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Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvær: Nordub

June 4, 2019 By guillaume

Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvær - Nordub (2018)

Initiated in the summer of 2015 and featuring master musicians whose paths had never crossed before, Nordub is a mesmerising fusion project. Intersecting the steady Jamaican reggae and dub beats of Sly & Robbie with the Nordic electro jazz of trumpet player Nils Petter Molvær, guitar player Eivind Aarset and electronic ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Featured, Jazz Tagged With: ambient, electronic, fusion, Nils Petter Molvær, reggae, Sly & Robbie

Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound: Omnisphere

January 14, 2019 By guillaume

Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound - Omnisphere (2018) - Artwork ©Billy Martin

Originally formed in the late 1990s by two students from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Alarm Will Sound is a 20 piece chamber orchestra dedicated to the performance of newly composed contemporary classical music. Ever since their initial formation in 1991, jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood (MMW) has ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz, Modern Classical Tagged With: Alarm Will Sound, bass, drums, ensemble, fusion, keyboard, Medeski Martin & Wood, trio

Sudan Archives/Sink

November 16, 2018 By guillaume

Sudan Archives EP (2017)

My strings propagateThrough space and timeHere and thereAt the same timeSudan Archives - Nont for Sale In October 2016, nearly a year prior to her first commercial release, Sudan Archives posted Queen Kunta on YouTube, a cover of Kendrick Lamar’s “King Kunta”. The video clip sees the singer sitting in front of a loop ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: electronic, fusion, indie, sampling, songwriting, Sudan Archives, violin

Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse

April 22, 2018 By guillaume

Yazz Ahmed - La Saboteuse (2017)

Born in Bahrain but based in London since the age of nine, Yazz Ahmed is a young jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer. Having already collaborated and recorded with a wide array of artists and bands to date - Radiohead, Lee “Scratch” Perry or These New Puritans to name a few - the musician has undertaken over the last ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: flugelhorn, fusion, trumpet, Yazz Ahmed

Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet: Ladilikan

February 12, 2018 By guillaume

Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet - Ladilikan (2017)

Opening the record, Trio Da Kali’s balafon (a wooden xylophone), bass ngoni (a traditional lute) and vocals clearly transport the listener to West Africa. But the introduction of Kronos Quartet’s classical strings a minute into “Tita” triggers an unexpected yet uplifting musical shift, thus unveiling an extraordinary fusion ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Classical, Contemporary, Traditional Tagged With: balafon, fusion, Kronos Quartet, ngoni, quartet, songwriting, Trio Da Kali, voice

Eyot: Innate

February 28, 2017 By guillaume

Formed in 2008 and based in Niš (Serbia), Eyot is a jazz band comprised of Dejan Ilijic (piano), Sladan Milenovic (guitar), Milos Vojvodic (drums) and Marko Stojiljkovic (bass). As a quartet, Eyot’s novel sound lies at the confluence of the acoustic jazz trio tradition and electric jazz-rock. Influenced of course by the many ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: Eyot, fusion, indie, quartet

Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé: Mistakes on Purpose

January 31, 2017 By guillaume

Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé: Mistakes on Purpose (2017)

Spearheading the prolific and unique surge of Ethiopian popular music in the 1960s and 1970s, Ethiopian singer, arranger and pianist Girma Bèyènè is a legendary figure who enjoyed a scintillating early career with various formations and musicians. The political unrest in his native country forced the musician to emigrate to ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Jazz Tagged With: Akalé Wubé, Éthiopiques, fusion, Girma Bèyènè, songwriting

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