k3 anti-cast… probably just an over-reaction to certain TV casting shows honest, open, down-and-dirty, absolutely unpredictable… About k3… Herbert Könighofer (sax, flutes) Robert Kainar (drums, perc., electronics) Klaus Kircher (double-bass, e-bass, guit.) K3 have been referred to as the enfants terribles of the Austrian Jazz scene. With their fusion of acoustically and electronically generated beats and sounds, the three unconventional artists walk on a tightrope between pop and free jazz. Their genre-busting style oscillates between dub, trance, noise and drum and base and the three musicians boldly defy conventions and create a space for artistic freedom. In doing so, they play Jazz in its original meaning: crossing borders, pushing boundaries… far out! - keeping aloof from clichés and mainstream, leaving the beaten track of academic, inane high-speed Jazz. Improvisation, spontaneity and humour are the main ingredients of the soup...