Lennart Heyndels Quartet: ‘Codex Au Soleil’ (albumrelease)

Music in layers

Lennart Heyndels is active in a broad playing field, from jazz and improvisation (Ben Sluijs Quartet, Kaja Draksler Octet) to playful pop (Hi Hawaii) and solo experiments with modular synths. His latest project 'Codex Au Soleil' delves into the late-medieval 'Ars subtilior', where pure melodies are joined by rhythmic crackling.

With Ars subtilior, experimentation was central. Whereas the melodies sounded very pure and without unnecessary ornamentation, the 'wildness' was in the approach to rhythm. This excellent quartet puts all those elements together and builds a fascinating new tower.