Thursday, March 21, 2019

New Releases: Don Grusin and Filippo Gaetani - Populism Dystopia; Cinematic Orchestra – To Believe; Julian Lage – Love Hurts


Don Grusin and Filippo Gaetani - Populism Dystopia

American jazz pianist grammy winner Don Grusin and producer Filippo Gaetani long friendship culminated in a wild 4-day recording session in Vienna Tic studio in summer 2017 and continued through 2018, resulting in a 4 track Ep. “Populism Dystopia” will be released on April 26th via Rayrecordings. Between classical influences and ambient jazz, pop and soundtrack elements, it moves from a modern Indie sound to Steely Dan influences with dystopian Bossa Nova. Release date: April 26th 2019 and pre-release March 26th. Youtube trailer: https://youtu.be/1Stg8mf7xeU


Cinematic Orchestra – To Believe

As longtime fans might know, the Cinematic Orchestra isn't a large ensemble, but a duo – yet the pair also have this fantastic way of creating a really spacious sound in their music – thanks in part to a very open door when it comes to creative guests! This time around, there's some fantastic voice in the lead – singers who really help give the music a very rich shape, including Moses Sumney, Roots Manuva, Tawiah, Heidi Vogel, and Grey Reverend – who add lyrics to most of the songs on the album, while the duo of Jason Swinscoe and Dominic Smith help keep the focus on the large instrumental landscape, which receives some fantastic light touches from the genius of Miguel Atwood-Ferguson this time around. It's been a while since the last project from the group – but if anything, the break has only seemed to help deepen their sound. Titles include "To Believe", "A Caged Bird/Imitations Of Life", "A Promise", "Zero One/This Fantasy", "The Workers Of Art", and "Wait For Now/Leave The World".  ~ Dusty Groove

Julian Lage – Love Hurts

Julian Lage is often one of the more compelling contemporary jazz guitarists on record – and this time around, he definitely lives up to that legacy – by offering up unusual trio takes on the music of Ornette Coleman, David Lynch, and Keith Jarrett – while also adding in a few of his own great tunes too! Lage often has a bit of fuzz around the edges – not full distortion, but also not the clean, crisp sound that's more often heard with jazz guitar – and that fullness of tone really makes things interesting, and often pushes out a sound that feels like a lot more than a trio – especially when the bass of Jorge Roeder and drums of Dave King get a bit more dynamic. Titles include "In Heaven", "Tomorrow Is The Question", "Trudgin", "Love Hurts", "In Circles", "Encore A", "The Windup", and "Crying".  ~ Dusty Groove



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