Synesthetic4

Bands that collaborate over an extended period and regularly release music often face the question of whether to venture into new territory, delve deeper into familiar themes without repeating themselves, or simply deliberately repeat themselves.

Synesthetic4's last album, "Ahwowha" (2023), was compositionally clearly an uncompromising,
conceptual deepening of ideas that had already surfaced in their debut album Pickedem, with a strong focus on post-production. This gradual intensification of themes is clearly broken with Bread. Vincent Pongracz's compositions offer a breath of fresh air by distancing themselves from internalized structures and established concepts, placing complete trust in groove, feeling, and
simplicity of ideas without imposing conceptual constructs on them. With these new pieces, Pongracz takes the risk of sounding naive.

During the recording, emphasis was placed on making music together. The four musicians played
together in a room without click track or headphones.

Synesthetic4 – Milestones:
• Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik für das Album Pickedem (2019)
• Österreichischer Jazzpreis in der Kategorie „Best Live Act“ (2024)
• Nominierung für den Deutschen Jazzpreis (2025, mit dem Synesthetic Octet)
• Nominierung für den AMADEUS AUstrian Music Award (2026)

„…die große Entdeckung des Festivals…“ — Tom Gsteiger
“…less well known but more groundbreaking… pushed the boundary between rap and scat.” — Wif Stenger, JazzJournal (UK)

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