PRIM

Musical transgressions, classical forms mixed with grooves which are more reminiscent of drum & bass and polymorphous rhythm concepts - PRIM have to share their name with numbers, prayer rituals or cities, but the Viennese trio, consisting of pianist Felix Biller, bassist Martin Melzer and drummer Christoph Karas, is musically unmistakable.
The trio experiments with sounds and schemes, stories are told with childlike joy, narratives are built up, sounds are sketched - and then broken up again. In doing so, they playfully move between tranquillity and intoxication, volatility and meditative minimalism, fast caffeine flashes and slow coffee indulgences.
Through concerts at home and abroad (e.g. Jazz Fest Wiesen, jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT Bremen, Lublin Jazz Festival, Mladi Ladi Jazz Prag) or tours through China and all of Europe, as well as features or reviews in media such as Ö1 (AT), Jazz FM (UK), Jazzpodium (DE), Český rozhlas Jazz (CZ) or Jazzit (IT) they have established themselves on the international stage. Founded by Biller, they have been performing together in their current line-up since the end of 2018. With their current album Garnet Tales (2020, Alessa Records), they are once again proving their willingness to experiment.

PRIM’s tracks

• Riverlude by PRIM
• Mind And The Wind Snippet by PRIM
• The Tale Of Spanky McCurly Snippet by PRIM
• The Town Of Undecided Snippet by PRIM