It’s always a real treat to hear fresh material from Efdemin, and his latest project looks set to be his most ambitious so far. The techno artist is currently prepping for the release of his Naïf mix, a blend between album and DJ mix that’s soon to drop on Curle Recordings.
Comprised of 29 unreleased tracks, Naïf features new material from the likes of Margaret Dygas, Tobias, Marco Shuttle, Jeroen Search, Steve Bicknell, Gunnar Haslam and Cassegrain, as well as 10 new cuts from Efdemin.
The tracks will also be spread across seven unmixed vinyl EPs—two on Curle, five on Efdemin’s newly revived Naïf—to be released throughout 2018.
Curle Recordings will release Naïf on April 13th, 2018.
Jeff Mills is nothing if not inventive. The Detroit artist has been more adventurous than anyone we can think of across his 35-year career, utilising an exhaustive blend of music, film and documentary to present techno at its richest. Heavily influenced by space travel and science fiction, his dense body of work is as inspirational as it is ground breaking, often referencing subjects like The Jungle Planet, One Man Spaceship and Time Machine. But in this colourful artistry Mills doesn’t belie the genre’s innate spirit: he’s also an exceptionally skilled DJ, and still flourishes with the talents he mastered as a young radio host.
For his latest endeavour Mills has returned to the radio format, exploring the far reaches of space on the NTS Radio broadcast The Outer Limits. Produced in collaboration with NASA, the six-part series is best described as a run of fictional stories, comprising electronic, classical and narrative from Mills and a string of guest musicians.
The first episode, which delves into the idea of the ‘black hole’, will air on Wednesday (January 17) at 2pm GMT, with each show set to be archived on the NTS website after it airs. This week’s episode will feature music by Mills as well as American pianist Kathleen Supové and British violinist Thomas Gould. Stream the show here; part two to be broadcast on March 14, following part three, four, five and six, in May, August, September and November 2018.
The techno pioneer chats with the fabric blog about his beginnings in radio and fascination with space. Full article
Founders of Radio Martiko, a unique label & DJ Collective from Ghent, talk to Entropia, reveal digging stories & deliver an exclusive mix of Greek Instrumental Tsiftelei Rockers, Laika – Shake and early Skiladika, selected from their recent 7-inch finds in Athens. Start reading here.
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“The belly dance holy grail from the organ king of Cairo.”
Egyptian musician Hany Mehanna’s 1973 album The Miracles Of The Seven Dances is being released, via Radio Martiko this January.
Originally released in 1973 on Cairo label Sout El Hob, Mehanna’s solo LP explored far more left-field terrain than on his other collaborations and film scores.
Its 8 tracks mixed traditional rhythms with experimental organ freestyles, guitar grooves and hypnotic strings.
Listen to ‘Badaouiah’ and check out the track list below.
2017 saw full-length releases from STUFF., De Beren Gieren, Black Flower, SCHNTZL, all of them acts that consider jazz as a state of mind rather than a genre.
“Belgian jazz is flourishing thanks to a rich and adventurous new wave.”
(Jazzism)
In the space between expectation and surprise, you will find Dutch-Belgian acoustic-electronic piano trio de beren gieren (The Bear Vultures), providing robust evidence that gold can still be mined from the union of piano, bass and drums. Based on the compositions of pianist Fulco Ottervanger, the trio use the power of improvisation on the quest for a new form and create a multi-layered, kaleidoscopic work of art. de beren gieren are Fulco Ottervanger (piano), Lieven Van Pée (bass) and Simon Segers (drums).
‘We Dug Out Skyscrapers is taken from the album ‘Dug Out Skyscrapers’. Out now on Sdban Ultra.
As an undeniable part of the Pitchfork generation: highly skilled musicians with a large degree of openness – Black Flower strives for original music and deliveres a vibrant, hypnotic and variously entertaining musical mix of Ethio jazz, afrobeat, oriental and dub, bending all purist rules to good effect and claiming to the age-old human ritual of dancing! Black Flower are Nathan Daems (alto & baritone sax), Jon Birdsong (cornet, alto horn, percussion), Wouter Haest (keys), Simon Segers (drums), Filip Vandebril (bass).
‘Lunar Eclipse’ is taken from the album Artifacts. Out now on Sdban Ultra.
STUFF.—a 5-piece instrumental band comprised of Andrew Claes (sax), Lander Gyselinck (drums), Joris Caluwaerts (keyboards), Dries Laheye (bass), and Mixmonster Menno (turntables)—are one of Belgium’s most promising acts. Their music is a coss-genre fusion of broken hip-hop, electronica, and jazz-influenced funk that has won them fans in, among others, Plaid, Kev Beadle, Kutmah, Lefto, and Gilles Peterson.
‘Stratra’ is taken from ‘Old Dreams New Planets’. Out now on Sdban Ultra.
SCHNTZL is a jazz duo comprised of Hendrik Lasure (pianist), and Casper Van De Velde (drums). In February 2015 they won the STORM! contest for young upcoming musical talent, which earned them a cd release on the W.E.R.F. label and a JazzLab tour in 2016. Last summer, they acquired the prizes for best composition and best instrumentalist as well, as the Tremplin Jazz d’Avignon Contest. Their music sees improvisation intertwined with fully arranged compositions.
‘Mosa’ is taken from the album ‘SCHNTZL’. Out now on W.E.R.F.
Live from a cult jazz society in the Belgian countryside.`
A remote hinterland of Europe might not seem like a hotspot for jazz, but from the 1950s through today, the Hnita-Jazz Club in Heist-op-den-Berg has proved otherwise.
Founded by Juul Anthonissen, who ran the club from 1955 until his death in 2008 when his son took Peter took over, this society for jazz lovers has consistently attracted luminaries of the music world past and present for over sixty years, including Sun Ra, Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, and Shabaka Hutchings.
On 10th March 1973, the Freddie Hubbard Quintet journeyed to the (even smaller) town of Zonderschot for an event organised by Hnita-Jazz Club, in Our Lady Queen of Peace church.
Originally recorded by Belgian National Television (BRT/VRT), and never made publicly available, the tapes have been restored and remastered for this first ever vinyl release.
“This concert finds (Hubbard) at his swaggering best, with a backing that includes Michael Career on drums and Junior Cook on Sax, this is a great discovery which I hope you will enjoy as much as me,” shares Gilles Peterson about his “trumpet hero”.
A unique time capsule of astral jazz frequencies, from a little-known music Mecca in Europe, the LP includes standouts ‘First Light’ and ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’, from Hubbard’s 1971 CTI album First Light.
Freddie Hubbard Quintet 1973: Live in Zonderschot LP, limited to 500 copies worldwide, is out now on Cortizona Records.
Listen to snippets from the album, and check out the track list below.
