The debut from Sarter Kit brings saxophonist Tara Sarter to audiences through What I Am and What I’m Not in a minimalistic yet deeply moving fashion. Through an experimental jazz approach, Sarter presents her music, placing silence with the same strength as musical notes. This musical composition design produces an open mental environment which lets listeners experience every musical note to its complete emotional extent.
Sarter is joined by two seasoned musicians and essential figures of the New York/Berlin scene, Elias Stemeseder on piano/keys and Lukas Akintaya on drums.
Throughout the album, the trio enables a seemingly unadorned musical expression that makes melodies drift through space until they decide to stop playing. Every pause throughout the album contains the same deliberate quality as the music notes since artistic ornamentation stays absent. Each musical piece gradually expands, developing its profound dimensions using minimal notes instead of elaborated sound channels.
Opening with ‘Time Got Relative’, the intricate polyrhythms and hypnotic grooves marry perfectly with joyous sax notes and piano and synth that add layers of tension and release. The trio’s interplay is simple yet profound, with every note and silence carrying weight. ‘Schillernde Schillerlinge’ is an offbeat jazz piece. It starts with a bristling and tense vibe, then eases into smoother, longer notes and flowing rhythms.
What I Am and What I’m Not will resonate both personally with jazz lovers and universally among modern music lovers through their humanistic themes and shared life experiences. The slow tempo and considered musical arrangements within the tracks develop an introspective environment, leading listeners into deep thought. Sarter Kit presents an immediate statement through this emotive and minimalist that defies traditional boundaries in this debut album.
We’re excited that Tara took the time to create a fantastic playlist for Twistedsoul, offering us a glimpse into her musical headspace.
Some of it are songs I used to listen while the time we recorded the album , some I truly find interesting sound wise. Very happy to share some lekka sounds with you!
