Three albums on Bandcamp I've been listening to lately that absolutely deserve wider attention, so here we go:
1.MACELLERIA MOBILE DI MEZZANOTTE - "HIVER NOIR" (2017)
Style: #doomjazz
Released: nov.5 2017
Guitar – Manuele Frau | Piano, Bass, Noises, Synth – Riccardo Chiaretti | Saxophone – Pierluigi Ferro | Synthesizer, Drum Programming, Producer, Effects – Lorenzo Macinanti | Synthesizer, Vocals, Sampler – Adriano Vincenti
Tracks:
1.Taiga 06:28
2.Baikal Lake 06:32
3.Last Kiss By The Volga 04:05
4.Az Vozdam 05:18
5.Submisyvnyi Jazz (Pivnik U Kyevi) 09:07
6.Pered Snegopadom 04:35
7.Hiver Noir 18:43
As the album title already suggest, this is music for late winter nights when it’s freezing and cold outside. But don’t expect any uplifting, cosy music from this italian ‘funeral-jazz’ outfit (originally a trio but now a 5-piece) . The atmosphere here paints in black and only hues surrounding this colour. Recommended for fans of slow-paced dark soundscapes fused with smokey underground jazz. Think of Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks, David Lynch), Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore or Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones.
https://macelleriamobiledimezzanotte1.bandcamp.com/album/hiver-noir
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2.CHRISTIAN SCOTT aTUNDE ADJUAH - "THE EMANCIPATION PROCRASTINATION" (2017)
Style: #contemporaryjazz
Released: oct.20 2017
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Trumpet, Siren, Sirenette, Reverse Flugelhorn, SPD - SX, Sonic Architecture (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12) | Elena Pinderhughes - Flute (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12) | Braxton Cook - Alto Saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12) | Stephen J. Gladney - Tenor Saxophone (track 11) | Lawrence Fields - Piano, Fender Rhodes (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) | Kris Funn - Bass (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12) | Luques Curtis - Bass (tracks 4, 6, 10) | Matt Stevens - Guitar (tracks 1, 12) | Cliff Hines - Guitar (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10) | Dominic Minix - Guitar (track 8) | Corey Fonville - Drums, SPD - SX (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) | Joe Dyson, Jr. - Pan African Drums, SPD - SX (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 10) | Marcus Gillmore - Drums, SPD- SX (track 2) | Weedie Braimah - Djembe, Bata, Congas (tracks 2, 5, 10)
Tracks:
1.The Emancipation Procrastination 06:25
2.AvengHer 05:02
3.Ruler Rebel [X. aTunde Adjuah Remix] 05:53
4.Ashes of Our Forever 04:07
5.In The Beginning [Feat. Weedie Braimah] 02:24
6.Michele with one L 03:11
7.The Cypher 04:45
8.Videotape 04:39
9.Gerrymandering Game 02:02
10.Unrigging November 05:00
11.Cages [Feat. Stephen J. Gladney] 09:33
12.New Heroes 10:45
This is Christian’s final album of the 2017 Centennial Trilogy (”Ruler Rebel” and “Diaspora” are the other two releases), a celebration of 100 years of jazz recordings. Once more ít’s a very compelling album by one of the greatest jazz talents around these days. This is modern Jazz from the book (if there is any ?). Oh….did I mention that Christian, besides an excellent composer, is a fabulous trumpeter ?
https://christianscott.bandcamp.com/album/the-emancipation-procrastination
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3.SNOWDROPS - "LIVE AT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CRYPT OF PARIS" (2017)
Style: #soundscapes #ambient
Released: oct.5 2017
Christine Ott & Mathieu Gabry : Ondes Martenot, Ondomo, Keyboards, Soundscapes
Tracks:
1.Scene VII 02:26
2.Scene VIII 02:52
3.Scene IX 03:04
4.Scene X 04:21
5.Scene XI 03:59
6.Scene XII 05:36
If you are not familiar with the exquisite sound of the “Ondes-Martenot”, one of the earliest (1928!!) electronic musical instruments, then you should listen to this short but beautiful live recording by Snowdrops. Played by Christine Ott (and accompanied by soundscapes of Mathieu Gabry) the instrument’s eerie, wavering notes create a journey beyond time and space, even far beyond the fitting space of the archaeological crypt in Paris.
https://gizehrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-archaeological-crypt-of-paris