Akosh S.

Since his recordings begun to circulate through the later 1990s, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Akosh S has progressed into among Eastern and Central Europe’s most accomplished creative improvising artists. Although in Hungarian his name is certainly spelled Ákos (pronounced Akosh), he shouldn’t be confused using the pop vocalist Ákos Kovacs, who’s appropriately billed as Ákos. Szelevényi’s decision to recognize himself as Akosh S was probably born of the need to differentiate himself through the other Ákos. Delivered Szelevényi Akos in Debrecen, Hungary on Feb 19, 1966, he relocated to Paris at age 20. His initial three albums had been released in the French Barclay label in 1998. Omeko, that was documented reside in 1996 while his Device opened up for French rockers Noir Désir, constitutes his first appearance on a recognised label. The quartet noticed on this documenting shaped the nucleus of Akosh’s preliminary ensemble. Cardinal people had been violinist Joe Doherty, dual bassist Bernard Malandain, and percussionist Philippe Foch. For the next album, Imafa, the machine became a quintet by adding Bob Coke Volcsanszky, who managed sarod, jug, kalimba, conch, and percussion. For Elettér, that was documented in Paris over three times in mid-September 1998, Akosh S. constructed ten music artists, adding clarinetist Alexandre Authelain, three-string violist Péter Éri, lutist Tadeusz Paczula, and second bassist Robert Benko aswell as tabla and djembe drummers Pape Dieye and Bertrand Cantat. Servings of Elettér also feature Paczula and Volcsanszky strumming tambura. Like its head, who is detailed as handling several dozen types of sound-generating gadgets, the Akosh S. Device is certainly ruggedly multi-instrumental to a qualification that illustrates the long lasting global influence from the Artwork Outfit of Chicago and various other groupings that grew from the Association for the Advancement of Innovative Musicians through the ’60s and ‘70s. Furthermore to his major brace of saxophones and clarinets, Akosh S will probably cross over towards the Turkish woodwind referred to as the tarogato; the twice reed bombard or shawm; the gardon or percussive cello; the kaval or end-blown flute, as well as the African thumb piano or kalimba. At Limoges in 2000, an eight-piece Akosh S Device documented Kebelen, the to begin many albums released from the French label Common Music. Nap Mint Nap was documented in 2004, with the machine scaled right down to five people including alto saxophonist Quentin Rollet, bassist Christian Brazier, drummer Gildas Etevenard and a hurdy-gurdy participant called Andras Vigh. Also in 2004, Akosh S. arrived with a single recording entitled Aki. Since 2005 he offers documented with contrabassists Joëlle Leándre and Denis Charolles, aswell as visible and performance designer eRikm. Erem, a duo documenting with Etevenard, premiered in 2011. Akosh S’ touring itinerary through the first a part of 2012 discovered him carrying out throughout France and Japan. He embodies probably the most encouraging aspects of contemporary innovative improvised music since it is constantly on the propagate across the world.