Multireedist Martin Küchen has been a prominent figure on scenes for experimental music and jazz for several decades. Apart from running his groove-based free jazz ensemble Angles, he’s frequently collaborating with musicians such as Keith Rowe, Martin Klapper, Steve Noble and Sophie Agnel (with the latter, he released a duo album in spring 2023). He’s also current with a jazzopera ro Angles plus strings and vocalist Elle-Kari Sander due to be released in spring 2024! His solo music is presented on several records, among them Utopia (2022), about which UK mag Freq wrote: "There is a solitude implicit in the minor tones as they drift, searching for something; but it is a desire to share, for you to be part of the evolution that is the album’s hidden strength. The sibilance of the reeds has a very human quality, and the soft reassurance is enough for the listener to let down defences and enter this abandoned souk, inhaling the odours and revelling in the sense of abandonment.”