WALRUS Cool to Who
Walrus were banned from Budget/Avis Rental Cars after they put 18,000 Artist: WALRUS Title: Cool to Who kilometers on a van in 20 days. Before that, they toured as a four piece in a Label: Outside Music Volkswagen Beetle. Another time, Walrus drove across North America with a Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Release Date: October 18, 2019 garbage bag over a window after their window was smashed out in San Francisco and 50 LPs were stolen (congrats to all who got cheap brand-new RIYL: Brian Jonestown Massacre, Thee Oh Sees, Tame Impala, Spacemen 3, The copies of the first record). They’ve played over 300 shows in the past 3 years Beatles and they’ve yet to miss one of them. They just want to play their music for you. LP: OUT9129LP LP UPC: 623339912914 Limited edition cloudy blue vinyl pressing in a slip sleeve
Walrus are two brothers and four friends from a small town in Nova Scotia, Canada that have played together in various configurations for over a decade. Already known for their powerful live performance and heralded as a
“can’t miss act," their youth together and years of relentless touring and have CD: OUT9129CD turned them into a live tour-de-force capable of “wild left turns that seem ill- CD UPC: 6233339912921 advised but, as they steamroll past, are a glorious sight to behold.” Digipak
Walrus will be in your town soon, and when they get there, on time and in some sort of smoking, broken vehicle too small to hold them all, you would
be well advised to go the show and pick up the new record “Cool To Who” TRACK LISTING because neither will disappoint you. 1. Breathe
2. Cool to Who 3. Half Smoke
4. Marcel Selling Points 5. Mr. Insecure - Music video for lead single “Cool to Who” premiered by Exclaim! 6. Played Out - Music video for “Played Out” premiered by Gigwise 7. Ballad of Love (Or Something) - Music video for “Half Smoke”, directed and animated by Chad Vangaalen, 8. Out For A While premiered by Flood 9. Bored to Death - PR handled by Killbeat Music (CAN), Six Media (FR-CAN) 10. Anymore
The Cool To Who LP has been pressed on limited edition cloudy blue vinyl. www.walrustheband.com www.facebook.com/wawalrus www.twitter.com/walrustheband Tour Dates www.instagram.com/walrustheband
9.17 Quebec City, 9.18 Kingston, 9.19 Toronto, 9.20 Hollowfest in Watson’s Corners, www.outside-music.com 9.21 TroubadourFest in Barrie
9.25 Fredericton & 9.26 Moncton with Thrush Hermit 10.03 Oshawa & 10.04 Midland with Wintersleep 10.26 Halifax Pop Explosion with Diet Cig 11.01 Sackville, 11.02 Saint John, 11.08 Truro, 11.09 Charlottetown
… “creating some of the most potent rock music in Canada today.” -- Exclaim!
CLIPPING THERE EXISTED AN ADDICTION TO BLOOD CD / 2XLP / CS / DIGITAL SP 1330 RELEASE DATE: OCT 18TH, 2019
TRACKLISTING: 1. Intro^ 2. Nothing is Safe 3. He Dead (feat. Ed Balloon) 4. Haunting (interlude)^ 5. La Mala Ordina (with The Rita) (feat. Elcamino & Benny The Butcher) 6. Club Down (with Sarah Bernat) 7. Prophecy (interlude)^ 8. Run for Your Life (feat. La Chat) 9. The Show 10. Possession (interlude)^ 11. All in Your Head (feat. Counterfeit Madison & Robyn Hood) 12. Blood of the Fang 13. Story 7 14. Attunement (with Pedestrian Deposit) 15. Piano Burning* *CD/LP/digital-only, ^CD/CS/digital-only
The science-fiction visionary Octavia Butler once declared that “there is GENRE: Rap/Hip Hop nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” The aphorism could apply to any art form where the basic contours are fixed, but the appetite for innovation remains infinite. Enter Clipping, flash fiction genre masters in a hip-hop world firmly rooted in memoir. If first person confessionals historically reign, the mid-city Los Angeles trio of rapper Daveed Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes have spent the last 0 9 8 7 8 7 1 3 3 0 2 8 0 9 8 7 8 7 1 3 3 0 1 1 half-decade terraforming their own patch of soil, replete with conceptual CD Packaging: Digipack with 2XLP Packaging: Gatefold with custom labyrinths and industrial chaos. They have conjured a mutant emanation of wraparound obi strip dust sleeves and wraparound obi strip the future, built at odd angles atop the hallowed foundation of the past. Includes mp3 coupon NON-RETURNABLE Their third album for Sub Pop, There Existed an Addiction to Blood, finds them interpreting another rap splinter sect through their singular lens. This is Clipping’s transmutation of horrorcore, a purposefully absurdist sub-genre that flourished in the mid-90s. If some of its most notable pioneers included Brotha Lynch Hung and Gravediggaz, it also encompasses seminal works from the Geto Boys, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and the near-entirety of classic Memphis cassette tape rap.
The most subversive and experimental rap has often presented itself as an 0 9 8 7 8 7 1 3 3 0 4 2 “alternative” to conventional sounds, but Clipping respectfully warp them CS Packaging: Three-panel 2XLP INDIE ONLY Deluxe Ed. Packaging: into new constellations. There Existed an Addiction to Blood absorbs the Three-panel J-card in clear case. Gatefold with custom dust sleeves and hyper-violent horror tropes of the Murder Dog era, but re-imagines them in NON-RETURNABLE wraparound obi strip Includes mp3 a new light: still darkly-tinted and somber, but in a weirder and more vivid coupon Blood Splatter Vinyl NON-RETURNABLE hue. The album contains interludes with hissing recordings of demonic invasions, and guest appearances from Griselda Gang’s Benny the Butcher and Hypnotize Minds horror queen La Chat. Other tracks feature RETAIL: Posters and play copies will be available. contributions from noise music legends The Rita and Pedestrian Deposit. It all ends with “Piano Burning,” a performance of a piece written by the PUBLICITY: Album serviced to all music & lifestyle media. avant-garde composer Annea Lockwood. Yes, it is the sound of a piano burning. ONLINE: Artist page (incl. album art and a focus track): https://www.subpop.com/artists/clipping There Existed an Addiction to Blood fits neatly into the broader scope of the Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clppng band’s career, which has seen them expand from insular experimentalists Twitter: https://twitter.com/clppng Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clppng/?hl=en into globally recognized artists. Since the release of their first album in Tumblr: https://clppng.tumblr.com/ 2013, Diggs has won a Tony and a Grammy (both for his acting/rapping Website: http://www.clppng.com/ work as Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in Hamilton), as well as Spotify: 116k monthly listeners, 75k followers. Top track has over 5 million plays. co-written and starred in 2018’s critically hailed Blindspotting, while Snipes and Hutson have scored numerous films and television shows. Advertising will be purchased on select sites.
