Name the Color Max Santner, Mankai

• 1 Name The Color 01:40
• 2 In Everything 05:44
• 3 Proc / Hean 05:36
• 4 Oikos 03:56
• 5 Tillmon 07:51
• 6 For the Sky 04:05
• 7 Blind the Eye 05:32
• Total Runtime 34:24

Info for Name the Color

MANKAI is a new band project by the Berlin-based drummer and composer Max Santner. The collective consists of Dora Osterloh (vocals), Silvan Schmid (trumpet), Simon Jermyn (bass) and Max Santner (drums and composition).

On the new album NAME THE COLOR, spontaneity, creativity and musical interaction merge into an independent band sound. Compactly composed structures, open sound textures, repetitively played melodic patterns and interlocking - overlapping rhythms form the framework for collective improvisation. The focus is always on listening to each other and trying to develop new sound worlds in the process of joint experimentation.

The album title is derived from the Zen saying NAME THE COLOR, BLIND THE EYE. It describes a tendency in our society to concentrate on individual aspects in a complex world and lose sight of larger contexts. To categorize things and look at them separately. As a counterpoint to this, the compositions on the album are inspired by the idea of ​​understanding music as a holistic, connecting element. An attempt to realize oneself creatively and to be as creative as possible, free from pigeonholes and genres.

Dora Osterloh, vocals
Silvan Schmid, trumpet
Simon Jermyn, bass
Max Santner, drums

Max Santner
born in Salzburg in 1991, is a Berlin based drummer, improviser and composer. Current projects and collaborations are Keao, Mankai, Beatdenker’s Sinularia, Magnetic Ghost Orchestra, Été Large, Holler My Dear, KIM Collective.

He is performing all over Europe and at Festivals like Jazz Fest Berlin, XJAZZ Festival, Überjazz Festival, Moers Festival, Jazzwerkstattfestival Bern, Südtirol Jazzfestival, Leipziger Jazztage, Jazz Kollektiv Nights, Jazz And The City Festival, Mama Jazz Festival Vilnius, BeJazz TransNational.

Max Santner studied Drums at the Jazz Institute Berlin from 2010-2014 with John Hollenbeck. In that context he had also lessons with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Greg Cohen. He is a founding member of KIM Collective, which organizes a Festival for improvised music in Berlin once a year. Furthermore KIM is doing art across concerts, performances and installations.

In 2008 he received the Austrian Jazz Award Joe Zawinul Price and in 2016 he got the Austrian Scholarship BKA Austria for Art and Culture. In 2018 he won the BeJazz TransNational Price with his band HUM.

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