A mad professor, an ugly princess and a terrorist attack are amongst the influences behind the Braskiri quartet's new CD The Couch Principle, released by BERTHOLD records in November 2019. "The best ideas come when you're not looking for them, when your mind is completely empty," says the quartet's pianist Dirk Balthaus. Braskiri recently played to packed and appreciative audiences in Oldenburg, Oberhausen and at the North Sea Jazz festival. There are plans to appear as Braskiri Plus, expanded with trombone and trumpet players, on the 14th April in MCO (Muziek Centrum van de Omroep). The event "Jazz in Twee" is organised by Sound Liason, founded by Peter Bjornild and sound engineer Frans de Rond, who will record the concert live. "It's nice to have something new to work on," says Lochs, "but it's not what I want for the band. We want to play as much as we can as the Braskiri quartet." That is excellent news, because the quartet sustains its technical brilliance and emotional warmth. As Matti Poelson in Musicframes so succinctly put it, Braskiri is for, "...connaisseurs who love well-groomed music with a raw edge!