Clipping’s last album, the 2016 afro-futurist dystopian space opus RADIO: There Existed an Addiction to Blood will be worked to commercial and non-commercial/college radio. Splendor & Misery was recently named one of Pitchfork’s Best Industrial Albums of All-Time. Commissioned for an episode of This American Life, ALSO AVAILABLE: their 2017 single “The Deep” became the inspiration for a novel of the same name, written by Rivers Solomon and published by Saga Press. But their latest masterwork embodies what the band had been building towards — a work that finds them without peer. This is experimental hip-hop built to bang in a post-apocalyptic club bursting with radiation. It’s horrorcore that soaks up past blood and replants it into a different organism, undead but dangerously alive. It is a new sun, blindingly bright and built to burn your retinas. SP1173 SP1071 Splendor and Misery CLLPNG CD / LP / CS / Digital CD / 2XLP / Digital BLOOD ORANGE ANGEL'S PULSE DO NOT ANNOUNCE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH OVERVIEW My new record is called Angel’s Pulse & I performed, produced and mixed the entire thing myself. I’m calling it a mixtape.
I have a habit through the years of making records that I just give to friends, or on tape to people on the street, or no one. Usually this material is made directly after the album I’ve just put out. Somewhat of an epilogue to the thing I’ve made before. This time…I decided to release it.
I put as much work and care into it as I do with the albums I’ve released, but for some reason TRACKLISTING trained myself into not releasing things the rate at which I make them. I’m older now though, 1. I Wanna C U 2. Something To Do and life is unpredictable and terrifying… so here you go mates. 3. Dark & Handsome feat Toro y Moi 4. Benzo Hope you enjoy. Catch you soon. 5. Birmingham feat Kelsey Lu & Ian Isiah 6. Good For You feat Justine Skye Devonté aka Blood Orange 7. Baby Florence (Figure) 8. Gold Teeth feat Project Pat, Gangsta Boo & Tinashe Angel’s Pulse is the new mixtape from Blood Orange, a.k.a. Devonté Hynes. It follows the 9. Berlin feat Porches & Ian Isiah widely celebrated and critically acclaimed album Negro Swan, released August 24, 2018. 10. Tuesday Feeling (Choose To Stay) feat Tinashe 11. Seven Hours Part 1 feat BennY RevivaL SELLING POINTS 12. Take It Back feat Arca, JOBA & Justine •Blood Orange's previous albums combined have scanned 89k+ copies. Skye 13. Happiness •Blood Orange has collabrated with Mariah Carey, Diddy, Solange, Nelly Furtado, Sky Ferreira, 14. Today Skepta, Carly Rae Jepsen, HAIM, Florence & The Machine, Blondie, Kylie Minogue, A$AP ROCKY, Phillip Glass, Mac Miller and many more. CATALOG NUMBER: WIG460 •Press coverage includes: The New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, Pitchfork, Consequence of RELEASE DATE: October 4, 2019 Sound, Entertainment Weekly, SPIN, and much more. FILE UNDER: Alternative “B” •Standard 150 gram LP comes with download card. CD • Deluxe Edition white 150 gram LP comes with download card.
UPC: 887828046027 •Major market North American dates.
TOUR DATES LP W/ DOWNLOAD 10-01 Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Events Center ! 10-03 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena ! UPC: 887828046010 10-04 St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena ! 10-05 Independence, MO - Silverstein Eye Centers Arena ! vinyl is non-returnable 10-07 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre ! 10-08 Salt Lake City, UT - Great Saltair ! DELUXE INDIE EXCLUSIVE LP W/ 10-10 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium ! DOWNLOAD 10-12 Fresno, CA - Selland Arena ! 10-14 Portland, OR - Veterans Memorial Coliseum ! UPC: 887828046034 10-15 Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum ! 10-17 Reno, NV - Reno Events Center ! 10-19 San Diego, CA - Pachenga Arena ! vinyl is non-returnable 10-20 Glendale, AZ - Gila River Arena ! 10-22 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center ! 10-23 Grand Prairie, TX - Theatre at Grand Prairie ! 10-24 Grand Prairie, TX - Theatre at Grand Prairie ! possible roll date 10-26 Houston, TX - NRG Arena !
! with Tyler, The Creator ANCIENT SHAPES A FLOWER THAT WOULDN’T BLOOM LABEL: YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS CATALOG: YC-042 FORMAT: LP “A Flower That Wouldn’t Bloom” is the third offering from the FLOWER POP SUPER GROUP Ancient Shapes. In all realities it is the amalgamation of two recording sessions that took place almost a year apart–– in essence this is the greatest hits compilation.
Ancient Shapes is comprised of Daniel Romano, David Nardi, Vee Bell, Roddy Rosetti and Ian Romano. They have been called “THE BEST BAND SINCE COMPUTERS” and also “INCREDIABLY GOOD AS HELL” when it comes to their live engagements and sock hop shake down events.
The group has traveled the world sharing their songs and ideas with others, now they offer us this: A flower that just refuses to bloom.
Inside this heated material you will find such subjects as sadness, happiness, loneliness, togetherness, longing, acceptance, colonial guilt complexes and home town optimism.
There was the first one, and everyone seemed to like that, and the second one people liked too… this is the third one. Odds are good. A FLOWER THAT WOULDN’T BLOOM A: Separation Anxiety // Piss Coloured Glasses // A Flower That Wouldn’t Bloom // Glass Curtain // Audrey // Welland 2020
B: To Be Touched // Chinese Leather // Albatross Blues // Dirty Little Hands // All The Kids // Reconcilliation Nation Now // Loose Ends
LP with download - LP-YC-042
Daniel Romano links: Twitter: @TheDanielRomano FB: @danielromanomusic IG: @danielromano_official
Label links: YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS www.youvechangedrecords.com 123 Pauline Ave. Twitter: @youvechangedrec Toronto, ON M6H3M7 Instagram: @youvechangedrecords Facebook: @youvechangedrecords LP HANNAH WILLIAMS &THE AFFIRMATIONS “50“THE FOOT GUMPTION” WOMAN”
RELEASE DATE 18TH OCTOBER 2019 - CD / LP / DIGITAL
Track list:
1. 50 FOOT WOMAN 2. I CAN’T LET THIS SLIP AWAY 3. THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH 4. TABLECLOTH 5. SINNER 6. WHAT CAN WE DO? 7. HOW LONG? 8. I FEEL IT 9. PLEASE BE GOOD TO ME 10. HOURGLASS 11. WORRYING MIND
CAT NO FORMAT & DP Genre: Vintage Soul and Psychedelic Funk RKX072 CD 5050580716780 Regional bias: Bristol RKX072LP LP 5050580716803 Hannah Williams, British Soul Sensation Sampled By Jay-Z, Stands Tall On New Album '50 Foot Woman'
Hannah Williams, the British soul hurricane who sensationally became part of Jay-Z's chart-topping 4:44 album, is primed and ready for her own national and international breakthrough.
