Gorilla Mask

Gorilla Mask – Iron Lung (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:28 minutes | 527 MB | Genre: Jazz
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After the broad success of “Bite My Blues”, Canadian saxophonist Peter Van Huffel’s Berlin band Gorilla Mask is back with more music; not to cover the foot imprints of his previous work but going beyond a good number of steps.

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Gorilla Mask – Mind Raid (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:28 minutes | 632 MB | Genre: Jazz
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With this new release, the long-standing trio looks back on four album productions and nearly 13 years of performing together as a band under the direction of leader and saxophonist Peter Van Huffel, during which time they developed a unique sound and their distinctively wild and energetic approach to music. “Mind Raid” is however the first album created completely collaboratively by the band. During the pandemic lockdowns, the three members of Gorilla Mask came together with the intention of building new conceptual material derived from a more collective mindset. Through an intensive rehearsal process in which the band experimented with a variety of conceptual ideas and musical fragments, they combined these contrasting motifs into workable pieces and vehicles for improvisation, eventually resulting in full “compositions” comprising material from all members.

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