Tuesday 26 March 2024

OUI033 : Ya Maa Diali / Conlimon

 


Cover art by Daniele Morelli - pic by Anny Zúñiga


OUI033 : Ya Maa Diali / Conlimon

Conlimon is the first single from the forthcoming new album from Daniele Morelli here in trio and always driving his guitar in a jazzy world approach. 

This time, teaming with an Israeli on bass and a drummer from Chiapas/ Mexico.

The album (coming in April) will feature original compositions and 2 reinterpretations /arrangements from a traditional Egyptian and a Serbian songs.

Daniele Morelli: Guitar
Liat Bar: bass
Abraham Lopez Calderon: drums

Recorded and mixed by Alas Blissett - Tecolote Records
Mastered by Alessio Lombardi and Simone Pozzolini

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Thursday 21 March 2024

OUI030 : The Shonai Collective / Epiphany

 


Cover art by Steve Meyfroidt


OUI030 : The Shonai Collective / Epiphany

The album works as a portal into the artist's inner world, with melodies, grooves, and sounds conveying a range of feelings translated into music with themes such as missing someone, hope, the beauty of simplicity, and the impermanence of life. 

"Epiphany" offers a rich and diverse soundscape, incorporating elements of folk, bebop, impressionism, waltz, minimalism, and hip-hop/R&B. This eclecticism adds a unique flavour to the album, showcasing The Shonai Collective's creative minds through collaboration, acceptance, and open-mindedness. 

At its core, "Epiphany" can be classified as modern jazz and is a testament to the power of music in conveying complex emotions and universal truths. 

The album concludes with a minimalistic composition featuring two quotations by Swami Vivekananda, a prominent philosopher from Bengal. This track serves as a philosophical reflection on the betterment of humanity and society. 

“Every idea has to become broad till it covers the whole of this world, every aspiration must go on increasing till engulfed the whole of humanity nay the whole of life within its scope.” - Swami Vivekananda

“Take off the veil of hypnotism which you’ve cast upon the world. Send not out thoughts and words of weakness into humanity.” - Swami Vivekananda



Shonai: Piano/composition - Bengal 
Shonai is a modern jazz pianist, composer, and an educator based in Delhi and the founding member of The Shonai Collective. 
Following a brief period of studying Western classical music, he turned to jazz. While traditional jazz being his main influence, his music also incorporates elements of other genres, including impressionistic music, R&B, soul, funk, folk, pop and blues. 
In addition to performing in and around India, he has given numerous performances in renowned venues and festivals throughout Europe and SE Asia. Shonai is actively engaged in working with original music in the local indie scene. In addition to his involvement with this collective, he is also a member of an experimental jazz ensemble and works as a music educator. 


Shonai

Shantanu Sudarshan: Drums - Kerala 
Shantanu Sudarshan has been working as an active session musician for both stage and studio scenarios since 2017. Proficient in many styles of music, he has had the opportunity to work with/for LIFEFORM, Bollyjazz, Saby Singh, Senor Elephante, Syncopation, The Copycats, RollsRoy's, Angad Katari, Abhilasha Sinha, Rie Ona, Nathalie Ramirez Tovar, Jose Neil Gomes, Bowjob, Nik And Nat, The Lyric Ensemble of Delhi, Kamakshi Khanna, IOISH, Gaurav Chintamani/The Dirt Machine, Shadow and Light, The Rahul Misra Enquiry Commission, Ujwal Nagar, Grain and the Shri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication. 

Shantanu

Shifumi Saito: Double bass - Japan 
Shifumi's musical odyssey began in 1998 when she discovered her passion for the double bass in Kanagawa, Japan. Before her India sojourn, Shifumi played extensively in Japan. Relocating to India was a bold step, reflecting her unwavering dedication. In India, she seamlessly blended Japanese and Indian musical traditions and symbolizes music's power to unite cultures. 

Shifumi

Also part of The Collective is Steve Meyfroidt- (Visual Artist/Technologist/Scientist) a UK based artist who works at the intersection between science and visual arts and made the logo for the Collective and the album cover art.

Digital release on the 21st of March 2024.

Track listing:

1: Absence
2: Hope
3: One fo the Lil One
4: No Dose
5: Hymn Of Dreams
6: The Reverend Man
7: Syogyo-mujo
8: Freedom Jazz Trance

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Sunday 17 March 2024

ODG192 : Mati Pirsztuk / Mitternacht

 


Cover art by Lady Von


ODG192 : Mati Pirsztuk / Mitternacht

About the album, Mati says:

"The landscape around us changes every time, but the soundscape remains intact. We can feel it, hear it; but we can’t see it.
This record managed to capture the parallel spectrum that happens at midnight (or Mitternacht, in German) when everyone is sleeping. And others... just existing. 
I recorded the songs in different spaces such as animal biopark, the exact spot of the Highway where I was hitted by a bus ten years ago and almost died (only unconscious for a lapse of time) and my studio."