Williams turned heads worldwide when the hip-hop superstar sampled her heart-stopping vocals on 'Late Nights & Heartbreak' for the title track, ‘4.44’ on his 2017 album. Now Hannah and her exemplary, Bristol-based band the Affirmations deliver a definitive career statement with the drop-dead soulful new album 50 Foot Woman which will be released October 18th on the Milan based imprint Record Kicks.
The album captures all of the visceral power of the band's increasingly legendary live performances. Shades of classic Soul and Psychedelic Funk blend uniquely with modern-day flavours on a record destined to set the soul agenda for 2019 and far beyond. “I've never been as proud of anything in my entire career” says Hannah.
Born in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, Williams' father was a musically gifted minister, and her mother let her join the church choir at the age of six. Hannah could read music before she could properly read words, and when she discovered soul by listening with her mum to Motown and Bill Withers, there was no turning back.
Record Kicks - Corso Sempione n.38 - 20154 Milano. – www.recordkicks.com After a 2012 debut with her previous band the Tastemakers, it was 2016's Late Nights & Heartbreak that announced the arrival of Hannah Williams and the Affirmations. But little did she know that Jay-Z was listening. One day, at her then-day job running the music department at the University of Winchester, he sent her a text.
Once she'd established that it wasn't a wind-up, and summoned the courage to call him back, she learned that JayZ's producer, No I.D., had played him Hannah's track to inspire his response to Beyoncé's Lemonade, on which she sang of his infidelities.
Williams was as in the dark about how 'Late Nights & Heartbreak' would be used until 4:44 dropped. But the substantial sample of her voice opened doors she never dreamed of. “It was an incredible catalyst,” she says, “as a change in our collective career, and getting a global audience. Suddenly, there were millions of predominantly American hip-hop fans listening to my voice, going 'Is this from the '60s? Is she dead?'”
What followed was a year of the band's widest-ever touring including an invitation to perform at Central Park Summer Stage NY, Toronto Jazz Festival and Brooklyn Bowl NY and expanded audiences in continental Europe where she and the Affirmations had already made a mark. Then came the burning determination to make the record of their lives. The captivating 50 Foot Woman is that album, produced by Shawn Lee, a respected presence on the funk/soul scene whose credits include Amy Winehouse, Lana Del Rey and Alicia Keys. Lee has released five solo albums as Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra on San Francisco label Ubiquity Records and is also one half of the cool melodic pop duo Young Gun Silver Fox.
Now the world will hear what the cognoscenti have known for a while: that Hannah Williams is the real deal, and sings from her very soul. “I feel like my performance comes from my solar plexus,” she says. “The emotional side of it is so intrinsic; I can't take it away from what I do.”
Hannah Williams & The Affirmations are: Hannah Williams – Main Vocal James Graham – Wurlitzer, Piano, Organ Adam Newton – Bass Adam Holgate – Guitar Jai Widdowson-Jones – Drums, Percussion Victoria Klewin – Backing Vocals Hannah Nicholson – Backing Vocals Liam Treasure – Trombone Tom Taylor – Baritone Saxophone
All tracks written by J. Graham, accept Track 3, written by V. Klewin and J. Grahm, Track 6 written by V. Klewin and Track 8 written by A. Holgate and J. Graham. Produced by Shawn Lee Recorded at Ata Studios, Leeds February – March 2019 by Neil Innes. Mixed at Trans-Yank Studio, London by Pierre Du Plan and Shawn Lee. Mastered at Golden Studio, Ventura CA by JJ Golden.
Record Kicks - Corso Sempione n.38 - 20154 Milano. – www.recordkicks.com LITA 178 | LP | CD | Digital
All tracks previously unreleased Mastered from the original analog tapes Vinyl pressed at RTI Deluxe Stoughton “tip-on” jacket with debossing
On March 4, 1975, Jim Sullivan mysteriously disappeared outside Santa Rosa, New Mexico. His VW bug was found abandoned, his motel room untouched. Some think he got lost. Some think the mafia bumped him. Some even think he was abducted by aliens.
By coincidence–or perhaps not–Jim’s 1969 debut album was titled U.F.O.. Released in tiny numbers on a private label, it too was truly lost until Light In The Attic Records began a years-long quest to re-release it–and to solve the mystery of Sullivan’s disappearance. Only one of those things happened, and you can guess which...
Light In The Attic’s reissue of U.F.O. introduced the world to an overlooked masterwork and won Sullivan, posthumously (presumably), legions of new fans. Those new admirers are in for a real treat: a lavish, first-time release of a previously unheard 1969 studio session.
If The Evening Were Dawn contains 10 acoustic solo recordings that have never seen the light of day. Whereas U.F.O. was bolstered by legendary sessioneers The Wrecking Crew, this is Jim Sullivan on his own terms, stripped down and soulful as ever. Recorded at a Los Angeles studio circa 1969, the session contains acoustic versions of a handful of U.F.O. tracks alongside a half dozen previously unheard songs. This, then, is the closest thing to those fabled Malibu bar performances at which Sullivan was first noticed.
According to his widow, Barbara, this was the album Jim always hoped to record. It serves as an unprecedented glimpse into the mysterious, larger-than-life figure who’s become the stuff of legends.
While Sullivan’s disappearance remains unsolved, his music endures and is finally gaining him the recognition he deserves, albeit long overdue. This recording serves as an unexpected missing piece of the puzzle; this is Jim Sullivan’s true swan song.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25, 2019
TRACKLISTING 01 Roll Back The Time 02 Sandman 03 Walls 04 Jerome 05 What To Tell Her 06 Grandpa's Trip 07 So Natural 08 Whistle Stop / Mama 09 What Is My Name 10 Close My Eyes
CD BARCODE 8 26853 0178 2 4
LP BARCODE 8 26853 0178 1 7 LITA 177 — LP | CD | Digital
• Mastered from the original analog tapes • Booklet with liner notes and rare archive photos • Deluxe die cut gatefold jacket with embossed lettering • Vinyl pressed at RTI
On March 4, 1975, Jim Sullivan mysteriously disappeared outside Santa Rosa, New Mexico. His VW bug was found abandoned, his motel room untouched. Some think he got lost. Some think the mafia bumped him. Some even think he was abducted by aliens.
