Wollny pursues unpredictability at the Linenhall

FROM tender ballads to wild rollercoaster rides, the ideas come thick and fast, each almost tripping over the last, as Michael Wollny pursues his trademark for unpredictability.

In similar vein to his late ACT stablemate Esbjörn Svensson, Wollny melds jazz, rock, pop and classical music with thrilling invention as he brings excursions into Alban Berg, Edgard Varése, the Twin Peaks soundtrack and The Flaming Lips alongside original compositions penned by the trio in their lauded releases Weltentraum (2014) and Klangspuren (2016).

The current line-up features his long-time collaborator and fellow composer Eric Schaefer on drums, while double bass player Christian Weber was recently singled out by The Wire as being 'one of the most interesting players on the European electro-acoustic improv scene'.

As The Guardian put it, together they are 'an incandescent tour-de-force'. Catch them locally in the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, this evening (Monday, October 23). You won't be disappointed.