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1 |
Badness [
6:01 ] |
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2 |
The Dark Passenger [
4:42 ] |
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3 |
Prelude to an Introduction [
5:28 ] |
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Schizoid [
3:47 ] |
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A Taste of Money [
5:14 ] |
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Dangerous Interlude [
2:50 ] |
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Radiant Happiness [
5:27 ] |
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Obscurity Knocks [
5:03 ] |
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9 |
Should've... [
6:46 ] |
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Industrial Pastry [
3:48 ] |
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My Private Circus [
6:35 ] |
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Chris Kase trumpet, flugelhorn,
Akai EVI1000 electric valve instrument, midi trumpet,
melodica,
bass guitar, fretless bass guitar, Rhodes Piano,
synthesizers, drum machine, loops
Composed, arranged, performed, produced and
recorded by Chris Kase at Nerudastudios, Madrid.
Mixed and mastered by Steve Taylor at The Production
House, Madrid.
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Errabal has released the latest
recording of Chris Kase, his seventh as a leader,
entitled My Private Circus. An album both personal and
unusual in the output of this American musician who has
lived in Spain for over fifteen years, more than enough
time to make known his original voice on the trumpet and
flugelhorn, as well as his abilities as composer and
producer. Kase plays more roles here - that of bassist,
keyboardist and sound engineer among others - in a regal
production that leads him into stylistic terrain that
until now haven't been possible for him to explore in a
recording. To hear him in a musical ambiance apart from
the typical acoustic jazz format is surprising. He
explains that "for years I've had a surplus of
compositions and musical ideas, some of which for their
content or use of electronic instruments didn't fit in
the typical quartet or quintet situation. It was time to
find out where this music would take me. I worked on
this project for three years, alternating with another
more conventional project for sextet. It was at times
arduous but very educational, and I'm very happy with
the result."
If the music is not what we would expect from a jazzman
accustomed to groups with more traditional
instrumentation and repertoire, its creation is even
more interesting. The process was "very spontaneous.
Composing, playing and recording became one thing. I did
everything at the same time, I didn't write anything
down, there was no written music for these pieces. At
most, I had some Post-Its papering the wall of the
studio with some chord sequences written on them,
nothing more. If you change the work habits, the final
result also changes. Towards the end there, things were
so chaotic that it was a circus with just one audience
member: me. And now, let it see the light of day." |
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