MAGAM: Reinventing MAGAM
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A live performance that took place at the Underflow Record Store & Art Gallery, in Athens, on May 11, 2018. It was the first one to feature Călin (around 4 months before recording him for our 2nd LP "Another") and was managed without as much as a single rehearsal together -- i.e. in traditional MAGAM style... Our set that night consisted of all the tracks from "One" & "Another" (except for 2-3) plus some space for free improvisation. The whole 90' of it was recorded on a stereo 16-bit channel which has not been unnecessarily edited.
Călin Torsan: woodwind instruments (clarinet, sax, flute, recorder, whistle et al.) & voice moody alien: idiophonic & other sounds (glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba, guitar et al.), piano + programming + mastering .......................................................................................................... Digital Album. 90' + 2 small videos of the intro. Also available with moody alien's book The Flame Within. .......................................................................................................... TRACKLIST: 1. [A1] Sparkling and crackling [16:03] 2. [A2] The sky was like sky / That little flame [12:16] 3. [A3] Not an ending / Not with people still standing / outro A [15:05] 4. [B1] A reason... / Leading the way [10:36] 5. [B2] The numbers being outnumbered / ...Behind things [21:10] 6. [B3] Eat not, drink not / Goner / outro B [13:44] .................................................................................................................................... Artwork design by moody alien. MAGAM logo by Andreas Neophytou. Thanks to Fotini Filoxenidou for her help with the cover, to Mike & Krysta + Giorgio for their warm hospitality and to those who honoured us with their presence that evening. ..................................................................................................... released on April 27, 2020. ℗ & © Thirsty Leaves Music ...................................................................................................... moody-alien.weebly.com/magam.html |
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REVIEWS.
"[...] it mostly contains material from the previous two albums. It was also the first time Călin Torsan stood on the podium next to Alien - without prior rehearsals. The concert was a success, which you can judge for yourself. Of course, the songs here are less elaborate, but more immediate, more spontaneous, without drowning in solos. You are great! Fragility clashes with roughness in a unique symbiosis."
Jan Hocek for JazzPort.cz (in czech)
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"[...] it mostly contains material from the previous two albums. It was also the first time Călin Torsan stood on the podium next to Alien - without prior rehearsals. The concert was a success, which you can judge for yourself. Of course, the songs here are less elaborate, but more immediate, more spontaneous, without drowning in solos. You are great! Fragility clashes with roughness in a unique symbiosis."
Jan Hocek for JazzPort.cz (in czech)
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