First-time gatherings can produce stellar improvised music, but there's a particular joy in the comfort of playing with friends -- not because it gets "comfortable*", but because a common bond lets the group move as one. Saxophonist and flutist Biggi Vinkeloe has assembled that kind of crew with Au Quotidian. A resident of Sweden, Vinkeloe visits the Bay Area frequently and has built a rapport with the top-flight musicians here. With Donald Robinson on drums, Teddy Rankin-Parker on cello, and Joe Lasqo on piano and laptop, Au Quotidian mixes the confidence of the familiar with the excitement of the unknown, the musicians keying off one another's invisible cues to create a fluid, elegant machine.


Biggi Vinkeloe - alto sax, flute, field recordings/samples
Joe Lasqo - laptop, piano, field recordings/samples
Teddy Rankin-Parker - cello
Donald Robinson - drums



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"The different patterns and motives they play, are strongly intertwined and together, and sometimes seem to depart from a composed base or appointments. But all may also result spontaneously from a good chemistry between the participators. Anyway structure is what they are focused at. Resulting in 12 carefully constructed and striking improvisations. A lovely one!" - Vital Weekly