Saxophonist and composer Maria Faust is renowned and respected worldwide for her
award-winning ensembles Sacrum Facere, Machina, and Jazz Catastrophe. Although her
unique musical language as a composer and singular improvising style are easily identified,
she is difficult to place in the kanon of contemporary jazz and composition. This is partly
due to the broad spectrum of her influences and also because her music goes beyond
stylistic definitions and into the realm of the deeply personal.
Today Maria Faust is one of the most celebrated and established Estonian musicians of all
time, recipient of numerous awards and prizes from Estonia and Denmark (where she
resides), but also a celebrated artist all over Europe and slowly but surely catching the
attention of American audiences.
Maria Faust´s Jazz Catastrophe was originally founded in Copenhagen in 2012 as a modern
big band, The present album docum...

Saxophonist and composer Maria Faust is renowned and respected worldwide for her
award-winning ensembles Sacrum Facere, Machina, and Jazz Catastrophe. Although her
unique musical language as a composer and singular improvising style are easily identified,
she is difficult to place in the kanon of contemporary jazz and composition. This is partly
due to the broad spectrum of her influences and also because her music goes beyond
stylistic definitions and into the realm of the deeply personal.
Today Maria Faust is one of the most celebrated and established Estonian musicians of all
time, recipient of numerous awards and prizes from Estonia and Denmark (where she
resides), but also a celebrated artist all over Europe and slowly but surely catching the
attention of American audiences.
Maria Faust´s Jazz Catastrophe was originally founded in Copenhagen in 2012 as a modern
big band, The present album documents its third mutation. Concentrated and reduced
down to its essence like a thick syrup, the new music is performed by a trio where Maria
Faust´s alto saxophone is flanked by long-time associates Lars Pilgaard on guitar and
Anders Vestergaard on drums.
”Moth” is Faust´s 15th album and as the name suggests, it is inspired by the life of
those mysterious nocturnal creatures – moths. Their being attracted to light is called
positive phototaxis and although there is much speculation as to why, the reason is still
unknown. The potentially fatal lure of artificial light that seemingly changes the will of the
moth, is a central theme of the album. It is a bittersweet realization of the similarities to
human behavior. We can all hear the warning sounds of “hells bells” when something is
about to go wrong, but we choose go straight towards the flame anyway. This is part of the
human experience but it's important to say that these compositions are not about death
and demise. "Moth" is primarily an album for star-crossed lovers. In euphoria they see only
the light. In here lies the beauty of the metaphor and the reality is that this is music that is
so stripped down, real and beautiful that it can hurt you, but you won't be able to turn
away....

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