By coincidence–or perhaps not–Jim’s 1969 debut album was titled U.F.O.. Released in tiny numbers on a private label, it too was truly lost until Light In The Attic Records began a years–long quest to re–release it–and to solve the mystery of Sullivan’s disappearance. Only one of those things happened, and you can guess which...
Light In The Attic’s reissue of U.F.O. introduced the world to an overlooked masterwork and won him, posthumously (presumably), legions of new fans. Those new admirers are in for a real treat: a lavish reissue of Jim’s 1972 sophomore album, Jim Sullivan.
The self–titled LP was originally released on Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner’s short–lived Playboy imprint. Horns sweeten this funky and bombastic session driven by Jim’s unmistakably larger–than–life voice and exceptional song–writing chops, alongside a cast of legendary session musicians including Jim Hughart. Another LP you’ll rarely see in the wild, it is by no means the poor relation of U.F.O., but rather a big stride into country, folk rock, and swampy blues, mesmerically finger–picked, brass–bedecked, and with that uniqueness of phrasing–part crooner, part jazz singer–that makes Sullivan such a rare performer.
Each song could have been a bonafide radio hit, but with spotty promotion and negative connotations surrounding thePlayboy name, the self–titled album suffered a fate known all too well and fizzled out. While Sullivan’s disappearance remains unsolved, his music endures and is finally gaining him the recognition he deserves, albeit long overdue.
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 25, 2019
TRACKLISTING: 1. Don’t Let It Throw You 2. Sonny Jim 3. Tea Leaves 4. Biblical Boogie (True He’s Gone) 5. Lonesome Picker 6. Sandman 7. Tom Cat 8. You Show Me The Way To Go 9. Amos 10. I’ll Be Here 11. Plain To See
LP BARCODE 8 26853 0177 1 8 CD BARCODE 8 26853 0177 2 5 leelagilday.com leelagildaymusic leelagildaymusic leelagilday LEELA GILDAY NORTH STAR CALLING
This album is about facing your fears, standing in the pain, and living with courage, boldness and joy. The record is full of some of my time-honoured messages: connection with the land, empowering the people, the beauty and draw of the north. But it is also about things that scare me- suicide rates of our people, racism, the unending suffering and beauty of life. It is also, for the first time and in an honest way- about healing. True healing is not about just the absence of pain or addictions, although those are significant- it is about celebration, CREDITS it is complicated, it is about weaving the All music and lyrics written by Leela Gilday copyright 2019 fabric of the years of your own life into a Except for “Hard Ground” by Leela Gilday and Jadea Kelly beautiful blanket to hold you and ground copyright 2016. you. It is about letting go of expectation and opening new eyes on the world around you. Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Hill Kourkoutis Recorded at The Lair (Toronto, ON) Except Drums Recorded at Lincoln County Social Club (Toronto, ON) Engineered by John Dinsmore Mastered by Phil Demetro at Lacquer Channel (Toronto, ON)
Musicians- Lead Vox, Acoustic Guitar: Leela Gilday Bass, Upright Bass: MJ Dandeneau Drums: Tony Raybould Guitars, Keys, Programming, Support Vox: Hill Kourkoutis Guest Artists: Tanya Tagaq (Throatsinging), Lane Arndt (Guitars), Jason Burnstick ( Weissenborn Guitars), Rick Fines (Guitars), Raven Kanatakta (Guitars), Anthony Wright (Keys), Debashis Sinha (Percussion, Kinley Dowling (violin, viola), Cris Derksen (cello), Damhnait Doyle (support vox), SATE (support vox) Friends Choir: Tiffany Ayalik, Tamara Podemski, Shawna Caspi, Greyson Gritt, Krystal Thompson, Lacey Hill, Mike Celia, ARTIST NAME: Leela Gilday Amanda Rheaume, Marty Ballentyne ALBUM TITLE: North Star Calling Dene Drums: (Recorded at Spiritwalker Studios, Courtesy of Gho-Bah Collective) Leroy Betsina, Gordie Liske, Ernie Goulet, RELEASE DATE: September 6, 2019 Lawrence Nayally, Deneze Nakehk’o LABEL: Diva Sound Records (Independent) Adeline Vital “Love Hymn” (beginning of “Space”) courtesy of TRACK LISTING: Adeline’s family, and CBC North recording “Dene Yene- Dene and Metis Music of the Western Arctic” 1. Rolling Thunder (4:37) 2. Hard Ground (3:31) Additional Soundtrack recordings made by Leela Gilday in Deline, Northwest Territories in 2003. 3. K’eintah Natse Ju (4:39) 4. One Thing (4:27) 5. Falling Stars (4:55) Booking: Space (4:41) Artists In Motion (AIM), Nicole Rochefort 6. [email protected], 7. Let It Roll (4:21) 416-953-5752 Management: 8. North Star Calling (4:42) [email protected], 867-444-8431 9. We Are Here (4:19) Publicist: What's the Story, Beth Cavanagh 10.Yake Gotine (3:44) [email protected], 416-803-7685 CD LP www.dearlybelovedmusic.com
ARTIST: Dearly Beloved TITLE: Times Square Discount DATE: Oct. 25, 2019 FORMAT: CD/LP GENRE: Alternative Rock Times Square Discount is, as vocalist/bass god Rob Higgins puts it, “a rabbit-hole record,” and one partially borne of “bingeing on Kubrick and drugs” and ruminating upon such fancies as “How do we make Kubrick an album?” and “How do you make an album version of The Shining?” The result is an LP that has yielded some of the most pop-savvy material yet to appear in the Dearly Beloved canon. “Vacation” and “LSD” have an undeniably slinky, stick- Oct. 25, 2019 in-your-head seductiveness about them, “Close Encounters” and “Dog Food Thumbs” CD : 829750011421 PPD: $10.71 a decidedly sing-song quality lurking amidst the battery. Meanwhile, opener “Race to the Bottom” – inspired by Higgins and Chow’s shared experiences working in their LP : 829750011414 PPD: $12.24 rst-generation immigrant grandparents’ small businesses as teenagers and the realization that such a from-the-ground-up fresh start is all but denied to any newcomer landing in modern-day Toronto – is an anthemic salute to “the mom-and- > TRACKLIST: pop shops and the grandparents, parents, kids, aunts, uncles and family friends that 1. Race to the Bottom ran and run them.” 2. Vacation 3. LSD PRESS AND MEDIA 4. Close Encounters 5. The Conqueror - Full publicity press in Europe/North America with Prescription PR and The Syndicate 6. Fuck the Banks - Servicing US and Canadian college radio 7. New Versus 8. Dog Food Thumbs TOUR DATES 9. Al P 10. Super Hero Opening act for Sebadoh on the European leg of their 2019 tour:
