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Oriole Every New Day |
30th April 2012 F-IRE RECORDS |
| Guitarist and composer Jonny Phillip’s Oriole features a unique set of musicians chosen for their musical openness, empathetic playing and ability to assimilate folkloric styles into a unified contemporary sound. First formed in 2004 their members represent something of a F-IRE super group, albeit one whose sound is a million miles from the leftfield jazz often associated with the ground breaking collective. You can almost feel the sun passing overhead as Oriole undertakes a musical journey through parched landscapes influenced by the Iberian peninsular, where their composer Jonny Phillips spent the last few years performing with Spanish, Portuguese and Cuban musicians. Album launch at the Vortex April 24th. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Vinicio Capossela Marinai Profeti e Balene |
April 30th 2012 Ponderosa Records |
| “Sounds like Tom Waits and resembles a balding, seedier versionof Johnny Depp. Fabulous” The Times ***** “A visionary songwriter. Capossela, one of the cleverest and most eccentric musicians in Italy, spins enigmatic fantasies of both skid row Americana and mythological Italy in a grittily elegant cabaret-jazz style.” New York Times Described as ‘Italy’s greatest secret’ by the Sunday Times, and ‘Italy’s most intriguing musical traveller’ by Mojo, Vinicio Capossela has evolved from an earlier incarnation as ‘Italy’s Tom Waits’ to one of Europe greatest stars. For the past 15 years his theatrical show and gripping performances have found him forging his own unique path backwards into his own past and into the folk music of Italy. His latest release, Marinai Profeti e Balene is inspired by the classics of world literature about the sea and its frightful spawning of amazing creatures, human, animal, and mythological. While the first CD, Oceanic is roughly dedicated to the universe of Herman Melville, the second, Homeric and Mediterranean jumps back several centuries, as it is devoted to Greek mythology and populated by characters from The Odyssey. Live at the Barbican May 26th Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Alex Hutton Trio Legentis |
7th May 2012 F-IRE RECORDS |
| Alex Hutton is one of the UK’s hidden treasures. A resourceful, gifted composer and pianist his last album, Songs From The Seven Hills, was acclaimed for it’s powerful evocation of the people and landscape of Hutton’s native Sheffield and it’s deft mix of classical, folk and even punk influences. While Legentis, his highly anticipated follow-up and debut for F-IRE Records finds Hutton taking the euphoria, melancholy and range of emotions usually found in big film scores and condensing them to the piano trio format. The dexterous new line-up of Russian bassist Yuri Goloubev and renowned drummer Asaf Sirkis enables Hutton to compose and explore enchanting through-composed material with delicacy, but while drawing on the power and textures of a larger band. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact kerstan@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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trioVD Maze |
21st May 2012 Naim Edge Records |
| ‘Maze’ is 100% trioVD and everything you would expect from them: it’s fun; it’s complex; it’s diverse and it’s powerful. Cult experimental outfit trioVD, champions of the Leeds improvisational scene, make an audacious return with their second album, the product of two years of introspection in a Leeds basement come DIY recording studio. Yes, you can expect chugging metal guitars, dauntless sax and some drumming that will blow your mind, however, there are calmer moments (that’s trioVD calm) adding new textures and a maturity to their unique sound. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact sian@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Hannes Riepler The Brave |
4th June 2012 Jellymould Jazz |
| Since moving to London from Austria in 2006, guitarist Hannes Riepler has made his mark on the city’s vibrant jazz scene, not only for his outstanding, inventive guitar skill and freewheeling energy, but as an extraordinarily talented composer. The Brave is his stunning debut. A stylish venture that at times thrills with the immediacy of New York’s propulsive downtown style, and at others swings like hell. With roots firmly established in the jazz tradition, yet with a sound influenced by rock, classical and folk music, his is a music that is contemporary and melodic. Featuring the crème of the London jazz scene - tenor saxophonist Tom Challenger, Kit Downes on piano, John Scott on drums, with Ryan Trebilcock on double bass. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact julie@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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Pat Metheny Unity Band |
11th June 2012 Nonesuch Records |
| For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, Pat Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity Band introduces a new Metheny ensemble with Chris Potter on sax and bass clarinet, longtime collaborator Antonio Sanchez on drums, and the up-and-coming Ben Williams on bass and features nine new Metheny compositions. Unity Band perform at the Barbican on July 8th. Click here to download Press Release PDF For further information please contact sian@riotsquadpublicity.com |
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