WAIHO

TRACKLISTING

A1 BRZZVLL - De Vlijtige Kip
A2 BRZZVLL - Waiho
A3 BRZZVLL - Andromeda
A4 BRZZVLL - Wizzly Whop
B1 BRZZVLL - Mantra
B2 BRZZVLL - Jee
B3 BRZZVLL - Mighty My lou
B4 BRZZVLL - Zwag



INFO
Belgian fusio n band BRZZVLL (pronounced Brazzaville) are set to release their seventh studio album this autumn, entitled 'Waiho', released 6th October via Sdban Ultra.
Founded by Vincent Brijs in Antwerp in 2006, the seven piece interfuse improvise d dance music with jazz-fusion, afro funk and rare groove. It is freaky, it is t rippy and it follows no rules. Belgium has quite a tradtion for jazz and funk in fused leftfield grooves from Marc Moulin's ingenious Placebo to library funkster s Les Chakakas / El Chicles to the much sampled JJ Band and BRZZVLL follow in a similar tradition
Initially re-working arrangements from jazz greats Herbie Hancock, Eddie Harris, Freddie Hubbard and Archie Shepp, BRZZVLL eventually beg an to construct their own forms of free jazz in an attempt to return jazz to its primitive roots based around collective improvisation.
New album 'Waiho' i s BRZZVLL at its best: excellent psychedelic jazz-funk in which the band's solid , characteristic sound comes forward. After two inspirational collaborations wit h poets and 'Nuff Said brothers Anthony Joseph ('Engines') and Amir Sulaiman ('F irst Let's Dance'), BRZZVLL play the instrumental card.
With 'Waiho', the b and express their current cry for solidarity within music as well as their daily lives. Nowadays, music is too often used as an individual consumption product. The band centralise the group experience, both in the creation process and in th e interaction with the audience when performing live, by being "in the moment" a nd lifting the music to a higher level, as one. This way, BRZZVLL go back to the roots of jazz and funk.
The nonnative electronics and dub effects on the a lbum encourage this heightened mood. The addition of a second drummer provokes a n extra percussive layering and virtuosity. The compositions, inspired by surrea lism, absurdism and mysticism, still leave room for improvisation and the collec tive creation of sound. Get carried away by contagious rhythms and immerse yours elf in this delirious trip to a world beyond ours.
Picking up numerous plau dits for their contribution to jazz back in Belgium, the band have performed ext ensively in their home country and have shared the stage with the likes of The N eville Brothers, Young Blood Brass Band, Marcus Miller and Alice Russell.