Generation Anything Franziska Loos

• 1 Rush 07:10
• 2 Sad Excuse 02:03
• 3 Wondering 03:52
• 4 This Time 04:26
• 5 In the End 06:05
• 6 Generation Anything 08:49
• 7 Introducing 01:59
• 8 Insecure High Achiever 04:24
• Total Runtime 38:48

Info for Generation Anything

German singer Franziska Loos presents an impressive debut with "Generation Anything", her first album as a leader. Generation Anything", which will be released on 16.9.2022 on the German label Mons Records, is a collection of seven original songs, five of them composed by Loos herself. The arrangements were co-written by Franziska and saxophonist Vincent Dombrowski. Loos is accompanied on the album by an eight-piece band consisting of a rhythm section with bass, drums and vibraphone as well as a five-piece wind section with two saxophones, two trumpets and trombone.

Stylistically, the album is firmly rooted in the tradition of modern jazz, but channels influences from many genres in a highly creative way, merging them into something original. From a lyrical point of view, there is no doubt that the material on the album contains strong social commentary, but unlike many albums that claim this space, Franziska leaves no unanswered questions in the delivery of her thoughts. The lyrics are dark, poetic, cutting, poignant, direct and yet the message is in no way negative. Regarding the compositions, Franziska explains: "I know that the lyrics are a bit on the 12. I mean, if you look at most standard repertoire, it's about love, birds, flowers and Ladida, but that's not what I wanted to sing about, I sang about that enough in college. I want to talk about things that are relevant today, I know that's not everyone's cup of tea, but that's me."

Franziska Loos, vocals
Vincent Dombrowski, saxophone
Christopher Olesch, vibraphone
Calvin Lennig, bass
Lukas Schwegmann, drums
Ruven Weithoener, trumpet
Jens Buschenlange, trumpet
Ken Dombrowski, trombone
Yannick Glettenberg, clarinet, saxophone

Franziska Loos
Gesellschaftskritisch, direkt, mitreißend.

Inspiriert durch Jazz Größen wie DeeDee Bridgewater und Dianne Reeves komponiert Franziska Loos Stücke, die die Zuhörenden mit einer Direktheit treffen, der man sich nur schwer entziehen kann. Im Fokus stehen die Geschichten, die Suche, die menschlichen Abgründe vor allem aber die Hoffnung – aufzeigend, ohne aufdringlich zu sein.

Umgesetzt von der „…unverwechselbaren Stimme von Franziska Loos …“. Drei Oktaven Umfang und ein Kaleidoskop an Stimmungen, die sie darstellen kann – die pure Lebenslust kann sie am besten.“ Kölner Rundschau 10/16

Die „deutschlandweit einzigartige Besetzung“ (NWZ 03/19) mit Vibraphon und Bläsersection ermöglicht allen Musikern in wechselnden Konstellationen viel Raum für Improvisation. Mal groovelastig, mal sphärisch oder aber völlig modern geräuschhaft.

Egal welche Richtung die Musik einschlägt, bei Franziska Loos ist seat-dancing garantiert.

This album contains no booklet.