BUY THE DIP

TRACKLISTING


A1. Compro Oro - Ben-Hur
A2. Compro Or o - The Lower 9th
A3. Compro Oro - Bitcoins
A4. Compro Oro - Lament
B1. Compro Oro - Solstice
B2. Compro Oro - Karsilama
B3. Compro Oro - Dungeon
B4. Compro Oro - Kayak





INFO


Ghent b ased psych jazz collective Compro Oro, are set to release new album 'Buy The Dip ' on the 2nd September via the groove-obsessed Sdban Ultra label. Having receive d critical acclaim for their 2020 album 'Simurg' - a collaboration with Murat Er tel, co-founder and frontman of Istanbul's cult psychedelic folk band BaBa ZuLa and his singer partner Esma Ertel - the band's fifth album is less ethno- and mo re techno-logy, both on a musical and conceptual level.

With tastemak er fans including BBC 6 Music's Gilles Peterson and Stuart Maconie alongside Jaz z FM's Jez Nelson, the band's spontaneous quest for psychedelic sounds and jazz grooves has not stopped expanding since their formation in 2014.

Afte r imaginative musical trips to Havana, Mogadishu and Istanbul for previous relea ses, Compro Oro went looking for sounds and inspirations from other corners of t he globe for 'Buy The Dip'. Synthesizers and electronic effects spice up Compro Oro's distinctive musical marriage of vibraphones, electric guitars, jazzfunk rh ythms, exotic percussions and dubby bass patterns. Band leader and composer Wim Segers created these new compositions often on piano or vibes in a more analogue way, leaving enough room for his band mates to colour each track when fine tuni ng the song.

Segers was inspired by the world of crypto markets and t he specific concept of 'buying the dip': bitcoin diggers who play the markets at specific 'low' moments to gain higher profits when prices go up again. Are we a ll reduced to consuming creatures, seeking for nothing more than the thrill of p ointless spending and endless profits? It's a fairly philosophical question - es pecially for an instrumental album - but it's key for the punchy and eclectic so unds on 'Ben Hur' and 'Bitcoins'.

Apart from those synths and fx, a f air bunch of neo-noir western vibes sprout up on this album as well - think detu ned piano's, flamenco-like guitars, rattling snare drums, and imminent whistles. Add to that some laid back sunny pop sounds ('Kayak'), off-hook and swaying Tur kish psychedelica ('Karsilama') and even some haunted, kraut-ish vocal parts ('D ungeon'), it's evident Compro Oro has a musical voice without any equal in Belgi um and beyond.

Compro Oro released their first album 'Transatlantic' in 2015, an ode to jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader, an icon of the 1950's Latin jaz z movement. The release received critical acclaim back home, lauded in the press as a drunken mix of Buena Vista Social Club and guitarist Marc Ribot's, Cubanos Postizos. Subsequent live shows have been called a celebration for the hips, th e ear and the soul.

2017 saw the release of 'Bombarda', a bold EP tha t sailed South and East of Cuba, incorporating different ethnic rhythms and melo dies in elaborate jams. No palm trees and cocktails in Havana this time, but ins tead dingy basements and LSD in West African cities. The critically acclaimed 'S uburban Exotica' followed in 2019 with 'Simurg', released in 2020, earning the b and global success.