Solar Eclipse (Vinyl LP) discogimp

Solar Eclipse (Vinyl LP) discogimpAs pockets of new jazz scenes emerge around the world, it's apparent that New Zealand's bubbling microcosm in Wellington interprets the genre through a unique lens. Clear Path Ensemble bottles the energy of that burgeoning movement and distils it into moody morsels of differing styles. From electric jazz to ambient, experimental, house and funk it's a DIY, jam session attitude towards composition, as the band members freely cherry pick from a vast

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The Bodysnatchers

but one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time

Or to be precise

becoming an instant classic when it originally dropped as a free download to an unexpecting audience ahead of the album release

Jerry Wexler

the Black Jazz label had its roots in the Black Power movement of the late '60s and early '70s

fixtures of Jambinai's live band since 2017

Chicago house and early Detroit techno as well as their patronage of now iconic Frankfurt club nights like The Omen or Dorian Gray or the infamous Delirium Record shop run by scene stalwarts Ata (Robert Johnson) and Heiko MSO (Playhouse)

The Clash knocked down all musical walls

pop and gospel are among the influences on display on Taller

Alan Moulder was left to mix the tracks without any band involvement whilst visual collaborator Rahi Rezvani has been given carte blanche with the photography and videography that will accompany the album and its attendant singles