Karl Ritter's KOMBOjaner

An irrepressible creative state of unrest has not left the “guitar expert” and sound ritualist Karl Ritter, an artistically incorruptible fixture of the music scene in this country for decades. Ritter's sound cosmos is a constantly operating experimental laboratory for which he always wants to provide the best conditions with outstanding musicians/stylists.

Profound narrativity, non-conformist unwillingness to compromise, genre-bridging extroversion, as simple as it is complex, are fundamental messengers that reflect the creative breadth of the unique stylist Karl Ritter. Ur-musical, always engaging and cheerful, creating an atmosphere of searching. In the wake of old cronies from the Kurt Ostbahn Kombo days, excluding neo-KOMBOjaner Prozorov, Ritter has recently set about developing an original band sound with his usual “holistic objectivity”. That's what counts first. Musicians of the first rank are there to help and advise. A world-class jazz drummer, in the person of Herbert Pirker, Erich Buchebner on bass, Philipp Nykrin on keyboard instruments and the exceptional saxophonist Andrej Prozorov, who is only inclined towards the soprano saxophone. Karl Ritter's first-class round table. What characterizes them all is their unreserved musical openness, which will bring to life an exciting blend of rock, jazz and blues ciphers. According to our own patterns – alienated or ironically refracted. Basically nimbly bundled in rock-affinous surrounds. The canon of works is purely instrumental. Bubbling becomes casual gameplay, additive interaction, creaking riff monsters, fat hooklines, stringently surging rhythm patterns and saxophonic “fly overs”. Conception and idea with a high spontaneity factor: Karl Ritter. And that means nothing less than sincere integrity, directness and passion. (Hannes Schweiger)

Program and cast

Karl Ritter: guitar
Erich Buchebner: bass
Herbert Pirker: drums
Andrej Prozorov: soprano saxophone
Philipp Nykrin: keyboards