Mathias Van de Wiele - guitars & alto horn Jordi Grognard - tenor saxophone, clarinets & bansuri Bart Maris - trumpet & electronics Lieven Van Pee - basses & electronics Giovanni Barcella - drums Recorded at Theatre "Scala", Ghent March 28 – 30th and May 3rd 2016 Recording & Mixing Engineer: Mafi Mastering Engineer: Üwe Teichert Executive Production: Rogé Artwork: Bart Maris & Laurens Teerlinck Available on cd (ENG) For fifteen years now Moker is creating adventurous jazz and impro whilst the "hammer" (Moker = Dutch for smithy hammer) stands as a symbol of the creative force of its five musical blacksmiths. With Ghent as their base camp and after four cd productions, now's the time for their fifth album: Ladder !!! Ladder incorporates the full spectrum of musical luggage and language which this band managed to collect on its path and it's the result of a working process in which Moker tried, once more, to stay off the beaten tracks... The way the music was concipiated, from the recording process to the chosen instrumentarium all resulted in a caleidoscopic, though entirely authentic and characteristic sound, full of references to timeless and inspiring musical heroes. Esthetically their journey passes through all kinds of spaces and sub-genres: 70's psychedelica, jazz, krautrock and afro as well as acoustic songs, minimal music, fanfaresque and electronic scapes. 15 years of Moker, 15 tracks which are forged into an exotic sound adventure full of fantasy, without restrictions or taboos and with a powerfull, positive and constructive musical vision.