> DURATION: 32:17 09/20 Cologne, GER – Stadtgarten 09/22 Berlin, GER – Musik & Frieden / Blue Room > For fans of Queens of the Stone 09/24 Groningen, NL – Vera Age, Gluecifer, Turbonegro, The 09/25 Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje Atomic Bitchwax, Masters of 09/26 Rotterdam, NL – Rotown Reality, Wolf-mother 09/27 Antwerp, BEL – Trix 09/28 Brighton, UK – Patterns 09/29 London, UK – Scala 10/01 Bristol, UK – Fleece 10/02 Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy 2 10/03 Leeds, UK – Brudenell instagram.com/thebeloveds/ 10/04 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast 10/05 Manchester, UK – O2 Academy 2 10/07 Paris, FR – Le petit Bain facebook.com/TheBeloveds/ 10/09 Bilbao, SP – Kafe Antzoki 10/10 Barcelona, SP – Razz 2 10/11 Madrid, SP – Sala twitter.com/TheBeloveds 10/12 Valencia, SP – 16 Toneladas 10/13 Majorca, SP – Fabric Ramis >> EPK: 10/14 Cadiz, SP – Edicia Constitucion 1812 aporia-records.com/epk/dearlybeloved FSR-114-CD FSR-114-LP Los Angeles CA 90026, United States T +1 213.423.0530 futureshockrecords.com 8 29750 01141 4
Soul Jazz Records Presents CONGO REVOLUTION Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds from the Two Congos 1955-62
4th October 2019
This stunning new release on Soul Jazz Records looks at the explosion of music that came out of the Tracklisting Congo in the years leading up to independence in 1960. Congolese rumba, a wild combination of 1. Brazzos et OK Jazz – Cha Cha Cha African, Jazz and Latin influences, created future stars of its now legendary creators – Franco, Grand Del Zombo Kalle, Tabu Ley, Dr. Nico, Papa Wemba – and all feature here in their ground-breaking early groups such as O.K.Jazz, Brazzos, Rock-A-Mambo, African Jazz and The Beguen Band. 2. Brazzos et OK Jazz – Tcha Tcha Tcha Mi Amor The Congo is in fact two countries – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo. Congo Revolution was first released as a sampler 7” box set for RSD, and 3. Essous et Rock-A-Mambo – Baila this expanded release includes a 50-page booklet/double gatefold and inner sleeves containing 4. Edo et O.K. Jazz – Kumavula extensive text explaining the evolution of the music and history of the two Congos, and how music, Tubakueto politics and popular culture intersected at the point of independence from the two Congos’ European 5. O.K. Jazz – Sois Sage Amour colonisers – Belgium and France – through songs such as ‘Vive Patrice Lumumba,’ and ‘MNC Uhuru,’ 6. Nino & Rock-a-Mambo – Allegria which celebrated the Congolese independence leader prior to his political assassination. 7. Bagette et Le Vedette Jazz Also included is the stunning images of the Congolese photographer Jean Depara who documented the Orchestre – Rhythmo Vedette Jazz Congo’s vibrant nightlife in the period 1955-65 as well as being the official photographer for the superstar Congolese artist Franco up until his death in 1989. Depara also documents the rise of the 8. Franco et O.K. Jazz – Tokeyi Bills (Congolese teenagers who dressed as cowboys) and sharp-suited évolués (which later gave rise to Kobina Calypso the fashion-conscious phenomenon of the Congolese ‘Sapeurs’). These images are reproduced in 9. Essous et Orchestre Bantou – Luiza collaboration with Revue Noire in France. 10. Beguen Band – Yo Me Moera This album comes as a deluxe heavyweight double vinyl with gatefold sleeve and individual inner 11. African Jazz – Vive Patrice sleeves, CD with slipcase and 50-page outsize booklet, and as digital release. Lumumba
12. Dewayon & Conga Jazz – Na Lingi
Na Ngai Kubala Te
Release Date: 4th October 2019 13. Kongo Jazz – La Belle Lucie Botayi Artist: Soul Jazz Records Presents 14. Grupo O.K. Jazz – Grupo O.K. Jazz 15. Rock-A-Mambo – Cherie Nini Title: Soul Jazz Records presents CONGO REVOLUTION – Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds from the Two 5 026328 104379 16. African Jazz – Flowers of Luckness Congos 1955-62 17. African Jazz – Merengue Nico Label: Soul Jazz Records 18. Rock-a-Mambo – Les Voyous Format 1: Cat. No: SJRCD437, CD UPC: 5026328104379 19. Wendo Kolosoy with Beguen Band
5 026328 004372 – Marie Louise Format 2: Cat. No: SJRLP437, Double LP UPC: 5026328004372 20. African Jazz – Ngonga Ebeti Independance 21. African Jazz – MNC Uhuru
Soul Jazz Records Presents NIGERIA SOUL POWER 70 Afro-Funk, Afro-Rock, Afro-Disco
18th October 2019
Soul Jazz Records’ Nigeria Soul Power 70 album showcases the influence of funk, rock and disco on Tracklisting Nigerian music during the 1970s. Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print collectors’ 7” RSD box, 1. Geraldo Pino - Shake Hands this fully expanded album release now also includes extra tracks from Sonny Okosuns, Wings, Chief 2. Sonny Okosunds Ozziddi - Kollington Ayinla and more. Dance Of The Elephants While for many people the fusion of funk and jazz music with Nigerian rhythms and aesthetics began with 3. The Wings - We'll Get Home Fela Kuti and his afro-beat sound, in fact this can be traced further back to the phenomena of the 1960s 4. Alhaji (Chief) Prof. Kollington Nigerian artists and house bands in nightclubs and hotels who interpreted US soul and pop music with a Ayinla - E Ye Ika Se local flavour and none more so than Geraldo Pino, the ‘African James Brown’ who features heavily in this collection. Other similarly inspired Nigerian funk and soul artists featured here included Tony Grey and 5. Colomach - Kassa Kpa Sama Kpa his Ozimba Messengers and Don Bruce and The Angels. 6. Geraldo Pino - Heavy Heavy Nigeria Soul Power 70 includes a number of tracks from the group Wings originally known as BAF (Biafran Heavy Air Force) Wings, an army band formed during the Biafran civil war in Nigeria. The groups’ heavy mixture 7. MFB - Beware of funk, rock and African styles was popular among many Nigerian groups at the time. 8. Tony Grey and The Ozimba Beneath the shadow of the few Nigerian artists who signed international recording deals in the 1970s – Messengers - You Are The Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Chief Ebenezer Obey – lies of vast wealth of largely undiscovered musical One transmutation and cultural cross-pollination, and included here are heavy afro-funk/rock and disco tracks 9. Sonny Okosuns - Oba from artists such as the legendary Sonny Okosuns as well as rare cuts from little-known outside of Nigeria Erediauwa I - groups such as Colomach and MFB. Most of these obscure artists signed to major labels in Nigeria in the commercial slipstream that opened up as Philips, Decca and EMI tried to emulate the international 10. The Wings - Single Boy success of the big three international Nigerian artists. 11. Geraldo Pino - Power To The People Finally featured here is Kollington Ayinla, one of the co-founders of Nigerian Fuji music, who gives us perhaps the heaviest of all tracks on this album. Ayinla is the great moderniser of the Fuji sound and in 12. Original Wings - Igba Alusi the late 1970s began adding Bata drums and synthesizers to his authentic music to create a powerful 13. Don Bruce and The Angels - and heavy new fusion of traditional and modernist aesthetics, embracing both new technology and Sugar Baby experimentation while rooted firmly in Nigerian historical lineage. 14. Geraldo Pino - Africans Must Nigeria Soul Power 70 is released as a heavyweight gatefold double vinyl LP (+ free download code), Unite
deluxe slipcase CD and digital album.