Tracks 2 & 4 recorded at Temaiken Biopark, Feb 2024.
Track 3 & 6 recorded at General Paz Highway, Dec 2023.
Tracks 1 & 5 recorded at Elektrisch Flamingo Studios, Jan-Feb 2024.
All tracks recorded, performed & mixed by Mati Pirsztuk.
Recorded between 2023 & 2024 using contact microphones, power electronics, synthesizer and olympus voice recorder.
Artwork by Lady Von.
Mastered at Elektrisch Flamingo Studios, Mar 2024.

Mati Pirsztuk is an Argentinian experimental musician, composer and audiovisual artist. He incorporates different styles such as avant-garde, field recording and Berlin school. Along with music, he works as a film director. His works were published in different countries like Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, UK, Japan, USA and Croatia.

This is a  BANDCAMP ONLY release.

Mati

Digital release on the 17th of March 2024.

Track listing:

1: Fractal Bodies
2: Natural Birds Expression
3: Lost Highway
4: Natural Birds Re-Expression
5: Untitled
6: Mitternacht

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Friday 15 March 2024

OLB002 : Lastboss / DarkestOur2 - CloakingDevice

 


Cover art by Lee Prescott and JT Tan



OLB002 : Lastboss / Darkest2 - CloakingDevice

For all info about this sumptuous series see OLB001.

Digital release on the 15th of March 2024.

Track listing:

1: CloakingDevice
2: LinearB
3: LightBendsAroundYou
4: Veil(ft.Process Prototype)

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Friday 8 March 2024

ODG186-OJP075 : Alinovsky - Tetsuroh Konishi / Hypnotic

 

Cover art by A.L.



ODG186-OJP075 : Alinovsky - Tetsuroh Konishi / Hypnotic

The new album was composed with an idea of perpetual slow variations in the backing electronics, giving a sense of hypnosis in the music.

Tetsuroh San added his magical trumpets to give the album another ethereal dimension.

Even in the more 'rhythmic' tracks, the base stays 'un' evolving.
Track number 5 which gives the title of the album was the starting point for the rest of the songs.
You can find a 16 minutes version on the single 'Tantric' released on ODG185-OJP074.

Alinovsky: keys, rhythms, mixing, editing
Tetsuroh Konishi: the trumpets, flute on track #9
Pierre Vervloesem: mastering

Digital release on the 8th of March 2024.

Track listing:

1: Bosonic
2: Spasmic
3: Obconic
4: Endemic
5: Hypnotic - Short version remix
6: Demonic
7: Vocalic
8: Fluidic
9: Gluonic
10: Sybotic

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Friday 1 March 2024

OUI029 : We Will Intersect / Fragments

 


Cover art by Eddie Boyd


OUI029 : We Will Intersect / Fragments

Australian improvisational “supergroup” We Will Intersect are proud to release Fragments, the follow up to their 2023 self-titled album (see also OCD053). Fragments features the quartet’s trademark electro-acoustic post-jazz improvisation, and masterful editing and production in a concise four-track release.

We Will Intersect is co-led by Adrian Lim-Klumpes, celebrated Australian pianist and mastermind behind some of Australia’s most original instrumental groups Triosk and Tangents, as well sensational young Australian trumpeter and sound artist Nick Calligeros (Microfiche, SOFT SPOT). Co-leaders Adrian and Nick met 16 years earlier as music tutor and student, respectively, and have gone on to forge a strong musical relationship including this group. The group also features both drummer & producer Nick Meredith (KCIN), who from a single drum rigged up to his laptop, is able to achieve an entire palette of otherworldly sounds, and versatile jazz drummer Miles Thomas. 

The four tracks of Fragments are short excerpts cut from an extended hour-long recorded improvisation that leads the listener through a masterfully constructed journey traversing multiple sound-worlds towards a cathartic conclusion.

Lim-Klumpes and Calligeros creatively edited each excerpt, constructing four distinctive and captivating sound-worlds. The first three tracks feature relatively restrained, experimentally-tinged soundscapes scattered with electronics and treated instruments, while the final track centres round a raw and impassioned trumpet solo over highly-compressed and gated drums and a ghostly piano track. 

Nick says: “This new record highlights the development of the group’s sound, not only in terms of strengthening ideas around group improvisation, but in terms of our post-production. The sound-worlds feel richer due to the additional creative editing and processing we experimented with on this record.”

Adrian Lim-Klumpes: piano, composition, editing
Nick Calligeros: trumpet, live electronics, editing
Nicholas Meredith: percussion, live electronics
Miles Thomas: drums

Digital release on the 1st of March 2024.

Track listing:

1: Fragment I
2: Fragment II
3: Fragment III
4: Fragment VI

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Friday 23 February 2024

ODV079 : Pierre Vervloesem / Saucers

 


Cover art pic by Pierre Vervloesem


ODV079 : Pierre Vervloesem / Saucers

To finish his trilogy about the univers Pierre gives us Saucers. Because they're there watching you! Enjoy!

Pierre says:
"Many people have observed what could well be UFOs at these places (these are places). 
This is an evocation of these events, calm down."

Pierre Vervloesem : Guitars, Bass, Keys, vocs
Teun Verbruggen : Drums

Digital release on the 23rd of February 2024.

Track listing:

1: Roskovec
2: Ballymahon
3: Taszâr
4: Lemnos
5: Clarenville
6: Yerevan
7: Antananarivo
8: Fatima
9: Belgian Wave
10: Saucers

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