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JEM3 Apices

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JEM3 is an improvising trio that brings together the wide-ranging talents of three unique musicians: drummer JT Lewis, guitarist/reed player Elliott Sharp, and guitarist Marco Cappelli. The JEM3 found its genesis in an improvised set at the behest of Cappelli. The results felt great to all and so more shows followed. They decided to book a session at GSI Studios and this debut album Apices is the result. In addition to their mastery of their instruments and innovative approaches, JEM3 operates from the strategy of spontaneous composition with structure and narrative arc of equal weight to instrumental inventiveness. JT Lewis, a member of the band Harriet Tubman, has performed or recorded with many artists including Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Sting, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, Elvis Costello, Whitney Houston, Debbie Harry, and more. Elliott Sharp is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who leads Terraplane and SysOrk and whose collaborators have included the Radiosinfonie Frankfurt, Cecil Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Christian Marclay, Bachir Attar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Debbie Harry. Marco Cappelli has performed or recorded with a diverse array of artists including Anthony Coleman, Michel Godard, Butch Morris, Franco Piersanti, Jim Pugliese, Enrico Rava, Marc Ribot, Adam Rudolph and Markus Stockhausen. Full tracklist: 1. Prolegomania 2. Freak Went See 3. Amaterasu 4. Hypnogogo 5. Not A Dream 6. Circularity 7. Pocket Rocket 8. Azhdarchids 9. Divitiae 10. Brumation 11. Path Of Totality 12. Tumuli 13. Sanshool 14. Makemake. Price: € 20,-/copy incl. worldwide shipping.

The trios restless, tight, and intense dynamics keep feeding it with more and more stimulating ideas. JEM3s inclusive sonic vision ranges from heavy or acoustic bluesy textures à la Sharps Terraplane, experimental timbral searches and percolating, funky pieces, and irreverent Eastern-like, snake-charming pieces. But all pieces blend these supposedly alien elements into an urgent, volatile mix, and each piece is packed with many inventive sonic surprises and sketches its own cryptic sound universe.
(Salt Peanuts, August 2025)

Erleuchtet von Amaterasu, breiten sie die Flügel wie Azhdarchids, tanzen sie den Hypnogogo, zünden sie die Pocket Rocket. Mit Divitiae foppen sie die Viri Divitiarum, die Habgierigen, mit Brumation versetzen sie einen in Kältestarre, aus Frequency wird bei ihnen Freak Went See. Und das alles mit virtuoser Fingerfertigkeit und ebenso verliebt in Soundeffekte wie in Krach.
(Bad Alchemy, September 2025)