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Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Volume 1
Rob Mazurek
trumpetb.1965
Opera complessa e sfaccettata di argomento fantascientifico (i testi sono del poliedrico Damon Locks dei The Eternals), questo lavoro consente alla Exploding Star Orchestra di dare spazio a tutte le sue pazzesche potenzialità.
? una musica che ha metabolizzato al meglio la lezione di
Sun Ra
piano1914 - 1993
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Suddivisa in sei suggestivi quadri che attraversano atmosfere molto differenti che spaziano dalla melodia sorniona e intrigante al tropicalismo afrofuturista, attraversata da voci minacciose e al tempo stesso ipnotiche, Galactic Parables: Volume 1 viene qui presentata -in 2 CD o 3 LP -affiancando la documentazione della prima assoluta a San'Anna Arresi (il fantastico festival sardo ha il merito di avere commissionato quest'opera) alla ripresa chicagoana di qualche mese dopo, splendida occasione per entrare dentro il meccanismo dell'Orchestra, che plasma i materiali ogni volta in modo differente.
Galassie in movimento, cangianti e emozionanti.
Una musica bellissima, anche grazie al contributo dei tanti meravigliosi collaboratori (da
Jeff Parker
guitarb.1967
Nicole Mitchell
fluteb.1967
Track Listing
Sardegna, Italy
01. Free Agents of Sound; 02. Make Way to the City / The Arc of Slavery #72; 03. The Arc of Slavery #72 (Part 2); 04. Helmets of Our Poisonous Thoughts #16 / Awaken the World; 05. Collections of Time.
Chicago, Illinois
06. Free Agents of Sound; 07. Collections of Time; 08. Make Way to the City; 09. The Arc of Slavery #72; 10. Helmets of Our Poisonous Thoughts #16; 11. Awaken the World #41.
Personnel
Rob Mazurek
trumpetRob Mazurek: composizione, direzione, cornetta, elettronica; Damon Locks: testi, voce, elettronica; Angelica Sanchez: pianoforte; Nicole Mitchell: flauto, voce; Jeff Parker: chitarra; John Herndon, Chad Taylor: batteria; Matthew Bauder: sax tenore, clarinetto; Matthew Lux: basso; Guilherme Granado: tastiere, campionatore, sintetizzatore, voce Mauricio Takara: cavaquinho, elettronica, percussioni.
Album information
Title: Galactic Parables: Volume 1 | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Cuneiform Records
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