Brian Jackson / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge Jazz Is Dead 8 LP
Contemporary Jazz, Downtempo,
Mercury KX
00602567701323
Olafur Arnalds of Reykjavik plays piano alongside two brand-new software programme powered normal pianos. Olafur’s piano triggers the semi-generative player pianos which were created by composer and engineer Halldór Eldjárn.
A unique and unusual trio of pianos fed from Olafur’s piano and with unexpected results. I don’t know which of the musical contributions came from computer-powered voodoo electrickery piano critters and which from human skill but the result is a beautiful and emotive collage of pianos, strings and beats. Over soothing simple keyboards, shuffling beats come creeping in while the pianos swell, sweep and soar. Divine harmonies descend, dancing piano notes, swaying string harmonies and stirring undercurrents combine in a glorious surging mass of sound. With Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Jon Hopkins, Sigur Ros, Mum, Michael Nyman, Brian Eno, Johann Johannson, Erik Satie, Tim Hecker, Nicholas Jaar, Pole, Maurizio
NEW / Released in 2018
Tracklist:
A1 Re:member
A2 Unfold
A3 Saman
A4 Brot
A5 Inconsist
A6 They Sink
B7 Ypsilon
B8 Partial
B9 Momentary
B10 Undir
B11 Ekki Hugsa
B12 Nyepi
Contemporary Jazz, Downtempo,