Looking Glass

Strawberry Moon

My Baby Loves Voodoo! 
Originals written by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, D. de Vries, M. Smid, R. Allen and Y. Sprey.
Played by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, D. de Vries, M. Smid.
Guest musicians: S. van Dijck, J. Tuinstra, X. Vrienten, M. Vinkenoog, Y. Sprey, W. Sterke, C. Zwagerman.
Musical advice: F. Sutherland.
Published by Embrace Music.


10 Masters Of War

In may 2014, I was asked to perform at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris for "La maison de la Syrie", a project aimed to raise awareness of the current war in Syria. It was an honor for me to be part of this project. I was also kindly asked to play some of the  arabic sounds I have in my library... This was the result.


Arab café. Maison de la Syrie.

Get Me There

Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do released on Naim Records on the 25th September 2015.

Order Now: https://sonsofkemet.bandcamp.com/

In Memory Of Samir Awad was written to commemorate a Palestinian teen killed by Israeli forces as he fled their gunfire in 2013. 

After the blistering success of their debut album 'Burn' in 2013, Sons of Kemet return with their highly anticipated follow up 'Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do.' 'Burn' is a hard act to follow - not only did it garner the band fans such as Gilles Peterson (who included the album in his Worldwide Awards shortlist) and stunning reviews, including The Arts Desk (who pronounced it Album Of The Year) and The Quietus, but they also scooped the MOBO Best Jazz Award. The bar has indeed been set high for the second album, but yet again Sons of Kemet have surpassed themselves, delivering an album stuffed to the rafters with the euphoric, danceable grooves and riffs that made 'Burn' such an unprecedented success and audiences go crazy.

www.naimlabel.com

In Memory of Samir Awad

Sons of Kemet - In Memory Of Samir Awad

Music for piano and string quartet.

Strings: leos-strings.com brookspearemusic.com

Artwork by Kalle Saarikko: https://www.kallesaarikko.com


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Expressions and Abstractions

René Aubry - L'abîme

From "A Forward-Facing Review".
Composed, performed, recorded and produced by Philipp Rumsch between February and July 2017.
Mastered by Markus @ Abendroth Mastering.

„A Forward-Facing Review“ is one of his works resulting from a one-year study period at „Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium“ in Copenhagen. In contrast to his previous work, Rumsch is responsible for both composition and sound design / mixing. Inspired by composers like Morton Feldman, Giacinto Scelsi and Elaine Radique and by the music of William Basinski, Tim Hecker, Brian Eno and Ben Frost, Rumsch draws up concepts to approach electro-acoustic music with pianistic elements. By only using acoustic and electronic keyboard instruments like piano, fender rhodes and various synthesizers, Rumsch first created the sounds for his composition in order to manipulate and edit them on the computer.

"A Forward-Facing Review" is a twenty-minute long concept composition with two parts exploring in two different ways a various amount of sounds as well as their gradual modulation. "Part II" is the more minimalistic chapter of this composition. An almost constant number of elements creates a sonic composition, which rests in itself. Thus development emerges through a gradual modulation of a few parameters. Philipp Rumsch invites the listener to accept subtle developments and offers the possibility to immerse into a difficile and diverse soundscape. 

Danish artists Anders Bach and August Rosenbaum as well as Icelandic composer, sound designer and multiinstrumentalist Valgeir Sigurðsson supported Rumsch in producing „A Forward-Facing Review“.

A Forward-Facing Review - Part II

This Wild Willing

Fool's Game

Original Composition by Phillip Glass
Cover version - Produced, Arranged and Performed by Liam Boyle

Phillip Glass - Glassworks - Opening

Purchase Here: https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/jallalla

In 2017, Lagartijeando (Mati Zundel), released his second full length album ‘El Gran Poder,’ via Wonderwheel and subsequently hypnotized the masses with the way he laced the traditional Charango playing that he picked up traveling the Andes with the pulsing, digital-cumbia electronica that’d been popularized in the region by the likes of Chancha Via Circuito, Nicola Cruz, and beyond. El Gran Poder plucked Zundel from his small town of Dolores in Argentina and catapulted his sound onto a global stage. He was revered by the likes of The Fader and Bandcamp, who referred to him as an electro-folk alchemist - and that he is. 

On June 7, Lagartijeando casts a new spell with Jallalla, an ambitious new full length being released on Wonderwheel Recordings. Jallalla is a word used in Bolivia to celebrate something- and it’s a word that strengthens in meaning when more people say it together. Jallalla is an entire life in an album - beginning with what would be the sonic representation of pulling back reeds to discover a new path with the song Villazon-Potosi and its sparse electronic percussion gradually filled in with curiosity-giving winds. Following is joyful charango riff that becomes the base for the track La Frontera, which features the sweet, wispy voice of Minük, the Colombian artist Alejandra Ortiz, known as half of the duo Lulacruza. As the album progresses, it becomes more experimental with electronic elements, sneaking in bits of deep house and dub. The fourth track is called Caña, and is a collaboration with none other than Chancha Via Circuito. It’s minimal and haunting, playing with repetitive bass, chimes, and what sounds like owl sounds. Zundel’s beloved charango sneaks back in via the next track, Adios Potosi, continuing the trek with a sweet melodic mid-album break. On the track A Todo Pai, one that celebrates Latin American identity (a todo pai, un solo maiz, repeats the song), Zundel collaborates with Javier Arce - lead singer of the Costa Rican indie-funk band Cocofunka, whose peculiar and infectious voice adds new layers onto the album. The last few songs are a mix of meditative electronic tracks and life-giving dance-floor ready numbers, all lending to Jallalla being a celebration of life and the various adventures it contains. 

Jallalla is out on June 7 via Wonderwheel Recordings.

René Aubry - L'abîme

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