th Release Date: 18 October 2019
Artist: Soul Jazz Records Presents Title: Soul Jazz Records presents Nigeria Soul Power 70 – Afro- Funk, Afro-Rock, Afro-Disco 5 026328 104461 Label: Soul Jazz Records Format 1: Cat. No: SJRCD446, CD UPC: 5026328104461
5 026328 004464 Format 2: Cat. No: SJRLP446, Double LP UPC: 5026328004464
Soul Jazz Records presents Studio One
Willie Williams Armagideon Time (Disco Mix) 12” Single
27th September 2019
MASSIVE STUDIO ONE ANTHEM ALERT!!!
Willie Williams' roots rock reggae classic Armagideon Time – the rare 12" extended Discomix version split into two sublime heavyweight slices and cut super-loud on a 12" single.
Produced by Studio One supremo Coxsone Dodd this is a huge Reggae anthem on the classic 'Real Rock' rhythm, famously covered by The Clash and sampled by KRS One, The Fugees and many more.
A dancefloor devastating Reggae party bomb!
Release Date: 27th September 2019 Artist: Willie Williams Title: Armagideon Time (Disco Mix) Tracks: A: Armagideon Time (Disco Mix Vocal) B: Armagideon Time (Disco Mix Version) Label: Soul Jazz Records Format: Cat. No: SJR432-12, 12” Single UPC: 5026328004327 5 026328 004327
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Label: MCG Jazz Catalogue # MCGJ-1047 UPC # 612262104725 Category: Jazz Release Date: October 25, 2019
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra is beyond honored to be part of this extraordinary recording celebrating 30 years of MCG Jazz. It was a genuine thrill to perform with jazz greats Claudio Roditi, Ken Peplowski, Jay Ashby and the magnificent Marty Ashby. The music is original, fresh and exciting, and features “the boys” and DIVA members with equal fire, finesse and swing! The DIVA Jazz Orchestra has been part of the MCG for 25+ years and we hold the position with great reverence. We also remember DIVA founder, Stanley Kay, who brought us all together.
For additional information: www.divajazz.com
Tracks: 1. Slipped Disc 2. A Felicidade 3. Deference to 4. Noturna 5. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else 6. Piccolo Blues 7. Estate 8. Bucket O’ Blues ì Not So Silent Nightî is Gerald Albrightís inaugural Christmas CD of his recording career. After so many requests over the years from his audience to release a holiday CD, Gerald decided to produce not only a project reflecting the holiday spirit, but a special and timeless effort that will be heard for years to come! The CD includes featured performances from some of Geraldís dearest family and friends: Jonathan Butler, Bebe Winans, Take 6, and his daughter Selina Albright. The project is action-packed with unique and powerful arrangements of some of our favorite Christmas songs. Enjoy!
01 O Little Town Of Bethlehem 02 Silent Night 03 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear 04 Away In A Manger 05 Hark The Herald Angels Sing 06 O Christmas Tree 07 O Holy Night 08 First Noel 09 What Child Is This?
Label: Bright Music Records Catalog #: BMR1003 UPC: 67297514693 Configuration: CD Category: Contemporary Smooth Jazz geraldalbright.com Release Date: October 11th, 2019 geraldalbrightexpansionpage2 gaalbright geraldalbright Fan Club: [email protected] THE CRANNUA COLLECTIVE
THE CRANNUA COLLECTIVE is the debut album from a supergroup of ten of the top artists and composers in Irish and Celtic music from both sides of the Atlantic. They have joined forces to create an album of new music – ten songs and two lively instrumental sets – with a contemporary feel, yet firmly rooted in the tradition. The album includes songs written in Artist: The Crannua Collective COMPACT DISC Title: The Crannua Collective both English and the Gaelic language, with Catalogue #:TCC001 File under: Celtic/World themes ranging from haunting love songs and the environment around us to the heartbreak of civil war. The Crannua Collective consists of TRACKLISTING members from some of the best-known groups in 1. Are You Going My Way (4:05) Irish and Celtic music - Clannad, Dervish, 2. Be My Darling (4:03) Lunasa, Slide & Solas – and their creative 3. Géillim Mo Chroí (5:20) synergy has created a truly unique collection of new music to add to the traditional canon. 4. The Cairde Arís Set (4:14) 5. Cén Áit a bhFuil Mo Rí (5:40) 6. The Civil War Song (5:34) MARKETING OVERVIEW 7. An dTuigimid Faic (2:23) PRESS, TV, RADIO Campaign Ireland, UK, USA 8. The Alt (6:14) MEDIA LAUNCH Atlanta Nov 9th SOCIAL MEDIA 9. The Crannua Suite (10:02) 10. So Far Away (4:01) AMAZON US 11. Cén Taobh Den Leaba (3:40) AMAZON EURPOEAN SITES 12. Winter Is Over (4:28) TOURING – The Crannua Collective will be headlining Running time: 60:00 Atlanta Irish Fest on November 9th 2019 and will avail of this performance as a launch platform for the new album. Each individual member will be touring between Nov 2019 and March/April 2020 in the US, UK and Europe and will be promoting the new album alongside their solo/band recordings.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.thecrannuacollective.com www.facebook.com/thecrannuacollective Instagram/Twitter: @thecrannuacollective DaisyRings Music [email protected] CD
Echoes Of Swing
Winter Days at Schloss Elmau ACT 9105-2
Release date: 25. October 2019
