Biography
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Years Active
2008 – present (17 years)
*Winners of the Umbria Jazz Balkanic Windows competition 2009 and MIDEM OFF Showcase 2012 (Cannes, France)
"This is just simply quite stunning." / Mike Chadwick - SoulandJazz.com
Discography:
2010 HORIZON / Ninety and Nine Records; Magnatune; Constantinus
2013 DRIFTERS / Neuklang
2014 SIMILARITY / Ninety and Nine Records (Recorded and produced by Jim Barr from Get the Blessing & Portishead)
2017 INNATE
2020 HEARTBEAT
2020 557799
2024 QUINDECENNIAL Live
Important performances: Midem – Cannes, Jazz Café London, Umbria Balkanic Windows, Dubai
International Jazz Fest, Nishville Jazz Fest, Vicenza Jazz Fest, DOKfest Munich, Hong Kong Jazz
Fest, Belgrade Jazz fest, Jazzy Colours Paris, Jarasum Jazz Fest, Preveza Jazz Fest, Alarma Punk
Jazz Sofia, Kozlov Club Moscow, Panic Jazz Club Marostica, JZ Club Shanghai…
Eyot has shared stage with: Lee Konitz, Jacob Karlzon Trio, Get The Blessing,
Curtis Fuller, Richard Galliano, Kekko Fornarelli, Anders Bergcrantz Quartet, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Daniel Kramer…
"This is a band that could crush the American market place if given the opportunity yet with the
powers that be still operating with both feet planted firmly in 1968 the road will be long and the
fight will be hard. The cultural cold war in improvisational music could easily be over with super
groups such as Eyot taking the stage."
BRENT BLACK @ http://www.criticaljazz.com/
“It's every serious group's desire to craft an identifiable, and as far as possible, a unique sound
whereby just a few notes leave little doubt about who's playing. Serbian quartet Eyot achieved that
with its splendid debut, Horizon (Ninety and Nine Records,2011), where minimalism and power
went hand-in-hand in an intoxicating mix of jazz, art-rock, classical and Balkan folk melodies.
Drifters largely follows the same blueprint, though there is perhaps greater density in the group's
sound (…) It doesn't take too great a leap of imagination to see the power of Eyot in concert. That
fact Eyot has played jazz, punk and rock festivals, as well as in Cultural Centers, says something
about the special chemistry of the diverse musical elements that makes Drifters such a
rewardingexperience and a fine follow-up to its debut. A band to watch out for.”
IAN PATERSON @ http://www.allaboutjazz.com
"Eyot's music has a flow, a forward motion, that suggests the band is constantly attempting to
extend its musical horizon. It's a feeling that was already present on Eyot's debut release, called
Horizon (Ninety And Nine Records, 2011), but the fuller sound to be found on Similarity
accentuates it and gives it added urgency. These are exciting times for Eyot."
BRUCE LINDSAY @ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/
"The 'Similarity' artwork is inspired by an album of delicacy, the music talks of airiness and gentle
persuasion. It straddles the genres of Jazz, traditional Balkan musical and electronic earthiness that
gives the listener the space to breathe and dream."
ALBAN LOW @ http://artofjazz.blogspot.com/
Videos, LIVE and studio > http://www.eyotmusic.net/video
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