CD ‘Bite!’
Mark Lotz
19 tracks of underwater music: A Dutch View on Fish, performed by the serene sounds of Mark Lotz and his Lotz of Music ensemble, featuring the electrifying tones of the Brim Bram!
This album is dedicated to Jacques Piccard and in loving memory of our friend Lysander Lecoultre, who passed away on January 29, 2009, in Amsterdam, shortly after its release.
“Hooked!” (Fono & Stereo Welt (rated the maximum of five stars) Germany)
“Oh, how awesome is this… It’s fun, unpredictable, and loaded with unique sounds including prepared piano, PVC flute, and a rubber-band thingy they call a ‘brim-bram’… Very cool.” (KZSU, Zookeeper, USA)
“This is not your average disc. Surprisingly, for all of the oddness contained in the instrumentation, this doesnt sound all that strange. .. this is a unique blend!” (Cadence Magazine, USA)
Mark Alban Lotz (c-, alto-, bass-, pvc contra bass flutes, bansuri)
Lysander Le Coultre (cello)
Albert Van Veenendaal (prepared piano, samples)
Alan Gunga Purves (brim bram, percussion)
Sonic Squid Music
Catalogue number 2024.10
(Former LopLop Records 2009 release, Catalogue number Llr 028)
Produced by Mark Lotz
Artwork by Frauke Erichsen
Recorded 20-21 November 2008 at Fattoria Studio, Osnabrueck Germany
Mixed, mastered by Micha de Kanter
Fono & Stereo Welt, (rated the maximum of five stars) Germany
“Hooked!”
Mazzmusicas Belgium
“Lotz of Music created with Bite! another masterwork!.”
Jazzenzo, The Netherlands
“Again a memorable album in the rich and capricious oevre of Lotz.”
Volkskrant newspaper (rated the four stars) The Netherlands
“Atmospheric and enchanting.”
Jazzflits, The Netherlands
“Uncomparable unique sound world.”
Cultuur Podium, The Netherlands
“Is this still jazz? … no but greatly performed music where the joy of playing is blasting off.”
Mixed magazine & Teteretet, The Netherlands
“His (Lotz) most sparkling CD ever.”
Avant Music News, USA
“Mark Alban Lotz has a new CD out called “bite!” which really is worth many listens.”
Cadence Magazine, USA
“This is not your average disc. Surprisingly, for all of the oddness contained in the instrumentation, this doesnt sound all that strange. .. this is a unique blend!”
Monsieur Delire, Canada
“The music, 19 short tracks, is gorgeous: rather accessible, often surprising, endearing at times. Between jazz, modern chamber music, and musique actuelle.”
P.Merret, PBS, Australia
“A taste of the future of Jazz, finally a fresh new approach by the cream of the Dutch Jazz field.”
KZSU, Zookeeper, USA
“Oh, how awesome is this… It’s fun, unpredictable, and loaded with unique sounds including prepared piano, PVC flute, and a rubber-band thingy they call a ‘brim-bram’… Very cool.”
