Wednesday, September 17, 2014

NEW RELEASES: AUCTION PROJECT WITH MIKE STERN - SLINK; BLUE-EYED HAWK - UNDER THE MOON; GOLDEN DAWN ARKESTRA EP

AUCTION PROJECT WITH MIKE STERN - SLINK

The Auction Project is a union of musicians and composers made up of Arturo O'Farrill (piano) Carlo De Rosa (bass) Vince Cherico (drums) Heather Martin Bixler(violin) David Bixler (saxes). The material is the strength of their friendship love and musical creativity shared by the ensemble, Special guest Mike Stern. Liner Note Author: Arturo O'Farrill. Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY (2014-02-20_2014-02-21&2014-). Photographer: Jon Macapodi. Personnel: David Bixler (alto saxophone); Heather Martin Bixler (violin); Arturo O'Farrill (piano); Carlo DeRosa (acoustic bass, electric bass); Vince Cherico (drums, cymbals). Audio Mixer: Katherine Miller. ~ Cd Universe

BLUE-EYED HAWK - UNDER THE MOON

Blue-Eyed Hawk is the co-operative London based quartet that brings together vocalist Lauren Kinsella, trumpeter Laura Jurd, guitarist Alex Roth and drummer Corrie Dick. Taking its name from a line in W.B. Yeats s poem Under the Moon, their debut album is the sum of a colloborative process that bursts with the youthful energy, vision and integrity of all four members. The result is music that is emotive, lyrical, dark, inspiring and at times unexpected. but most of all it is an honest depiction of the perceptions voiced through four highly talented and engaging performers. Integrating a wide open improv sensibility in to its melodic and richly textured original material, Blue-Eyed Hawk s music dips into a diverse and eclectic world of rock, jazz, minimalism and electronic soundworlds. With the writing pooled between all four members of the band, Under the Moon is very much a communal effort of craftmanship and expression. Using lyrics by E.Y Harburh, W.B Yeats, Armand Silvestre and Seamus Heaney as a source of inspiration, this isn t a jazz album nor a art-rock album but a refreshing genre defying and boundless approach to music making at its most creative and original. So brilliant. Everyone in the room was spellbound . BBC RADIO 3

GOLDEN DAWN ARKESTRA EP

Wonderful work from this fuzzy, funky group – a project headed by Adrian Quesada, who you'll know for his mix of modes on projects like Ocote Soul Sounds, Brownout, and the Brown Sabbath record! This set's maybe mostly like the latter – in that it draws inspiration from fuzzy rock as well as funk – but there's also some unusual exotic elements at play, too – as befits the cover image – slight traces of cosmic energy that help keep things interesting – especially on the keyboards and acoustic percussion. Titles include "Selemat", "Saharan Knights", "Oasis", "Dimensions", and "Afropocalypse". ~ Dusty Groove


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