EKERA EP

(12")
Created in Brussels in 2015, Azmari is a twisting musical journey that fuses psychfunk, afrobeat, ethiojazz and dub. Azmari draw on influences including Temiz, Herbie Hancock, Cymande, The Heliocentrics, Fela Kuti, John Berberian, The Soul Jazz Orchestra and much more.
Genre Jazz
FormatVINYL
Cat. noSDBANU1201
Label SDBAN ULTRA
Artist AZMARI
Release Date24/05/2019
Carrier12"
Barcode5414165108467
Tracklisting
EKERA EP
vinyl Album or track playing


TRACKLISTING


A1. Azmari - Dolmu?
A2. Azmari - Dört Buçuk
A3. Azmari - Emnete
B1. Azmari - Mammouth
B2. Azmari - K'aïsitaB3. Azmari - Taksim Dub (Metta Frequencies remix)





IN FO


Created in Brussels in 2015, Azmari is a twisting musical jour ney that fuses psychfunk, afrobeat, ethiojazz and dub.

With thousands of hours in the studio and numerous live shows across Belgium, Berlin and Istan bul, the 6-piece ensemble is pleased to announce the release of their debut EP e ntitled 'Ekera', released 24th May via groove-heavy record label Sdban Ultra.

Recorded in a rented room in Brussels in just three days, 'Ekera', mean ing 'the other world', is a deep hypnotic sound that blends asymmetrical rhythms with winding improvisations, sending the listener in to a higher state of consc iousness. "We love to jam, we jam a lot and our music comes from that", says drummer and bandleader Arthur Ancion.

From the middle eastern sounds and devilish rhythms of 'Dolmus', a magnetic, free-jazz re-working of the Mulat u Astatke composition 'Emnete', to the energetic and spellbinding flood of roari ng saxes on 'Mammouth', Azmari draw on influences including Temiz, Herbie Hancoc k, Cymande, The Heliocentrics, Fela Kuti, John Berberian, The Soul Jazz Orchestr a and much more.

With a common love for African and oriental music, a s well as funk and dub, the Azmari sound has developed in a short space of time - taking on new musical influences along their spiritual journey, including Arab ic melodies and sounds.

Heavily influenced by the Ethiopiques, ten da ys performing in Istanbul opened the band's ears to the Turkish sounds and rhyth ms from the 1960s and infusing Turkish and Ethiopian scales, along with learning new instruments along the way including the berimbau, the ney and ba?lama, the Azmari sound transformed into a rebellious, unrelenting and mesmerising experie nce.

Azmari are; Arthur Ancion - Drums, Basile Bourtembourg - Keyboar ds, Jojo Demeijer - Percussion, Niels D'haegeleer - Bass, Mattéo Badet - Saxopho ne and Yohan Dumas - Saxophone