For over 20 years, Echoes of Swing have been an es- And off we go on an extended sleigh ride. One could say sential go-to band for lovers of classic jazz. They show it lasts from Advent over Christmas and through into the new quite how many sides there are to it, and do so in a way that is year. We travel through all kinds of very different regions, from always consummately fresh. The quartet of Bernd Lhotzky "Winter Wonderland", classically covered in snow (unusually in (piano), Colin T. Dawson (trumpet), Chris Hopkins (alto saxo- 5/4 time here, with hand drums and an Ellingtonian horn sec- phone) and Oliver Mewes (drums) breathe new life into the tion), via frosty cities in the northern hemisphere ("I've Got My canon of the Jazz Age with their skill as players, their fine ar- Love To Keep Me Warm") and on down to South America, rangements – and with a lot of humour. The band play their where December is very different, for example in "Looks Like own compositions too. And each of their albums is built around December", a rare composition by Antonio Carlos Jobim; in the a theme: after "Blue Pepper", "Dancing", "Travelin'" and the alto saxophone passages one can clearly hear Chris Hopkins' "Tribute to Bix Beiderbecke", their new album "Winter Days at admiration for Stan Getz. Schloss Elmau" is a winter walk, but with a swing to it. The new album continues in the line of superb recordings that ACT "Winter Days" has managed completely to avoid those has made in the large concert hall at Schloss Elmau. Indeed, worn-out and over-played Christmas standards. On the where would one find more inspiration for a winter album than other hand, there are playful pieces that toy with the winter in this unique location with its breathtaking views of the Bavari- clichés, or subvert them. For example, there is Burt Bacha- an Alps? rach's "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle", appearing here as a bossa nova. And there are also three contrasting poems set to Whereas previous Echoes of Swing recordings have music by Bernd Lhotzky: there’s "Stopping By Woods" by predominantly featured instrumental tracks, "Winter Robert Frost which is almost like a pop tune, an icy and Days at Schloss Elmau" marks a new departure for the gloomy "The Night Is Darkening Round Me" by Emily Brontë, band: it is a vocal album defined by the presence of the and a classical, notated setting of William Shakespeare's grande dame of classic jazz singing, the American vocalist "Sonnet 97" which ventures into the domain of art song. Inter- Rebecca Kilgore. "There is simply no alternative to Rebecca,” estingly, it is played just by the trio of guest musicians, but they enthuses Bernd Lhotzky. “So many musical and human quali- are anything but drop-ins; they put their complete heart and ties come together in her, you really have to hear her to believe soul into it. Rebecca Kilgore has written the title track "Winter it." Lhotzky has previously worked with Kilgore in a duo and Days" together with Lhotzky – the tropical sounds in it give a calls her "the ideal you’d always hoped somebody would in- sense of contrast. She also chose "Snowbound" with its subtle vent" and a "singing enchantress". So all it takes is a few bars wordplay. This song is by pianist/composer Dave Frishberg of her singing on the opener "Winter Moon", transformed into who has been a friend of Kilgore’s for a long time. an atmospheric nocturne by Chris Hopkins, to realise that Rebecca Kilgore has that perfect sense of swing and time that Taken together, here are thirteen musical winter greet- cannot be taught, combined with subtle elegance and a warm ings which are consistently delightful. They chime partic- timbre, and is able to convey lyrics so naturally in music. There ularly sweetly with the ethos of the season. Echoes of Swing are two additional musicians working with the group: on four are respectful of tradition but have a verve and an energy tracks jazz, guitarist Rolf Marx brings new colours to Echoes of which make it completely new. This band's taste is impecca- Swing’s music. Henning Gailing is a specialist in classic swing ble, their ingenuity is inexhaustible, and their musicality is out- bass, a distinctly rare craft nowadays. Echoes of Swing have standing. This may be music inspired by a specific season and done a lot of live dates with him, and his rare skills and his by a long-gone era of jazz, yet it is precious and timeless. sound reinforce and underpin the foundation of the ensemble. 2CD
3LP
ACTLP 9046-1 3LP CD
Release Date: October 25, 2019 CD
Nguyên Lê
Overseas ACT 9874-2
Release date: 25. October 2019
Nguyên Lê’s "Overseas" – the great guitarist brings jazz, And yet it is not strictly necessary to witness the incredi- traditional Vietnamese music and hip-hop to the music ble feats the performers and artists performing “Over- for “Cirque-Nouveau”. seas” visually. One can be completely captivated by Lê's music, an inspiration in itself. Just as artists from several countries have "Overseas" stems from an interdisciplinary performance brought together circus cultures from Paris, Lyon, Copenhagen, project combining dance, acrobatics and music. “Cirque- Seattle, Montreal, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, so Lê brings to- Nouveau”, conceived and directed by Tuan Le, whose other cred- gether jazz, traditional folk music, rock, hip hop, reggae and elec- its include work as lead choreographer for Cirque du Soleil, is an tronica to create a blend which is surprisingly homogenous. And artistic reflection on the current zeitgeist of Vietnam, a country in as regards the influences that have moulded his fellow musicians, which traditional lifestyles become disoriented through rapid mod- Lê explains: "It begins with the diaspora of the Vietnamese artists, ernisation, especially in the big cities. Nguyên Lê has written the who create something of their own by distancing themselves from music for it, a mix of jazz, traditional Vietnamese music and hip- their roots, but which is nevertheless related to the culture of their hop; "Overseas", from ACT is the soundtrack for this compelling past. And from this we develop the dream of universal communica- vision of change and flux. tion."
