SLUG DUO can be described as a combination of free improvisation, electroacoustic and experimental music. In May 2010 released two duet albums: OrganicStone (Vytvornia Om) , Fully Improvised sets from Falanster 2009 (Vytvornia Om).
Jakub Suchar - drums, percussion, moog synthesis, electronics (Delmark,Vytvornia Om)
Gerard Lebik - tenor sax, contra alto clarinet, generators, DIY, Pd electronics (Vytvornia Om, NotTwo Rec) In 2010 SLUG DUO has started to collaboration with Rob Mazurek (Delmark,Thrill Jockey Records, Mego) Kazuhisa Uchihashi (InnocentRecords, Psycho Records) and 2011 with EAI master Keith Rowe (Erstwile Records).
http://www.myspace.com/slugduo
The Art Of The Duo ( review by http://freejazz-stef.blogspot.com/2010/11/art-of-duo.html )
In the earliest days of mankind, next to more functional and formal language utterances, our distant ancestors did something special: they made music, creating melody over rhythm and sharing the experience together, creating, communicating and enjoying it, listening and interacting, possibly dancing too. Unlike any other art form, this is still magic today. There is nothing comparable to the completeness of that experience: pure, social, expressive, and lifting the individual high above himself or herself, becoming part of a communal experience, something spiritual, something bigger than life.This feeling of communion and spontaneous creation is the essence of free music. That's why I like horn-percussion duets because they embody this in its perfect form of freedom without becoming the chaos of too many voices conflicting, because it allows for more precise and attentive listening.
That's what I felt when I heard this Polish duo for the first time some weeks ago. The Slug Duo is Jakub Suchar on drums, percussion, moog synthesizer and elctronics, and Gerard Lebik on tenor sax, contra alto clarinet, generators, DIY, and electonics.Surprisingly enough, the duo released two albums this year on the same Polish label.
Slug Duo - Fully Improvised Sets From Falanster 2009 (Vytvornia OM, 2010) ****
Slug Duo - Organic Stone (Vytvornia OM, 2010) ***
Concert at the Centre For Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in 2010 is the beginning of cooperation Slug Duo with
Kasuhisa Uschihashi. In june 2011 musicians played and recorded on the Art of Improvisation festival. In Feb this year came to the next recording Slug Duo with Uschihashi and trumpeter Artur Majewski.
http://homepage.mac.com/innocentrecords/kazuhisa_uchihashi/HOME.html