The music of «MATS-UP» combines both the broad sonic landscape of a chamber ensemble with the vitality and interaction of a jazz combo. Thanks to their longstanding interplay and intense performances in over 200 live concerts, the members of this group have developed an extraordinary unity - as well as the ability to react on each other with rare speed and sensibility.

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«The Nature Of The Blues» combines archaic and contemporary material in a unique way. Starting point for all the compositions is the natural scale, which we know from the worlds oldest musical traditions such as overtone singing or the alpine horn. In a long process during which the musicians learned their instruments from scratch, the group created a new musical language. It’s not by accident that they meet the deepest roots of this music called «jazz»: 

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Rhythm and groove as an expression of collective energy, the blues as an expression of individual emotion.