STELLAR LEGIONS
LP in gatefold sleeve. Stellar Legions is four experienced space cadets from the Antwerp interstellar legion, led by Captain Andrew Claes (STUFF., BRZZVLL, Internal Sun).
| Genre | Jazz |
|---|---|
| Format | VINYL |
| Cat. no | SDBANULP28 |
| Label | SDBAN ULTRA |
| Artist | STELLAR LEGIONS |
| Release Date | 21/10/2022 |
| Carrier | LP |
| Barcode | 5414165131618 |
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STELLAR LEGIONS
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TRACKLISTING
A1. Stellar Legions - Alice
A2. Stella r Legions - An Arp in Tunisia
A3. Stellar Legions - Jahzz
A4. Stellar Legi ons - Wessel
B1. Stellar Legions - Odyssey
B2. Stellar Legions - WitchesB3. Stellar Legions - Alcyone
B4. Stellar Legions - Covix
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Stellar Legions is four experienced space cadets fr om the Antwerp interstellar legion, led by Captain Andrew Claes (STUFF., BRZZVLL , Internal Sun). With a sound rooted in jazz, improv, hip-hop, dub and electroni c music, brace yourself for an intergalactic trip through colourful musical worl ds and allow yourself to be carried away to indefinable, otherworldly but always hospitable beacons.
Alongside Claes, the delegates on duty are all heroes from the Allied star: Bram Weijters (Raymond Van Het Groenewoud, Crazy Me n), Klaas De Somer (Tourist Lemc, Selah Sue) and Fre Madou (ex-DAAU, Namid). Wit h them, come stories and artifacts from the multidimensional cosmos to our belov ed mother planet Earth and this autumn, they passionately present their first om nibus 'Stellar Legions', released 21st October via the groove-obssessed Sdban Ul tra label.
The album consists of eight tracks recorded in the studio and live, resulting in one big cosmic experience that exhilarates down to every last arrangement. From Claes' twisted sax on the semi-electronic ecstatic dream world that is an 'An Arp in Tunisia' to the jazzy snatches of 'Wessel' where De Somer's hurried drum patterns and Weijters frenzied keyboard solos catch light, Stellar Legions unites the adventure and improvisation of jazz with contemporary sounds.
At the core of the Stellar Legions sound is a rhythm section Sly & Robbie would have approved of: loose and sticky, grinding and unwinding: De Somer's drums fizz with expectation while the relentless bass strokes from Ma dou provide the beating pulse. It's fresh, it's raw and it keeps us listening, g rooving and wanting more. Elsewhere, 'Odyssey' is a cataclysmic mix of feverish sounds and melodies that take you to an extra-terrestrial place, while the live recording of 'Alcyone', basks in a spatial mix of futuristic grooves and etherea l soundscapes before album closer 'Covix', results in a spacious and wonderfully atmospheric affair.
Electronics wizard Andrew Claes has recorded mus ic in a wide range of styles ranging from free jazz outfit Chaos of the Haunted Spire (duo with Teun Verbruggen) to techno icon Marco Bailey and New Wave hero, Marcel Vanthilt. In addition, he has collaborated with Zach Danziger, Zap Mama, Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Hermes Ensemble, Mauro Pawlowski, Josse De Pauw and man y others and released music with the electro-jazz collective AAN/EOP and his sol o project, Internal Sun.
Claes is also a teacher of 'Live Electronics ' at the Conservatory of Antwerp and a doctorate in the arts, where he is curren tly investigating the possibilities of an electro-acoustic saxophone. He also re gularly gives workshops on the Belgian synthesizer microcontroller platform, Axo loti. His latest achievement is AI-driven robot-jazz project 'BotBop' with Dago Sondervan and Kasper Jordaens, which explores the possibilities and limits of 'c omputer aided music performance'. Their latest project 'Integers & Strings' prem iered at the Sònar festival in Barcelona in November 2021.
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