Tracklist:

1. Timedrops  18:05

2. Sandclock  08:18

3. Light Year Away  14:42

4. Promardial Winds  09:49

 

Line-up:

Annette Giesriegl  - vocals, electronics
Jasna Jovićević  - alto and soprano saxophones, flute
Elisabeth Harnik - piano

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Recorded:

in Studio 6, Belgrade, on June 28, 2023

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About:

Anjali Trio was founded in 2022 by three established musicians from Austria and Serbia, who have since developed a distinctive trio sound based on their diverse musical backgrounds. Shortly after its founding, the trio released its debut album "CARDINAL POINTS" (digital release) and played concerts in Austria and Serbia. The second album, "TRIO ANJALI Live at Radio Belgrade," was released in 2025 on the Polish label Not Two. The group's modus operandi is collaborative and process-oriented. The trio's free improvisations develop from a shared state of readiness to open themselves to the present moment and to engage in the continuous process of negotiation during extemporization. The shared musical language of the three musicians lies in the tension between jazz, free jazz, new music, and free improvisation.

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Annette Giesriegl (MA in Art), a jazz and improvisational singer, is a vocal artist living in Graz, Austria. She studied jazz singing and teaches as a senior lecturer for jazz vocal subjects at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. Her affinity for improvisation and sound led her to several projects with experimental contexts in her early 20s. Her studies of various vocal cultures, such as Indian music, as well as other ethnic vocal techniques such as overtone singing, throat singing, and yodeling techniques, are part of her vocal repertoire. For over 30 years, Giesriegl has performed with various musicians and music projects all over the world, including in Europe, the USA, Australia, South America, and South Africa. www.annettegiesriegl.at

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Jasna Jovićević (PhD of Arts & Media, MA in Composition, BA in Jazz Saxophone) is a composer, performer, and artistic researcher with a focus on the phenomenology of improvised music. She has released six solo albums and a dozen as a sidewoman, participating in festivals, artist residencies, and artistic research projects in the USA, Canada, South Africa, and Europe. She has won international awards for her artistic work at Arts Link New York, UNESCO Aschberg, Ars Electronica's EU AI Lab, OMI Residency NY, Ella Fitzgerald Foundation, European Cultural Foundation, I-Portunus, Hungarian Jazz Association, and many others. As a yoga teacher and musician, she explores and experiments through the transdisciplinarity of neuroscience, ancient wisdom, social studies, and psychology, particularly with the Jasna Jovicevic Quinary Project. www.jasnajovicevic.com

 

Elisabeth Harnik (MA Art) lives in Gams (Styria) as a freelance pianist and composer. She studied classical piano, later studying composition with Beat Furrer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Her compositional activities have led to commissions and performances. As an improvisational musician, she has performed worldwide since the 1990s, both solo and in ensembles with prominent representatives of contemporary jazz and improvised music. She has a long-standing musical friendship with the Chicago free scene, among others, and is a sought-after partner with the French double bassist Joëlle Léandre. Numerous CD releases document both her compositional and pianistic work, and she has received numerous grants and awards, most recently the 2024 Styrian Decoration of Honor for Science, Research, and the Arts. Harnik works in an electroacoustically inspired soundscape, using specific preparations and expanded playing techniques to explore the limits of the piano. www.elisabeth-harnik.at