Weird Beard feat. Florian Egli – Orientation – Orientation (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 43:02 minutes | 741 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Intakt Records
The quartet Weird Beard was founded by Zurich based saxophonist Florian Egli. Following the debut album ‘Everything Moves’ on Intakt Records, they release a second studio album, recorded again in the Blackbox Studio in Brittany by the outstanding sound engineer David Odlum. ‘Orientation’ is a sophisticated record on which Weird Beard increasingly focus their attention on the creation of moods and atmospheres.
Christoph Wagner writes in the liner notes: “Weird Beard forge creative sparks out of opposites. The band use contrast as a means to create dramaturgy, veering back and forth from soft to loud, from fast to slow, and from forceful to lyrical. Sometimes the music acquires a lightness and transparency, but then becomes progressively more dense. In other places it can morph into a dreamy wallowing elegy, before opening outinto a tub-thumping inferno. Perhaps “post-jazz” is the word which comes first to mind to describe it.”
Tracklist:
1. Florian Egli Weird Beard – Hanako (04:24)
2. Florian Egli Weird Beard – Empty Shell (07:18)
3. Florian Egli Weird Beard – Orientation (06:31)
4. Florian Egli Weird Beard – Winter (05:35)
5. Florian Egli Weird Beard – The Big Easy (04:56)
6. Florian Egli Weird Beard – The Cat (05:29)
7. Florian Egli Weird Beard – No More Rain (04:27)
8. Florian Egli Weird Beard – Playground (04:18)
Personnel:
Florian Egli, saxophone, clarinet
Dave Gisler, guitar
Martina Berther, bass
Rico Baumann, drums
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