Last Decade
Benjamin Lackner, Mathias Eick, Jérôme Regard, Manu Katché
Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Where Do We Go From Here
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
3:57 | |||
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Circular Confidence
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
6:23 | |||
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Camino Cielo
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
5:15 | |||
1.4
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Hung Up On That Ghost
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
5:55 | |||
1.5
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Last Decade
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
5:52 | |||
1.6
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Remember This
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
2:44 | |||
1.7
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Open Minds Lost
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
4:18 | |||
1.8
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Émile
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
2:18 | |||
1.9
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My People
Benjamin Lackner; Mathias Eick; Jérôme Regard; Manu Katché |
4:50 | |||
Digital Booklet
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Benjamin Lackner’s label debut, Last Decade, is a concentrated investigation into patient quartet interplay, as the pianist leads an exceptional cast of instrumentalists with a keen sense of restraint. There’s a striking lyrical quality to Benjamin’s compositions, opening up many possibilities for his colleagues – trumpeter Mathis Eick, drummer Manu Katché and bassist Jérôme Regard – to inject the music with their own character. Subtle grooves and flowing solos emerge between the four of them.
The great chemistry between Lackner and Regard can be traced back to 2006, when Regard first joined Lackner’s trio. Various incarnations of the trio produced six albums between 2004 and 2019 – Regard appears on half of them. Now having to expand his compositional framework from trio to quartet, Lackner recognizes new opportunities and finds freedom in having a melodic partner on horn.
“We decided early on that this would be an acoustic record, which made it easier for me to focus on a direction and allowed me to rediscover the piano more intimately. I worked on finding grooves that allowed me to conceptualize melodies in a more open way. With a horn player in the band, I had to come up with different harmony parts on piano than what I’m used to, and think of the trumpet as the leading voice, which is new territory for me, too, since I tend to play mostly in solo or trio settings. It was an inspiring change to write with Mathias in mind because his phrasing fits perfectly to the way I hear melodic material.”
- Benjamin Lackner
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.36 -2.61 to -0.47 | -23.62 -26.93 to -20.22 | -20.53 -24.10 to -17.20 | 15 13 to 17 | |
1 | Where Do We Go From Here | -2.45 | -25.18 | -21.9 | 15 |
2 | Circular Confidence | -0.49 | -21.72 | -18.5 | 13 |
3 | Camino Cielo | -2.05 | -23.31 | -20.3 | 14 |
4 | Hung Up On That Ghost | -0.79 | -22.20 | -19.6 | 15 |
5 | Last Decade | -2.61 | -24.42 | -21.6 | 13 |
6 | Remember This | -1.81 | -25.58 | -22.4 | 16 |
7 | Open Minds Lost | -0.47 | -20.22 | -17.2 | 14 |
8 | Émile | -1.02 | -26.93 | -24.1 | 17 |
9 | My People | -0.51 | -22.98 | -19.2 | 14 |