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Partikel's String Theory Quartet perform "Midnight Mass" live at London's Bull's Head Jazz Club as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015.

Duncan Eagles - Saxophone
Max Luthert - Double Bass
Eric Ford - Drums and Percussion
Benet McLean - Violin

http://www.partikel.co.uk

Big thanks to 7 Star Arts http://www.7stararts.com and to the Bull's Head www.geronimo-inns.co.uk/london-the-bulls-head

Video and audio by http://danredding.co.uk/pro-videography/

"Inventive contrapuntally - rich arrangements, this excellent experiment represents a perfect marriage of two seemingly disparate entities, resulting in an album of richly mellifluous sonority" All About Jazz ☆☆☆☆☆

"One of the most successful attempts I've heard at fully integrating a string quartet into a jazz ensemble....like a miniature Loose Tubes with strings. Jazz Journal ☆☆☆☆☆

"Turbulent avant-riffage, lush, cinematic sophistication... an ambitious project, convincingly realised" JazzWise ☆☆☆☆

"A triumphant third album" MOJO ☆☆☆☆

"The always stimulating Partikel meets this string section on equal terms. Eagles's tone on his various horns achieves an impressive blend of colours and dynamics. His compositions and arrangements, embracing sinuous, sinewy elegance, spiky funk and languid ballads, repay close attention. It's another intriguing step in the evolution of this talented outfit." BBC Music Magazine ☆☆☆☆

"Original and at times deeply poignant, this is a big step forward by a group intent on walking down a road less traveled" Kevin LeGendre, Echo Magazine ☆☆☆☆

"Definitely the best Partikel album to date... containing plenty of depth, sinewy improvising, and good ideas" Marlbank ☆☆☆☆

"In balancing Partikel's familiar free jazzy energy with a compositional coherence that draws the textures of the string players and the trio into striking and often unexpectedly seductive accords.... String Theory is an intriguing insight into the depths of their resources" John Fordham - The Guardian