This two-horns-no-chords quartet was established by drummer Matt Jacobson in 2007 as a creative outlet for his compositions as well as his somewhat perverse fascination with anagrams. While he failed to find such avid fellow followers of wordplays, he did find and enlist the help of creative and rhythmic specialists Derek Whyte (bass) and Nick Roth (alto sax), with trombonist Colm O’Hara arriving a little later.
Their debut album features all original compositions from Jacobson (“one of Ireland’s most exciting young talents” – the Irish Times) with influences including artists such as Charles Mingus, Steve Coleman, Deerhoof and Phil Ivey. The formula for putting all this together in one palindromical setting is downtown grooves with catchy melodies and collective improvs.
After a stop-start two years while Matt was studying for his MA in Music Performance in Lucerne, Switzerland, followed by a 6-week journey to South India to study the region’s traditional Carnatic music, ReDiviDeR have no hit the ground running. Recent performance highlights include supporting Chris Potter’s Underground (“…easily the most compelling saxaphonist of his generation” – Detroit Press) at the Galway Jazz Festival 2010, representing Ireland at the 12 Points! Festival 2011 (“…a fine, fly set with a solid sense of style and direction” – Laurence Mackin, The Irish Times) and playing to a packed auditorium at the Cork Jazz Festival 2011, where they were awarded the accolade of “Best Young Irish Band”.
Reviews
RedivideR – Never odd or eveN ****
by Cormac Larkin
Drummer Matt Jacobson’s “chordless” quartet features some of the most intrepid young players on the Dublin scene, including saxophonist Nick Roth, trombonist Colm O’Hara and bassist Derek Whyte, scions all of that nest of musical subversives in Newpark Music Centre. Recorded live (some of it at this year’s 12 POINTS! festival, where RedivideR represented Ireland), the group play with an energy and focus that renders even the most fractured passages coherent. The leader’s penchant for palindromes extends to the compositions, which twist themselves inside-out, veering from frenetic group anarchy to quiet ruminations that disintegrate and reintegrate before your very ears. They rarely sound like compositions in the traditional sense, and the melodies can be hard to discern, but what they do provide is rugged soundscapes for the group to explore, and with open minds and considerable technical aplomb, the group do just that.
ReDiviDeR /
Never Odd or Even
2011
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This two-horns-no-chords quartet was established by drummer Matt Jacobson in 2007 as a creative outlet for his compositions as well as his somewhat perverse fascination with anagrams. While he failed to find such avid fellow followers of wordplays, he did find and enlist the help of creative and rhythmic specialists Derek Whyte (bass) and Nick Roth (alto sax), with trombonist Colm O’Hara arriving a little later.Their debut album features all original compositions from Jacobson (“one of Ireland’s most exciting young talents” – the Irish Times) with influences including artists such as Charles Mingus, Steve Coleman, Deerhoof and Phil Ivey. The formula for putting all this together in one palindromical setting is downtown grooves with catchy melodies and collective improvs.
After a stop-start two years while Matt was studying for his MA in Music Performance in Lucerne, Switzerland, followed by a 6-week journey to South India to study the region’s traditional Carnatic music, ReDiviDeR have no hit the ground running. Recent performance highlights include supporting Chris Potter’s Underground (“…easily the most compelling saxaphonist of his generation” – Detroit Press) at the Galway Jazz Festival 2010, representing Ireland at the 12 Points! Festival 2011 (“…a fine, fly set with a solid sense of style and direction” – Laurence Mackin, The Irish Times) and playing to a packed auditorium at the Cork Jazz Festival 2011, where they were awarded the accolade of “Best Young Irish Band”.
Reviews
RedivideR – Never odd or eveN ****by Cormac Larkin
Drummer Matt Jacobson’s “chordless” quartet features some of the most intrepid young players on the Dublin scene, including saxophonist Nick Roth, trombonist Colm O’Hara and bassist Derek Whyte, scions all of that nest of musical subversives in Newpark Music Centre. Recorded live (some of it at this year’s 12 POINTS! festival, where RedivideR represented Ireland), the group play with an energy and focus that renders even the most fractured passages coherent. The leader’s penchant for palindromes extends to the compositions, which twist themselves inside-out, veering from frenetic group anarchy to quiet ruminations that disintegrate and reintegrate before your very ears. They rarely sound like compositions in the traditional sense, and the melodies can be hard to discern, but what they do provide is rugged soundscapes for the group to explore, and with open minds and considerable technical aplomb, the group do just that.
— The Ticket, Irish Times