Since its foundation in 2015 the Berlin-based trio Sawt Out has shaped and refined its profile as a prominent improvisational unit. After focusing entirely on their unusual acoustic instrumentation over the course of six years, consisting of trumpet and two sets of percussion, they invented an electro-acoustic version of the group as their second musical leg. Whether acoustic or electronic, these three gentlemen create bewildering sound worlds rich in detail and of tight musical interaction.
Sawt Out is:
Burkhard Beins (percussion)
Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet)
Michael Vorfeld (percussion)
Sawt Out Plugged is:
Burkhard Beins (analog synths, samples, walkie talkies)
Mazen Kerbaj (crackle synth, trumpet, toys, radio)
Michael Vorfeld (light bulbs, electric switching devices)
Sawt Out, CD on Herbal Records, Malaysia 2019
Sawt Out and Tony Elieh: Machine Learning, CD on Bocian, Poland
Sawt Out: Black Current, LP on Al Maslakh, Lebanon - forthcoming in 2023
Sawt Out should be listened to the same way as satellite photos from a distant planet are observed.
Ken Waxman, Jazzword
It will certainly be enjoyed by listeners with a taste for active, visceral improv.
Brian Olewnick, Just Outside
The dynamic range of the music works very well on these pieces. This is another intense release, certainly no easy listening.
Frans DeWaard, Vital Weekly
Musik zur Zeit. Punktum.
Rigobert Dittmann, Bad Alchemy
The dynamic excursions are so unpredictable and rich in sonic data that joining the rational mayhem becomes a convenient solution to defy disorientation.
Massimo Ricci, The Squid’s Ear