RAFAL MAZUR (Kraków) and KEIR NEURINGER (New York) met in October 1999 at a wild, late-night drummerless jam session in one of Kraków's cellar jazz clubs and have been collaborating ever since. They were instrumental in establishing Kraków's now thriving free improvisation scene and in connecting many musicians internationally. Mazur and Neuringer share an intuitive sense of form developed in real time and in tandem with each other, and produce an extraordinary range of sonorities in light of the limited physical sound sources they employ (acoustic bass guitar, occassionally bowed, and unamplified saxophone). In their years of playing together they have moved between and within extremes of energy and restraint, opening up for audiences what is essentially a long-running dialogue between two close friends expressed in musical terms.
Polish label NotTwo has just released their collection UNISON LINES. Also in 2010, Swiss net-label Insubordinations released their 2006 live recording IMPROWIZJE. In 2003 they self-produced the disc A LANGUAGE OLDER THAN WORDS.
"They find a perfect symbiosis of sound, jointly creating something that goes beyond the voice of the individual instruments. Really strong." -Free Jazz Blog
"...music that is holistic, gravitational, massive and which engages not only our aural apparatus but also our mind, soul, body." -Polish Jazz Saturator