Five-piece hybrid jazz outfit Black Flower are set to release new album ‘Magma’ on the 28th January via the groove-obsessed Belgian label, Sdban Ultra. Piloted by Brussels-based saxophonist/flutist/composer Nathan Daems (Echoes of Zoo, Dijf Sanders), the quintet is a vibrant, hypnotic mix of Ethio jazz, afrobeat, psychedelia and oriental influences, inspired by Mulatu A...(展开全部) Five-piece hybrid jazz outfit Black Flower are set to release new album ‘Magma’ on the 28th January via the groove-obsessed Belgian label, Sdban Ultra. Piloted by Brussels-based saxophonist/flutist/composer Nathan Daems (Echoes of Zoo, Dijf Sanders), the quintet is a vibrant, hypnotic mix of Ethio jazz, afrobeat, psychedelia and oriental influences, inspired by Mulatu Astatke, Fela Kuti and varied western musical traditions. Black Flower is a band at the peak of their creative powers. Having received glowing praise for the 2019 album ‘Future Flora’ from Mojo, Songlines, BBC Radio 6 Music’s Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 3’s Music Planet, Worldwide FM and Jazz FM among others, forthcoming album ‘Magma’ sees Black Flower embrace new synth and organ sounds from the band’s most recent recruit, Karel Cuelenaere. His influence can be heard from the outset – his keys adding a swirling, mischievousness to album opener and title track ‘Magma’. Elsewhere, the shuffling drum patterns and flighty, flute-propelled ‘O Fogo’ are rich in texture and flow. Driving rhythms and Eastern influenced melodies serve as a rich source of pleasure that, like magma, become real and solid when finding its way to the surface. It’s the perfect metaphor for this album’s creational process. The pulsating, trance-inducing ‘Deep Dive Down’ continues the joyous process while singer-songwriter Meskerem Mees (winner of The Montreux Jazz Talent Award 2021) adds, her clear-as-spring-water vocals to the celestial ‘Morning in the Jungle’. With the much-trusted Frederik Segers on production and London-based visual virtuoso Raimund Wong (Total Refreshment Centre) on artwork duties, it all adds up to the psychedelic and exploratory identity of the band and are key elements that helped ‘Magma’ in its ascension from deep down up to the surface. A creative process solidified into vinyl, just as magma into rock. Fellow musicians and spiritual henchmen are Jon Birdsong (dEUS, Beck, Calexico) on cornet, Simon Segers (Absynthe Minded, De Beren Gieren, MDCIII) at the drums, Filip Vandebril (Lady Linn, The Valerie Solanas) at the bass and Karel Cuelenaere (John Ghost) on keys.
3 有用 Jason_Chang 2022-02-02 10:28:21
听half liquid我化作一摊水。今年目前最接近5星的唱片
7 有用 鸭鸭 2022-02-09 16:08:40
新一代Ethio Jazz乐手的精彩新作,且不仅仅局限于传统框架,而是让视野更加扩大。Afrobeat的律动铺底,管风琴的声音神圣厚重,但是独特的音阶又是如此有趣灵动,形成了奇妙的听感。《Morning In The Jungle》里的美丽Vocal甚至带领听众来到热带雨林。
0 有用 uncannyblue 2022-02-18 18:38:41
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0 有用 TristanShen 2022-07-02 21:42:15
4
1 有用 有時的旋律 2022-05-23 02:11:51
听多了欧洲主流的爵士,来点埃塞俄比亚爵士解解腻
0 有用 知暖 2024-11-11 08:29:39 美国
人声部分好听
0 有用 明天见 2023-12-22 02:19:05 上海
8.0
0 有用 unnamed 2024-11-30 02:44:10 美国
太强了…思路,技术,视野,精致程度都无懈可击😭
0 有用 银翼抄手 2024-03-02 22:41:03 广东
Not my cup of tea(原来两年前标记了想听
0 有用 Sprawl 2023-08-16 00:33:47 浙江
4.5