Gutshaus Zarchlin - The somewhat different house music

We are particularly pleased to be able to present these exceptional pioneers of composition and improvisation in our small, exclusive setting in an intimate atmosphere!

Our guest on November 15th is the Julia Kadel Trio

Julia Kadel - piano, composition, vocals
Athina Kontou - double bass
Devin Gray - drums

Kadel shines on the piano with virtuosity ranging from finely nuanced to powerfully expansive, leaving conventional jazz idioms behind her. The themes of the pieces range from moods of isolation in times of a pandemic, closeness and distance in general and separation in particular, to the band's own fragility: "When I show myself vulnerable, it goes hand in hand with feelings of insecurity, fear and uncertainty. And yet this is precisely where there is strength, good potential and hope for more stability and connection to oneself and therefore also to others. I would like to see even more spaces where people can show themselves to be vulnerable." The common thread of the album is therefore the simultaneity of weakness and strength that lies in Powerful Vulnerability. The new Julia Kadel Trio thus presents a concept album with a broader socially relevant perspective than that of pure musical sound research and aesthetics. It formulates an approach for a deeper, more honest exchange with one another.
The trio's new record was recorded at the legendary Hansa Studio in Berlin

In 2019, Julia Kadel recently wrote a piece of contemporary German jazz history. After two album releases on the famous American label Blue Note under the umbrella of Universal, Kadel recorded the trio's latest work Kaskaden at the historic MPS studio in Villingen, where celebrities such as Oscar Peterson and Friedrich Gulda recorded. The production was the first to take place there after the temporary end of the MPS label in 1982.