB-Jazzpreis, switzerlands most prestigious jazz award, in 2019.