'Moore explores the boundaries of many musical traditions, moving them into common ground, not of form, but of feeling and depth, giving his music a universal quality which is hard to describe.' - freejazz-stef.blogspot.nl - March 10, 2009
Ramboy is a record label founded by Michael Moore in 1991. The first two releases offer an explanation of the label's existence; Ramboy #01 - "Trio Clusone" became the calling card of a working band, and Ramboy #02 - "Home Game" by Michael Moore Quintet had no home at the time. Since then the label has been used to document Moore's musical activities; sometimes working ensembles, sometimes special projects.
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Dear friends:

It’s been a long time since the last update, and it seems that, unfortunately, the world is not getting any more empathetic. If music is indeed the ‘healing force of the universe’ we have a lot of work to do. I believe that music is a safe space, that engagement will do no harm, and that it may actually help!

We are currently working on two new Ramboy audio releases:

The first is a 2-CD set of Michael Moore’s ‘Universe Quartet’ with Guillermo Celano on electric guitar, Omer Govreen on bass and Onno Govaert on drums. This band has been a point of concentration for the last couple of years.

Here’s a Bimhuis concert from two years ago:



We are playing a repertoire of pieces written during the last 40 years which have seldom, if at all, been performed. The tunes are, for a Ramboy release, suitably eclectic - quite a lot of different textures, but also quite a few ‘traditional’ circular harmonic forms. We certainly had fun making these, 26 in total pieces - 2 hours of fun and games!

The second, recorded just a week ago, is a set of intimate duo conversations with Nico Chientaroli on piano and myself on alto sax and clarinet. Our colleague Hristo Goleminov did an excellent job recording this spontaneous music in the splendid acoustic and with Nico on the lush Steinway grand of Splendor.

Meanwhile the songbook is still coming, and I’ve whittled it down to about 140 useful pieces.

Hopefully all three of these objects will see the light of day by mid-May in time for the concert in the Bimhuis - see you there!

Michael Moore