It is not just guitarist Nguyên Lê’s peerless command of An impressive crew of musicians has come together for technique that makes him a truly unique musician. this project. Lê's basic band for this undertaking consists of two Throughout his life he has also had the role of a go-between com- kindred spirits who have worked with him in several previous bining very different cultures. "I was born in France as the son of bands: drummer and percussionist Alex Tran and French vibra- Vietnamese parents,” says Lê. “As an artist, I began to build my phonist Illya Amar. Then there are two young band-members who own identity with the culture of my parents and the country I lived have been brought in more recently: neo-traditionalist young singer in. And I am far from alone in this. Many other people have this and multi-instrumentalist Ngô Hông Quang, and US-based beat- experience too, so it is something which can be shared all over the boxer Trung Bao. In addition to the zither player LêThi Van Mai, world, and not just by Vietnamese people.” And a distinctive fea- the flutist Nguyên Hoàng Anh and the percussionist Minh Dàn Môi, ture of all his creative work, whether in the company of illustrious Lê also has American star trumpeter Cuong Vu (born in Saigon), American colleagues, or in the E_L_B trio with Peter Erskine and who became known above all as a Grammy-winning member of Michel Benita, or on albums with the fine Vietnamese singer Hu- the Pat-Metheny band, plus Danish bassist Chris Minh Doky who ong Thanh, or indeed in numerous projects of his own, is that he has been a permanent fixture in the New York jazz scene since has engaged with the theme of reconnection with the culture of his 1989. What all of them deliver could not possibly be described as homeland. Jazz has been the medium for him to combine the Viet- merely illustrative music. From the very first note of the introducto- namese musical tradition with a wide variety styles, from flamenco ry "Noon Moon" through the seven-part "Overseas Suite" to the to the music of the Middle East and beyond. And his interpreta- final evocation of "Mother Goddess", the listener is immersed in a tions of Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and above all his groundbreak- totally refreshing mix of musical styles, always carried by limpid ing Jimi Hendrix project are testimony to this, as they deal with the melodies and compelling rhythms. outstanding artists who emerged in the protest movement against "Overseas" is genuinely impressive and affecting because the Vietnam War. 22 years after his programmatic album "Tales Nguyên Lê has taken the topical theme of migration and also from Viet-Nam", "Overseas" represents a new chapter of his achieved the things that define every great work of art: it is deeply search for the Vietnamese soul through the prism of jazz, and one personal and very much of our time – but also universal and time- which is unprecedented both in its diversity and in its use of multi- less. media.
It is important to note that over time the questions that Lê has been asking himself have changed markedly: "Today it is no longer: 'Am I Vietnamese?’” he explains. “Because just as Vietnam itself has changed, so have I. Today I am Vietnamese and a citizen of the world. In my music that is what I want to express, so this project aims to bring out the creativity of the country as it is today. And that is why the show has been shaped by so many talents."
Jaz z rausch Bigband
Dancin g Wittgenstein Still! Still Still! CD / Vinyl / Digital
Release date October 25, 2019
Jaz z rausch Bigband is the latest group to join the ACT So he cast his net widely and took his ebullient enthusi- fam ily of artists, and it stands out being as unique in se- asm to places that jaz z ers hadn't thought of before. And veral respects, in the first place for its siz e and versatility: one place where he located a definite interest was the legendary it has more than 40 musicians as regular members. Jazzrausch Munich techno club "Harry Klein". Sladek asked his chief compo- plays an average of 120 concerts a year, which would clearly be ser and arranger, guitarist Leonhard Kuhn, to write a programme impossible to achieve without this bench-strength. Within one year that combined big band jazz and techno. And, as it turned out, the the ensemble has performed at Lincoln Center in New York, the young audience was all over it. Jazzrausch Bigband became the JZ Festival in Shanghai, the Safaricom International Jazz Festival in only "artist in residence" big band in a techno club anywhere in the Nairobi, the Ural Music Night in Yekaterinburg and the SXSW in world, with a monthly date that still sells out every time. The good Austin TX. There is probably no other jazz orchestra in the world word started to do the rounds, and soon other clubs and festivals which is quite as busy, in demand and successful as Jazzrausch. were keen to get hold of them and the band’s rise to its current And there is also no other orchestra which reaches audiences as heights began. Now the band has two ACT albums as its visiting young as it does, notably people who had hitherto been very dis- card: there is a re-release of "Dancing Wittgenstein", the success- tant from jazz. ful techno-jazz program, and also "Still! Still! Still!” a Christmas album in classic big band style. Jaz z rausch Bigband’s ability to reach young audiences is attributable to its revolutionary new sound and repertoire. "The Christm as program m e was actually the first one we By playing acoustic techno-jazz in a big band format the ensemble ever played," explains Sladek. "And we’ve enjoyed developing has created a new style that delights jazz fans and excites dance it further every year since. In the run-up to Christmas, it provides addicts. This is music which can satisfy the longings of clubbers in the perfect counterweight to the thrills of the techno shows that search of the genuine, the hand-crafted and the original; and yet it we do for the rest of the year." "Still!, Still!, Still!" consists of Le- appeals in equal measure to devotees of jazz and classical music onhard Kuhn's multi-layered orchestrations for the band’s 18 by having more oomph, being brilliantly entertaining, and through musicians of twelve popular German Christmas songs, traversing its chunky sound. The German broadsheet FAZ talked about a the entire history of big band repertoire – and justifying those three mixture of "powerful sound, groove and enormous stage presen- exclamation marks in the album title. The opener is a Basie-style ce". For the time being at least, Jazzrausch Bigband has no imita- swinger "Leise rieselt der Schnee" with extremes of soft and loud; tors and essentially has the field to itself. “Engel auf den Feldern singen” (Shepherds in the Field Abiding) receives a brisk Herb Alpert treatment; "Fröhliche Weihnacht The band’s rapid rise in just five years of existence natu- überall" has the characteristic Stan Kenton sound. rally has everything to do with its instigator and leader, trom bonist Rom an Sladek. This visionary musician who grafts “These tunes,” says Sladek, “are to our Christm as pro- round the clock had already realized when he was still a student gram m e what the rhythm s are to our techno program m e. that “the way in which jazz has developed has ended up de- The beauty of "Still!, Still!, Still!" is that everyone knows the songs. stroying an awful lot. There’s a prevalent attitude of snobbishness So we and the audience have a common starting-point musically and dismissiveness, combined with an absence of awareness of from which we can inspire people who seldom hear jazz to really the audience. We jazz musicians have to find our way back into enjoy it." In fact, this idea gets to the heart of the Jazzrausch Big- the here and now. We have to learn to master every form of music band phenomenon: for a long time, this group has been working in and demonstrate and proclaim that our music has massive creative "jazz", which more than ever today is the category for interesting potential." In other words. if people won't come out to jazz, then and worthwhile music that doesn't fit into any other category. jazz has to go out to the people. Jazzrausch Bigband keeps the music fresh and on the boil. It doesn’t merely demolish musical barriers, it has a joyful focus on one thing above all: that musicians and audience alike can have fun. ancing ittgenstein CD Still! Still Still! CD ACT - ACT 8 - C inyl C inyl LP LP 1 ancing ittgenstein 1 1 1 eise rieselt der Schnee e Syst m e lan taire Still! Still! 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