Luka Ignjatović – alto sax, flute
Kristijan Mlačak – tenor sax, soprano sax
Léo Guedy – baritone sax, bass clarinet
Olivier Laisney – trumpet
Milan Roksandić – horn
Sebastien Llado – trombone
Miloš Budimirov – tuba
Noé Clerc – accordion, accordina
Vladimir Nikolov − piano, rhodes, percussion
Mihail Ivanov – double bass
Srdjan Ivanović – drums
The Nikolov-Ivanovic Undectet is a large ensemble with an eclectic instrumentation. This eleven-piece band led by pianist and arranger Vladimir Nikolov and drummer Srdjan Ivanovic fuses tradition and out-of-the-box thinking to produce sophisticated Balkan influenced music that challenges the listener on an emotional and intellectual level. “Dystopia” is their third but it is also the first album in a new blasting line-up including top musicians from France, Serbia and Bulgaria.
PRESS
“a pan-European group of improvising musicians in 10 rhythmically complex, harmonically evocative compositions, all impeccably arranged. In these, they might reference Balkan tunes, rock, hip-hop, classical music or traditional jazz—without settling on any one thing.”
Downbeat (USA) Suzane Lorge
“subtle touches of color and texture in his charts reminiscent of Gil Evans and Maria Schneider. Like them, Nikolov is inspired by the stirring sonorities of French horn, tuba, and accordion. But he blends Balkan metrical and tonal elements into his mix, and they introduce their own exotic aura. The Undectet has a new album, their second, Frame and Curiosity. This project should claim a place among the most creative current large jazz ensembles in Europe.”
JazzTimes (USA) Thomas Conrad
“The Undectet combines delicacy with urgent Balkan energy… “ Stereophile (USA) Thomas Conrad