“Every now and again I get to experience a truly new expression in music, and find myself being at once transported and profoundly elevated by it. This is one of those.
Here are just extraordinary, spellbinding intertwining blends of texture beautifully reinforcing carefully considered compositional forms that reveal themselves so succinctly, intricately and intelligently from beginning to end. The icing on this incredible cake has to be the thoroughly captivating performances given throughout the journey by Stephan Mattner and Filippa Gojo – a team of two fabulously forwarding artists so complicit with one another it’s regularly hard to distinguish them as separates. The production levels and sonic excellence only go towards highlighting their interstellar and visionary music as it should be heard.”

A masterpiece.
Thank you for it! You put me in a great place today!”

Gary Husband

“At some point, the question arises as to what here is still ‘real’ and what is electronically generated […].
This constant shift gives rise to music that remains surprisingly accessible. „Nucleus“ is rhythmic, dynamic, and melodic enough to be simply fun. You don’t have to analyze every sonic change to let this music sweep you away.
But if you listen more closely, you’ll discover much more.”
“Structures change their function, layers overlap, and acoustic and electronic elements swap roles. Fiction and reality seem to interpenetrate one another. As a result, the album feels like a continuous narrative in which no boundary remains fixed for long. You can simply listen to “Nucleus” and enjoy it. Or you can listen more closely a second time—and discover much more than the first impression suggests.”

(Jacek Brun, jazz-fun.de 07.11.2026)

“The pieces captivate with their thrilling blend of acoustic and electronic elements; Gojo’s voice – already incredibly versatile – is propelled into unfamiliar, almost boundless dimensions thanks to the electronics, and is woven into the richly textured, computer-generated soundscapes, amplified to create highlights or engage in artful duets with Mattner’s saxophone lines.”

(Peter Füssl, Kulturzeitschrift.at, 3 Nov 2026)

“With the plucking and chugging of the opening track “E:Motion”, we are drawn into a wondrous world of music – lasting around an hour – made up of sequences, sounds and improvisations […]. From track to track, Gojo’s voice shifts playfully between clear vocalises, expressive vocal timbres and a variety of electronic distortions;
the solo parts for saxophone and vocals are well integrated into the tracks.”

(Arne Schumacher, Jazzthetik Nov / Dec 2026 p.74)

“Very clever and gripping!”

(Patrick Španko, skjazz.sk, 21 Okt 2026) 

“An album where the focus on the essentials is not only evident in the title, but is also consistently put into practice.
In this co-production with Deutschlandfunk, melodies, electronic elements and acoustic instrumental and vocal sounds come together to create fascinating, multi-layered, colourful and cool soundscapes. Every track is an adventure of sounds and ideas. It’s somehow difficult to describe exactly in words. But discovering this unusual project is well worth it.”

(Christoph Giese, NRW Jazz, 14 Okt 2026)

“Rhythmic loops, an IDM pulse, twists and turns under a barrage of electronic beats, whether sluggish or chugging. Plus repetitive soprano harmonica, bird-like or dreamy, in unison with Gojo’s vocalisations. As an echo, in cascades, scatting, capricious, glossolalic.”

(Rigobert Dittmann, Bad Alchemy, Okt 2026)