Minor Flaw

MINOR FLAW is a collection of compositions inspired by the sounds, noises, melodies, and rhythms of everyday environments. The project explores the lower threshold of sonic perception, capturing the subtle deviations and textures that emerge within dense soundscapes and momentarily disrupt their continuity. Rather than treating these moments as flaws, the project embraces them as authentic gestures through which the music breathes and reveals its human dimension.

Extending beyond sound, the project reflects on perception in an age oversaturated with information, where the quieter details are often overshadowed by dominant narratives. It suggests that attention to the faint, the imperfect, and the easily overlooked can deepen our understanding of both sonic and social environments.

Through this approach, MINOR FLAW perceives imperfection as a generative force, that shapes collective interaction, guides real-time decision-making, and anchors the music in the immediacy of performance. In doing so, it invites performers and listeners alike to reconsider their relationship to sound, silence, and the unnoticed.

Maj Kavšek - trumpet and compositions

Julius Gawlik - tenor saxophone

Tjan Šoštarič - double bass

Lenny Rehm - drums

Recorded live at the 30th Jazz Cerkno Festival during the Jazz incubator #3 music residency on May 25 2025.

Recorded by Iztok Zupan

Mixed by Rok Zalokar

Mastered by Alastair McNeill

Cover art and design by Ana Govc

Jazz Cerkno Records

2026