Berlin-based duo TRAINING team up with bassist Ruth Goller for their new album ‘threads to knot’. Frenetic free-jazz is sitting next to post-rock riffs and looming microtonal atmospheres.
The record was written in a truly collaborative effort, adapting the concept of ‘cadavre exquis’, the popular drawing game: One person would start writing a few notes before passing it on to the next, revealing only the very last note, with which the composition continues.
TRAINING is comprised of drummer Max Andrzejewski and sax player Johannes Schleiermacher, whose last album ‘Three Seconds’ saw them collaborate with Deerhoof guitarist John Dieterich.
Ruth Goller, who has been hailed by the Guardian for her ’thunderous bass-guitar hooks’ and who made waves this year with the release of her second album ’Skyllumina’. She’s also known as a live performer with Kit Downes, Alabaster de Plume, Melt Yourself Down among others.

TRAINING are: Johannes Schleiermacher (sax, flute, synth) & Max Andrzejewski (drums, synth, guitar, electronics, voice)
featuring: Ruth Goller (Ebass, voice)
Music composed by TRAINING and Ruth Goller
Recorded in may 2023 at Factory Studio Berlin by Daniel Freitag
Mixed by Daniel Freitag
Mastered by Martin Ruch
Designed by Maximilian Schachtner

  • Training with Ruth Goller


    The duo of Max Andrzejewski (drums) and Johannes Schleiermacher (sax) forge a new collaboration after working with Deerhoof guitarist John Dieterich for the last album ‚Three Seconds’. Now they teamed up with London-based bassist Ruth Goller, who has been hailed by the Guardian for her „thunderous bass-guitar hooks“ and made waves this year with the release of her second album „Skyllumina“ on Chicago’s International Anthem. She’s also know as a live performer with Kit Downes, Alabaster de Plume, Melt Yourself Down and more.

    • threads to knot

      180g vinyl

      € 25