Dock In Absolute

: HAS PLAYED

Tokyo Jazz Festival (JP), Yokohama Jazz Promenade (JP), Hong Kong International Jazz Festival (HK), Eurojazz Festival Mexico (MX), Edinburgh Jazz Festival (UK), Paris Jazz Festival à la cité (FR), Liverpool Jazz Festival (UK), Philharmonie Luxembourg (LU), Südtirol Jazz Festival (IT), Taichung Jazz Festival (TW), Jarasum Int'l Jazz Festival (TW), Sibiu Jazz Festival (RO), Ottawa Jazz Festival (CA), Jazzkaar Festival (EE), Shenzhen Fringe Festival (CN), Jazz May Penza Festival (RU), Aglan Jazz festival (CY), Polanco Jazz Festival (MX), Beishan Jazz Festival (CN), Jazz au Chellah Festival (MA), French May Festival (HK), Ploiesti Jazz Festival (RO), Stuttgart Jazzfest (DE), A to Jazz Festival Sofia (BG), Alfa Jazz Festival (UA), Brussels Jazz Marathon (BE), Jazzit Festival Torino (IT), Jazz Bez Festival (UA), Singapore Jazz In July (SG), International Palatia Jazz Festival (DE), Jazz Province Festival (RU), 9Gates Festival (CN), Festival d'Avignon AJMI (FR), Nango Jazz Festival (JP), So Jazz Festival (FR), VR Jazz Festival (RU), Amersfoort Jazz festival (NL), JGTC Festival (ID), D'Jazz Kabaret Festival (FR), Jazz Across Borders Festival (RU), B-Flat Berlin (DE), Unterfahrt (DE), Like A Jazz Machine Festival (LU), Luxembourg's Jazz Meeting (LU), Le Phénix Valenciennes (FR), Völklinger Hüttenjazz Festival (DE), Vortex London (UK), San Jose Jazz Festival (US), Babel Jazz Festival (HU), ...

: PRESS QUOTES

"Dock in Absolute: Drei vielversprechende Jungmusiker. Ein verträumtes, zuweilen romantisches Jazz-Rock Trio." - Hermannstädter Zeitung

"Its music is sparkling, varying, forceful, pressing, rich in twists and turns in mood: from lyrical to unrestrainable, from wild to graceful, from virtuosic and crystalline to assertive and dramatic, from subdued to airy and demonstrative." - CAM Jazz

"This is a group, rather than a collection of individuals, and Unlikely is an album rather than a mere collection of themes. From the heart of Western Europe, a record that gets to the heart of modern music." - Brian Morton

"Leur nouvelle approche du jazz leur a permis de repousser leurs limites, de toucher un large public et d'explorer le potentiel de nouvelles vagues de sons uniques tout en renforçant le champ du jazz." - Amphithéâtre Pierre Mendès-France & Charleville Action Jazz

"... Une apparente simplicité mélodique, associée à un travail sur le rythme impressionnant ..." - Patrice Boyer

: BIOGRAPHY

Dock In Absolute is a stellar trio from Luxembourg comprised of Jean-Philippe Koch on piano, David Kintziger on bass and Michel Mootz on drums, young musicians who breathed new life into the music scene. With a shared love of music, they combine different styles of progressive Jazz, classical and rock, playing the pianist’s own compositions and co-created their unique jazz style in 2012. Its music is sparkling, varying, forceful, pressing, rich in twists and turns in mood: from lyrical to unrestrainable, from wild to graceful, from virtuosic and crystalline to assertive and dramatic, from subdued to airy and demonstrative. It can be charged-up one moment and calm the next, then take off again to reach vibrant sounds. An endless variety of melodic cells, often with a hypnotic pattern, alternating against a flamboyant, bright sonic background with unfaltering dynamics, never a half-way approach from this trio. Dock In Absolute proves that Jazz has myriads of stories to tell: thus, it should be allowed free rein. 

Dock In Absolute also brought his first album out in 2017, recorded at the Bauer Studios, under the Label CAM JAZZ and the second one in 2019.

Dock In Absolute has been named the “Export Artist of the Year 2019” by music:LX in result of being the most active band in Luxembourg.

Their fresh approach to jazz allowed them to push boundaries, to touch a wide audience and to explore the potential of new unique wave of sounds while adding strength to the jazz field.