The Dra\u0161ler\/Karlov\u010dec\/Dra\u0161ler trio is a project by three improvisers active also in the wider Slovenian underground improvisational, jazz, rock, noise and experimental music scene. The trio combines the elements of free improvisation and free jazz while developing its own musical expression during numerous life performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the words of Luka Zagori\u010dnik (a Radio Student journalist):
\u201cWith yesterday’s Karlov\u010dec-Dra\u0161ler Trio concert at the Bizzarnica pri Mari\u010di club, Slovenian jazz has finally developed a complete image with this meticulously structured, lyrically rich, improvisational bursting and energetic expression of free jazz\u2026\u201d
\u201cThis concert was of one the strongest Slovenian free jazz performances and one of the best gigs lately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About their performance at the international Cerkno Jazz festival, I\u010do Vidmar (journalist for Dnevnik) has written:
\u201eIf I remember correctly, this is the first Slovenian, to put it roughly, free jazz lineup that had a confident and down to earth performance at the renowned international Slovenian jazz festival. I would not dare to imagine anything similar twenty or thirty years ago in spite of creations by certain talented and provocative individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marko Karlov\u010dec (saxophone, no-input mixer, guitars) focuses on discovering free jazz heritage, contemporary improvisation, noise, post-black-doom-drone-metal and avant-garde music. He contributes regularly to the Slovenian improvisational, alternative and underground scene. His projects include a duo with a violin player Ana Kravanja (album release: \u201cVra\u0161\u010danje\/Ingrowth\u201d) and a trio with Jo\u0161t and Vid Dra\u0161ler (upright bass and drums). He often performs as a solo artist and on various ad hoc occasions. Following the DIY principle, his records (among those his four solo albums) are released within his own record label \u201cBotanic records\u201d. He has played in concerts and festivals in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic with various artists such as Toma\u017e Grom, Seijiro Murayama, Irena Toma\u017ein, N’toko, Sabir Mateen, Okkyung Lee, Virginia Genta, David Vanzan, Lawrence Williams, Artur Majevski, Ana Kravanja, Andrej Fon, Jo\u0161t and Vid Dra\u0161ler, Ne\u017ea Nagli\u010d, Samo Kutin, Jaka Berger, duo Mimesys, the Italian-Slovenian No Borders Orchestra etc. He participated at the international EarZoom sonic arts festival, the international Sound Disobedience improvisation festival, Brda Contemporary Music Festival and at the Neforma music\/dance improvisation series held by Sploh Institute at the \u0160panski Borci cultural center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A part from musicology, Jo\u0161t Dra\u0161ler has also studied upright bass in Klagenfurt conservatory of music with Prof. Uli Langhthaler. He is currently working as a bass guitar teacher at B.A.S.E. Music School in Ljubljana and plays in several groups of various genres (jazz, free improvisation, free jazz, popular music, rock, fusion, flamenco etc.). He performed and recorded with artists such as Evan Parker, Salvatore Maior, Johannes Bauer, Herb Robertson, Sabir Mateen, Javier Girotto, Daniele Dagaro, Alexander Balanescu, Martin Kuchen, Giovanni Maier, Eduardo Raon, Massimo de Mattia, Bruno Ceselli, Petr Zelenka, Rodrigo Parejo, Mary \u0160erifovi\u0107, Goce Dimovski and others. As from 2010, he has focused on contemporary music which can is reflected in his live efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drummer Vid Dra\u0161ler has finished a four-year musical training at Zlatko Kau\u010di\u010d, a world-renowned Slovenian drummer. He plays in several diverse projects. His musical interests are wide: from rock and jazz to improvisation. Lately he has been also participating in some notable theater shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jo\u0161t Dra\u0161ler \u2013 upright bass
Marko Karlov\u010dec \u2013 saxophone
Vid Dra\u0161ler \u2013 drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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