“Existential Intensities” comes across as a global credo that dissolves the dualities of male and female, archaic and modern, and sensory and transcendental at a higher level. Schunke reveals himself as an inspired mediator. As diverse as the 11 pieces on the recording may initially seem, they are subtly linked by shared piano motifs that pop up again and again in widely differing contexts as parts of a universally true gospel. “Existential Intensities” thus becomes a new testament to sound and the physical and spiritual release that it is capable of inducing.” (Josef Engels, die Welt, jazz thing)

Cast:
Sebastian Schunke – piano, compositions
featuring:
Los Munequitos de Matanzas
Grupo Ojundegara
Berlin Brew with Nick Dunston, Robby Geerken, Philipp Gropper and Moritz Baumgärtner
Trio femmes with Laure Mourot, Yodfat Miron, Isabelle Klemmt

Producer: Sebastian Schunke/Detlef Engelhard
Label: Connector Records 2023