Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 3 |
Dec / 2017 | • | Jazzclub | Nürnberg/De | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | TBC | Leipzig/De | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | Jazzfestival | Guimares/Pt | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Chorus | Chorus, Lausanne, CH | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | Novosibirsk,RU | ||||
Oct / 2017 | • | Philharmoni Hall | Novosibirsk,RU | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Jazzclub | Lübeck/DE | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Jazzclub | Chur/CH | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Jazzclub | Weiden/De | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Kulturscheune | Kleines/De | |||
Sep / 2017 | • | Offbeat Jazzfestival | Basel / CH | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Jazz Flash | Niigata | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Rakuya | Naka-Meguro/Jp | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Candy | Image/Jp | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Airegin | Yokohama/Jp | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Nardis | Kashiwa/Jp | |||
May / 2017 | • | Vejer/Esp | ||||
May / 2017 | • | Bimhuis | Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL | |||
May / 2017 | • | Bogui | Madrid | |||
May / 2017 | • | Pizza Express | London | |||
May / 2017 | • | Duc des Lombards | Paris | |||
May / 2017 | • | Porgy en Bess | Terneuzen/Nl | |||
May / 2017 | • | Colchester Theatre | V Bar Colchester, Colchester, GB | |||
Apr / 2017 | • | TBC | Cheltenham | |||
Apr / 2017 | • | Jazzclub | Wakefield Jazz Club, Wakefield, GB | |||
Apr / 2017 | • | Cultuurcentrum | Maasmechelen/Be | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Jazz od Nowa Festival | Torun | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | TBC | Warschau/PL | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Ysteriet Kro org Scene | Misvaer/NO | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Varanger Festivalen | Vadso/No | |||
Feb / 2017 | • | Jazzclub | Tromsö/No | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Prague Jazzfestival | Prag | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Prague Jazzfestival | Prag | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Piano Werkstatt | Berlin | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Atelier Musicale | Milano/It | |||
Jan / 2017 | • | Jazz Kollektiv | Basel/CH | |||
Dec / 2016 | • | Moods Jazzclub | Zürich/CH | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Paradox | Paradox Tilburg, Tilburg, NL | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Paradox | Paradox Tilburg, Tilburg, NL | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Cultural Centre | Letterkenny/UK | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Jazzmeile Thüringen | Jena/D | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | London jazzfestival | London/UK | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Birdland | Neuburg/D | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Jazzfestival | Sevilla/Esp | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Jazzfestival | Sevilla/Esp | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Isebähnli | Baden/CH | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Jazzfestival | Konstanz/D | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | 12on14 Jazzclub | 12on14 Jazz Club, Warsaw, PL | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Jazzfestival | Bydgoszcz/PL | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Jazzclub | Walbrzych/PL | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Philharmonie | Katovice/PL | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | JZ Jazzfestival | Shanghai/China | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Oct-Loft Jazzfestival | Shenzhen/China | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Fringe Theatre | Hong Kong/China | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Klangbasel | Basel/CH | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Jazzclub | Frankfurt/D | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Limerick Jazzsociety | Limerick/Ireland | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Jazz at Demspeys | Dempsey/UK | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Jazzfestival | St. Ives/ UK | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Gig | Winterthur/CH | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Jazzfestival | Cleethorpes/ UK | |||
May / 2016 | • | TBA | Sheffield/ UK | |||
May / 2016 | • | Seven Jazz | Leeds/Uk | |||
May / 2016 | • | TBA | Newcastle/UK | |||
May / 2016 | • | Jazzfrühling | Kempten/DE | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | The Lighthouse | Poole/UK | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | TBA | Cambridge/ UK | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Jazzclub | Wenigerode/ D | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Jazzclub | Erfurt/ D | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Percussion Festival | Ukmerge/ Litauen | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Precussion Festival | Ukmerge/Litauen | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | TBA | Vilnius | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | The Vortex | London | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Crescent Arts Centre | Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, GB | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Izmir Jazzfestival | Izmir/ Türkei | |||
Feb / 2016 | • | Jazzclub Frankfurt | Frankfurt/ D | |||
Feb / 2016 | • | Depot K | Freiburg/ D | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Prague Jazzfestival | Prague | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Prague Jazzfestival | Prague | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | TBA | Walbrzych/ PL | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Piec Art Jazz Club | Krakow/ PL | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Piec Art Jazz Club | Krakow/ PL | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | TBA | Bauen/ Uri/ CH | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | TBA | Sarajevo | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | Latvijas Radio | Riga/ Latvia | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | Jimmy Glass | Valencia/ Esp | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | Atelier Blum | Langenthal/ CH | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Sunside | Sunset-Sunside, Paris, FR | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Opus Jazzclub | Budapest/ Hu | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Birds Eye Jazzclub | Basel /CH | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Jazzfestival | Sibiu | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | City Jazz Club | Kaliningrad/Ru | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Philharmonic Hall | Novosibirsk/Ru | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | MC Stekolny | Klein | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | DOM | Moscow | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Festa Hall | Nizhnyi Novgorod/ Ru | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Jazzclub | Villingen/ De | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Jazzclub | Erfurt/ De | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Jazz Live CVJM | Lübeck/ De | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | B-Flat | b-Flat, Berlin, DE | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Nisville Jazzfestival | Nis/ Serbia | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Montreux Jazzfestival | Montreux /CH | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Philharmonic Hall | Omsk/ RU | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Philharmonic Hall | Tyumen/ RU | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Esse Jazzclub | Moscow/ RU | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | Usabda Jazzfestival | Voronezh/ RU | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Glasgow Jazzfestival | Glasgow/ UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | Stichting Jazz | Groningen/ NL | |||
May / 2015 | • | Scheldejazz Festival | Terneuzen/ NL | |||
May / 2015 | • | Jazzlines | Birmingham/UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | Vortex | London/ UK | |||
May / 2015 | • | Porgy and Bess | Wien/ OE | |||
May / 2015 | • | Band on the wall | Band on the Wall, Manchester, GB | |||
May / 2015 | • | Jazzfestival (TBC) | Konin/ PL | |||
May / 2015 | • | Jazzclub | Frankfurt/ DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Capstone Theatre | Capstone Theatre, Liverpool, GB | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Schmazz | Newcastle/ UK | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Jazzclub (TBC) | Scarborough/ UK | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Jazzclub | St. Ives/ UK | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Jazz Kongress | Freiburg/ DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Künstlerwerkstatt | Pfaffenhofen/ DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Unterfahrt (TBC) | München/ DE | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Jazz Celebrations | Gorzow/ PL | |||
Mar / 2015 | • | Jazz im Sägewerk | Bad Hofgastein/OE | |||
Mar / 2015 | • | Jazzclub | Olten/CH | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | Music Village | Brussels/ BE | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | New Year Celebrations | Tbilisi/ GEORGIA | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | Stichting Jazz | Arnhem/ NL | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | Casino | Luzern/ CH | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | Jazzclub | Chur/ CH | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | Alte Kirche | Boswil/ CH | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | St. Georges | St George's Bristol, Bristol, GB | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | Paradox Club | Tilburg/ NL | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Green Town of Jazz Festival | Zielona Gora/ PL | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Stadtbücherei | Stadtbücherei Frankfurt, Frankfurt, DE | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Steinwayhaus | Frankfurt/ DE | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Jazzclub | Gent/ BE | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Basel/ CH | ||||
Nov / 2014 | • | Jazzclub | Miltach/ DE | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Prague Jazz Festival | Prague/ CZ | |||
Oct / 2014 | • | Palm Jazz | Gliwice/ PL | |||
Oct / 2014 | • | Blue Note | Poznan/ PL | |||
Oct / 2014 | • | Sopot Jazzfestival | Sopot/ PL | |||
Oct / 2014 | • | Klub Parnik | Ostrava/ CZ |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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UNIT Records | |||
The Chamber Music Effect | Album | 2016 | |
Jazz Talks, feat. Dave Liebman | Album | 2014 | |
VOTE for VEIN | Album | 2013 | |
LEMURIA, feat. Dave Liebman | Album | 2012 | |
VEIN plays Porgy and Bess | Album | 2011 |
Indie | |||
The Studio Concert, feat. Greg Osby | Album | 2016 | |
VEIN meets Glenn Ferris | Album | 2010 | |
VEIN- On Stage | Album | 2009 | |
Standards-No Standards | Album | 2007 |
META Records | |||
Outstage | Album | 2008 | |
VEIN | Album | 2006 |
And yet, even with the most subtle, most distinguished form of interplay there is always one in the trio who plays the part of the primus inter pares – the pianist, of course (usually and by definition leader of the group).
That's exactly where pianist Michael Arbenz, drummer Florian Arbenz and bassist Thomas Lähns come up with their own idea of musical interplay. In fact, what they aim to achieve with their music - their understanding of music - is nothing less than the greatest possible balance of their three voices - starting with the way they work out their own compositions and arrangements, and going right through to the soloistic parts, fully assigned to all three of them.
The result is a stupendous musical togetherness, packed with surprising melodic, rhythmic and dynamic turns, played with highest precision even in the most complex, distorted and twisted passages of their compositions, arrangements and solos.
Deutsch:
Dass sich im Jazz die Klaviertrios im Normalfall einem idealtypischen Interplay verschreiben, ist ja schon längst eine Selbstverständlichkeit. (Wenn auch eine durchaus immer wieder erwähnens- und lobenswerte.)
Und doch: Selbst beim differenziertesten Pianotrio-Interplay fällt einem der drei Musiker unwillkürlich die Rolle des primus inter pares zu – dem Pianisten natürlich, in der Regel der Leader der Gruppe und im Spiel denn auch solistisch am meisten zu hören.
Und exakt hier setzen Michael und Florian Arbenz und Thomas Lähns mit ihrem Trio VEIN an:
Was sie mit ihrer Musik - ihrem Musikverständnis - anstreben, ist nichts Geringeres als die grösstmögliche Gleichwertigkeit der Stimmen, angelegt bereits in ihren bestechenden Eigenkompositionen, in ihren überraschenden Interpretationen und Arrangements fremder Stücke wie auch in den solistischen Parts, in denen alle drei Protagonisten sozusagen zu ihrem Recht kommen.
Das Resultat: Ein stupendes musikalisches Miteinander voller unerwarteter melodischer, rhythmischer und dynamischer Wendungen, von höchster Präzision selbst in den vertracktesten Passagen.
Press:
Nice Work, get it! Sensationell kreatives Klaviertrio!
- Rolling Stone
Selten habe ich in letzter Zeit Jazzmusiker der jüngeren Generation so leidenschaftlich und vorwärtspreschend spielen hören!... höchste Empfehlungsstufe!
- Wolfgang Giese, Rocktimes
Unless you have another CD by Vein, I reckon you're unlikely to have anything else in your collection that's quite like this...It grooves, it's rubato, it's subtle, it's fun, it's ruminative, it’s exultant; above all, it's constantly surprising. It's a treat.
- London - Jazz News 4. 2014
Tradition is always in view and that's precisely why it is soothingly hypermodern and zeitgeisty. The improvisational finesse of all participants meets magnificently attuned interplay, snotty anarchy and high precision.
- Christian Köpf, Donaukurier, 21. April 2015