OORT CLOUD escaped from a parallel universe:
They came to us through a black hole, playing dense music that is nevertheless of a rare clarity. The constant alternation of the guitarist's timbre is just a logical conclusion of the ever-changing molecular structure; the halting, linear rhythms of bass and drums are the consequence a constantly expanding universe. Weightlessness and emptiness are self-evident in their galaxy; improvising, the band plunges further into the next cosmos.
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OORT CLOUD experiments at the edge between new music, noise, rock and improvisation OORT CLOUD released their debut album “The Impossibility Of Simultaneousness” in March 2021 and was a finalist of the ZKB Jazz Prize in 2021. 2022 they released a drone album to kick-of their new concert series un:OORT, as well as a 4 Video EP directed by Ludmilla Mercier. 2023 OORT CLOUD changed direction: Ride cymbals and tomtoms were thrown out, Bass passed through a Fuzzpedal, and the music is joined by a screaming shouting voice that expands the bands sound into a more straightforward, Rock/Punk inspired sound.
Reviews of "The Impossibility of Simultaneousness
„I shared a bill with Oort Cloud at a small club in Bern just before the pandemic hit. Listening to them live that night, I was instantly struck by the intensity of energy, creativity and focus of this young band. And now, hearing their recording, my first impressions are only strengthened. There is a simultaneous patience and reckless abandon, and the off- kilter rhythms and and rich sonic landscape transition seamlessly into beautiful melodies and song. Cyrill, Johanna and Michael have created something truly unique and exploratory with their debut recording.“
- Mary Halvorson
"Oort Clouds untersuchende Wahrnehmung des Raumes:
Schwerelose Weite, Objekte, Zeitzustände, Anomalien, Interferenzen, Lichtfeuer, manipulierte Gravitation, aufblitzende schwarze Löcher, Intuition,
und vor allem - tiefes Leben.“
- Ronny Graupe
"The first thing that strikes me about OORT CLOUD is their ferocious patience and dynamic range. The confidence thundering out of the arrangements is contagious. Johanna Pärli's bass has a gorgeous relentlessness and Michael Cina always seems to play the perfect rhythmic counterpoint. Cyrill Ferrari keeps your brain on the edge of its chair with his biting intervallic fragments and his surprise attack of subtle electronic effects is minaical. The young folks sound like they've been a band for years".
- Brandon Seabrook