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C.A.R. was founded in 2011 by Johannes Klingebiel and Kenn Hartwig in Cologne, Germany. Originally a quintett playing playing wild experimental jazz music with a pop approach, they eventually kicked the guitar and found their strength to be a subtly flowing melange of kraut-like arrangements infused with electronic and jazz sounds. Featuring drums, double bass, a wurlitzer stage piano, korg and oberheim synthezisers as well as an alto saxophone heaviliy altered by electronic effect devices, their tunes leave a lot of space for improvisation, but not in classical jazz way with one soloist dominating the music, but always as a delicate web of sound which has a potential to take their audience on an enticing trip.
Among the highlights of the band`s career were gigs at festivals such as at Fusion and L*abore.
The first album "Beyond The Zero" was released in 2014 by the Swiss label Unit Records and was well received by audiences and critics alike. As of now the follow-up EP "Interlude" is close to finished and will be released in Summer 2017, while a new album is going to be recorded in September.
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