Stefan Schönegg

*In process of stocking* "Cologne bassist and composer Stefan Schönegg seems drawn to sound without end, a vibrating mass that crawls like a glacier toward the infinite. He’s used the moniker Enso for five recordings now, and although each album has featured a shifting group of collaborators, his vision has persisted without distraction. Enso: Strings & Percussion, which was recorded following a performance with the same ensemble as part of Cologne Jazzweek in September of 2021, introduces a new constellation of players, and to my ears it masterfully reduces and concentrates the composer’s ideal to its purest, most elegant manifestation yet. Each sidelong piece is marked by a delicate flow of sound where various strains of friction undulate and glow, richly marbled slabs of resonance that fill the listening space with a meditative profundity." - Peter Margasak