Like so often, it takes a long time to form something that seems destined to be together. It began twelve years ago when Austrian accordionist Klaus Paier assembled a string quartet for one of his projects. These four became the radio.string.quartet.vienna and after their sensational ACT debut “Celebrating the Mahavishnu Orchestra“, they worked together with Klaus Paier on their next album “Radiotree”. It did not go unnoticed how well Asja Valcic’s cello suited Paier’s accordion, the beginning of the co-operation was their duo debut “Á Deux” in 2009 which, according to the SPIEGEL, combined “spectacular bitter-sweet sounds of an accordion with a cello that can groove like an upright bass” into “the very best of euro jazz”. Awards quickly followed: the prestigious classic magazine FONO FORUM selected “Á Deux” as their album of the month. After continuous co-operation and hundreds of concerts the ingenious duo still has got it – as demonstrated on the latest release, “Silk Road”. Paier and Valcic’s music is daring and full of curiosity, they present us with a road movie beyond convention that is full of layers and colours. It has South American as well as South and East European sounds, peaceful ballads together with cheerful blues songs and rhythmic up-tempo pieces. “Silk Road” still maintains a unique and homogenous sound created by two adventurous explorers, who both fully master their instruments whilst complementing each other perfectly.