A real stroke of luck – a virtuosic mixture of Jazz, Musica Brasileira, Zydeco, Electronic and “”Folklore Imaginaire””

How did they come together and why this unusual cast?
Kalnein explains: ”On one hand, after several years of intensive work with JBBG – Jazz Bigband Graz, I got excited by the idea of playing again in a chamber music setting. I wanted to have more room for my own ideas on stage. On the other hand, I knew that with an unusual cast I would have a usable outline for a Band sound.”

He also achieved great success with KAHIBA: he brought Christian Bakanic onboard the Band, an accordion player and one of the most interesting young talents on the Austrian scene. The fact, that during the production Bakanic also turned out to be an outstanding pianist was just a stroke of luck. ”I have already known, as a consequence of his work with the young Austrian band ”Beefolk” that Christian was a virtuosic accordion player. I got astonished when Christian, at our first rehearsal started to play the grand piano”, laughs Kalnein. ”So when he offered to play the percussion, regretfully, I had to decline, because I have already had the sound of Gregor Hilbe in mind. I have known Gregor for ages; and it was also clear to me, from our recent joint Album with JBBG ”Electric Poetry & Lo-Fi Cookies”, what I wanted to achieve with him!”.

You can hear the results of months of composition and sample work: KAHIBA succeeds with ”Global Dialects”, a convincing balancing act between emotional approachability of musical virtuosity and composer”s sophistication.

Track Listing

• Horizonte
• Bailando
• Dernière Route
• Fellini
• Rejoycing
• Cushion
• Prism
• Early Morning Tea
• Lazy

Additional Details

Label: INTUITION

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 56:43 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/12/25

UPC: 750447342927