Artifacts

Artifacts
9 Plages 1 Disque
  • 1. Bones
    04:59
  • 2. Alexandria
    04:51
  • 3. Helios Victor
    04:37
  • 4. Realm and Era
    06:43
  • 5. High Upon the Mountain High Upon the Hill
    04:05
  • 6. Sound Sacrament
    03:10
  • 7. Abeba Zeybekiko
    04:43
  • 8. Artifacts
    06:27
  • 9. Lunar Eclipse
    04:40

Stirred up from deep within, from an abstract spiral of sound and movement, from a sensation of time and space absolving and converging at once, the Black Flower musicians have molded a tangible matter: the album Artifacts. Their second full album sounds international and ageless. Eastern influences, Ethiodub and jazz effortlessly merge. Fantasy and reality seem to fuse. In a word: nourishment for body and soul.

"Psyche-delicious and accessible 20th century Ethiodubjazz. As if John Zorn put on Fela Kuti's shoes and imbibed Mulatu Astatke's whirls."

Piloted by saxophonist /flutist /composer Nathan Daems (Ragini Trio, Dijf Sanders, Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra), this instrumental band aims for originality. Fellow musicians and 'brothers down the road' are Jon Birdsong (dEUS, Beck, Calexico) on cornet, Simon Segers (Absynthe Minded, De Beren Gieren, Stadt) at the drums, Filip Vandebril (Lady Linn, The Valerie Solanas, Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra) at the bass and Wouter Haest (Los Callejeros, Voodoo Boogie) playing keys.

For many of us, the Ethiopian aspect once made known to the world by Mulatu Astatke will stand out. Still, Black Flower further adds oriental scales, Afrobeat à la Fela Kuti, jazz in a John Zorn way and varied western music traditions such as rock and dub. The resulting melting pot is undoubtedly inspired by Nathan's distant travels and the multifariously colorful city of Brussels.





  • Parution : 30/09/2016
  • Référence : SDBANUCD02
  • Supports : CD, vinyle
  • Label : Sdban Ultra

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