Full Circle Reworks

Circle 19 (Midori Hirano Rework)

from 'An Excellent Spiritual Serviceman' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den358
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/noiseensemble

After a creative break of more than 10 years the Contemporary Noise Ensemble returns with the brand new album called „An Excellent Spiritual Serviceman”. With the band’s line-up reduced and the sound of the brass section replaced with programmable synthesizers comes an entirely new sound of the band’s music. Leaning towards composition instead of improvisation the music is now less jazzy sounding - with electric bass being used instead of double bass and drums actually being the only strictly acoustical instrument. But then again you can hear a lot of other prerecorded instruments like marimba, vibraphone, Rhodes and upright pianos surrounded by arpeggiated synths and other programmable electronic instruments. The album takes you to a journey through jazz, space rock, funk and electronic music with a destination in a form of a rock song which is as well the title song of the album. The Contemporary Noise Ensemble still impresses with maturity and class.

An Excellent Spiritual Serviceman

Dance Of The Headless Jazz Expert

Contemporary Noise Ensemble - Dance Of The Headless Jazz Expert

Edena Gardens first ever concert captured live.

Until now, Edena Gardens has embraced the zoned-out quality of more or less introspective tracks. While studio albums are based on improvisations honed into tracks that fit together on an album, live Edena Gardens is another beast altogether. There’s a rawness to the tracks, without ever getting decidedly heavy - a quality which shows why the trio’s main acts Causa Sui & Papir have been redefining the European psychedelic underground for over a decade. The A-side exposes re-renderings of 1 track from each of the band’s studio albums. The live versions both have a harder edge and a unique spontaneous live energy. It displays that Edena Gardens are not all about musical meditation, but that they also know how to rock.

But it’s on the B-side where we get into the deep end. Here, we’re getting the full uninhibited version of Edena Gardens. A free-flowing yet exact 17-minute track, which starts out in a funky stoner jazz vibe, which somehow crescendos into an extended free-jazz-passage, finally culminating in an ending that’s as much psychedelic krautrock as it is 90’s rockism, winding itself down into it’s own doom. 

It makes sense that a band that feeds on impulses would release their very first show. 

Recorded at the Jaiyede Jazz festival 2022, Oct. 22nd at theatre Momentum in Odense, Denmark.

Edena Gardens: Veil (live)

Stockholm-based composer Shida Shahabi returns with her sophomore album, ‘Living Circle’ - a wonderfully rich and accomplished new work that resonates with a powerful depth and viscerality. Where the warm, homespun piano of her 2018 debut, ‘Homes’, drew widespread praise and announced her arrival as a bold new voice, ‘Living Circle’ sees the artist pushing forwards into deeper, more expansive sonic realms. With tracks stretching longer and slower, and her piano lines less ornate and dominant, ‘Living Circle’ is a heavyweight album and a must-hear for fans of Stars Of The Lid, Sarah Davachi, Max Richter, Labradford, etc. Released via FatCat’s 130701 imprint on June 23rd on vinyl, CD and digital formats, it is preceded by a live show supporting A Winged Victory For The Sullen at London’s Barbican Centre on May 13th.

Living Circle

pre-order

Shida Shahabi - Aestus

Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland

My Ideal

Alright, guys! Peter grriifiifififffififn time.... griffining it...

Sounet Mahdit

Marcmoon plays the Bosendorfer piano in this romantic middle east tinged instrumental. Dedicated to my dear friends, Iraj and Hiva.

Echoes From a Distance

jan-philip schulze, wdr sinfonieorchester köln, peter rundel
(released on mode records)

clouds and sky

Johannes Schöllhorn