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Album of the week

Soyuz Album of the week

Well, August has packed its bags and left the building. Now it's time to look back and marvel at the tsunami of musical gems that serenaded our ears over the past 31 days.

Twistedsoul Sterero: August

wild Sunday

We have no idea who the rightful artist is, If you do, please let us know :)

Hardkandy / Moonlight

NO EXPOSING (SXYLK REBIRTH BLEND)

ION CARE (LATE TECHNO THROWAWAY)

Sxylk, Mariko - GOD S3ND Remix

Some records just stop you in your tracks. They resonate with you and feel instantly familiar like an old friend, even on the first listen. SOYUZ's third album ‘Force of the Wind’ is one of those records. It holds all the trademarks, beauty, and eccentricities of classic Brazilian recordings, from the 60s and 70s, that we have come to love. Think artists such as Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges, Burnier e Cartier, Arthur Verocai et al. But this record wasn’t made in Brazil and is in fact a brand-new release. 
 
SOYUZ (which translates as 'union') is a creative collective from Minsk, Belarus, led by composer, arranger, and singer, Alex Chumak, multi-instrumentalist, Mikita Arlou, and drummer, Anton Nemahai. SOYUZ's previous albums explored and reimagined the legacy of jazz-oriented, non-English-language pop music of the 20th century. For their third album, there is a stronger focus, and it is influenced by 70s Música popular Brasileira and building bridges from it to present-day Belarus. Alex notes that from the moment he first encountered Brazilian music, he found in it a kind of concentrated emotion that felt as if it were familiar to him from his childhood. This non-verbal emotion and connection between the listener and musician echoes in the music, regardless of understanding of the language the album is recorded in. 
 
‘Force of the Wind’ includes songs sung in Russian and Portuguese as well as instrumental compositions. Its musical palette is both acoustic and electroacoustic: rich warm Rhodes piano, soaring string arrangements, and a controlled drum swagger sounding both relaxed yet super tight. Alongside Alex's sublime vocals, that grace the majority of the tracks, the album features guest performances by multi-talented musician and vocalist Kate NV and rising Brazilian star, Sessa. Alex also recently arranged a number of tracks on Sessa's highly praised 2022 album 'Estrela Acesa'.
 
On the album, the trio is joined by a cast of friends; NY-based musician of Turkish origin percussionist, Cem Mısırlıoğlu, classically trained composer, Simon Hanes, who aided with string arrangements and conducting the string players, Netherlands-based Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, Gabriel Milliet, on flutes. With the collaboration of these friends SOYUZ have created nine songs/suites that are subtle and plenitude and like the best albums, leave you aching for more.  
 
‘Force of the Wind’ is an enigma, Brazilian yet not Brazilian, vintage yet still contemporary, out of sync with modern culture yet completely relevant and necessary.

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ)Feat. Sessa - How Are You (Como É Que Vai Você)

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) - Glance (Мгновение)

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) Feat. Kate NV - I Knew It (Я Так И Знал)

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) - Offscreen (За Кадром )

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) - Song With No Words (Песня Без Слов)

ianisugly Subculture/BoilerRoom set (By mIxIeBeats)

Back in March 2023 I booked in for a double drummer recording session with good friend Sarathy Korwar and was waiting for him to arrive from the other side of the cosmos (along with his Drums and Tabla via Uber) or to be specific, from his home to the studio.

Earlier I’d had the idea to sample up this particular polyrhythmic modular synth piece that i’d fallen in love with by James Holden (now with his permission) and drum solo to it, so whilst waiting around, I
recorded myself improvising along on drums as well as vibes and various Thai percussion that I had picked up on our recent trip to perform in Bangkok.

The track came together intuitively and instinctively (but not by collectively improvising together as a band, like the other tracks on the forthcoming album “Abstract Intuition”)

I somehow knew that I wanted to create something precise, but I couldn’t quite verbalise or visualise it, perhaps because it was in way subconsciously influenced by everything I was listening to and subjectively inspired by all at once?
So, I allowed it to flow naturally and take its form under my guidance.

Another master percussionist friend, Magnus Mehta, added congas to the melting pot and I then added parts written by Ben Hadwen on flute and Twm Dylan on upright bass followed by me doubling up on synth bass.

I needed a certain simplicity from their input for this piece and I definitely remember ending up telling them both that if they got too ‘clever’ or ‘muso’ on it, I would have to start chopping off fingers one by one until they got the message. Thankfully it didn’t get to this!

To complete the collage I had the idea to invite Peter Zummo aboard for some dubby post punk trombone, the deep tone of which almost reminded me of the depth of sound achieved with a Tibetan Dungchen.
I had briefly met Peter at Cafe OTO when I was there providing DJ support for Bex Burch during her residency there.
And on the subject of Bex, it was her description of her sound as “Messy Minimalism” that partially inspired my title for the track.

it’s about CONSCIOUSNESS, unconsciousness, ego, identity, the mind… and LOVE.

This is expressed in the forthcoming video for the track.

Spontaneously created by

Twm Dylan
Ben Hadwen
Nick Woodmansey

Produced, mixed and collaged into being by Nick Woodmansey / Emanative

Elevated significantly by guest appearances / samples from
Peter Zummo, James Holden, Magnus Mehta,

Mastered by Casper Sutton - Jones At Gearbox

Artwork by Danny Gretscher

https://emanative.bandcamp.com/album/abstract-intuition

Emanative & The Abstract Intuition - Messimalism (Above Thought)

I Had Some Help

I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)

Flores para Verene / Cantos para Caramina

Angela's Angel

Travel

Pour Me A Drink

Pour Me A Drink (feat. Blake Shelton)

"À L'instar Du Flair," a highlight of @bolbec's upcoming debut album, whisk listeners away on a modal jazz adventure that echoes the vibes of Yusef Lateef.

Read more: https://twistedsoulmusic.org/2024/08/06/bolbecs-a-linstar-du-flair-ts-premiere/

Victime De L'aube

Bolbec - À L'instar Du Flair (TS Premiere)

'Sunset in June' is a Jazz Amapiano song composed, produced and performed by trumpet @jayphelpsmusic. He blends the warm textures of Jazz and African grooves to produce a unique sound that’s new and fresh.



Read more: https://twistedsoulmusic.org/2024/08/06/jay-phelps-sunset-in-june-ts-premiere/

Jay Phelps - Sunset In June (TS Premiere)

F-1 Trillion

Have The Heart (feat. Dolly Parton)

Finer Things (feat. Hank Williams Jr.)

Wrong Ones (feat. Tim McGraw)

The Butterfly Drinks the Tears of the Tortoise

Corey

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Chassol – Birds, Pt. I

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Vinyl/Download/Stream

jitwam. - Later...

VINYL + DIGITAL
https://samwilkes.bandcamp.com

Sam Wilkes debut full-length WILKES is out everywhere October 5th 2018

VINYL

Sam Wilkes - Descending

Harvest Time - Pharoah Sanders