The old quartet had broken up some time ago, so we contacted a Danish musician and composer friend with whom we had had close contact since the early 60s. In 1982 one of our old festival contacts rang us up: the people at the Zagreb Biennale wondered if we were working on any new program. Towards the end - in the early 70s - pre-recorded tapes and films were also used. Over the years the visual aspects of stage appearance, such as light, movement and acting, became increasingly important. The group performed for ten years at international festivals and concerts for contemporary music, sometimes together with Karl-Erik Andersson's Bel Canto Choir. It was formed in 1963 by Jan Bark and Folke Rabe, together with a couple of trombonist colleagues. There was once a trombone quartet called Culture Quartet. Stuart Dempster on the New Culture Quartet CD ”Ship of Fools” New Culture Quartet and the Fools Trilogyģ. Well, which word can we use now? Anyway - a piece of extremely exhilarating entertainment at that very junction where folly and wisdom exchange tracks. ”The only apt word is unfortunately a nowadays worn out cliché that has lost its sting: incredible. LARS SJÖBERG on the New Culture Quartet’s CD in the Swedish evening paper Expressen, January 19, 2003:
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