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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