BACKBACK TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

Belgian band Backback will be releasing a new album, "4", on the El Negocito record label.

Filip Wauters / Marc De Maeseneer / Giovanni Barcella

-- info : Danny Mathys

1000 BECOMES 2000

In 2004 JAN KLARE (saxophone), together with trumpet player BART MARIS from Belgium, Dutch bassist WILBERT DE JOODE and American drummer MICHAEL VATCHER, founded the group "1000". From its inception, the group incorporated compositions that were rather unusual points of reference for the world of improvised music – pieces by Bach, Ravel, Monteverdi or Gregorian chants – thus establishing a unique style very early on. When Vatcher relocated to NYC in 2017, ELISABETH COUDOUX joined the band on cello, and soon thereafter, at the invitation of Moers Festival 2018, the sixpiece edition "2000", including trombonist STEVE SWELL, was born.

El Negocito Records will be releasing the new album by 2000, called "Plant".

http://elnegocitorecords.com/releases/eNR088+.html


-- info : Danny Mathys

VLEK - 2009 - 2018

• vlek: 2009 - 2018
      (2018, 2cd + 2 x download, bel, el negocito)

Earlier this week, I mentioned two new album by experimental jazz ensemble VLEK: "Music On The Far Side Of The Moon" and "Rumble, Live In Neerpelt".
The El Negocito label is making both albums available on CD as well. It's a package deal. You get a box with the two CD's and the download code for the previous two albums ("Speck" and "Smoking Gun"). The box is called "2009 - 2018" and will give you access to the entire Vlek discography.

Major deal.
Nice 6-panel digipack, showing all four album covers. Two CD's and two downloads.

Only 50 copies, so don't hesitate.

IN MEMORIAM GLOBAL VILLAGE

The latest release on the El Negocito record label is entitled "In Memoriam Global Village".
It's a tribute by Gunda Gottschalk (violin, viola, voice), Xu Feng Xia (guzeng, voice) and Peter Jacqemyn (double bass, voice) to the late Peter Kowald (who was the one who founded the Global Village ensemble).

Improvised world music jazz.

NEW ALBUM BY THE 1000 QUARTET

El Negocito Records is releasing a new album by the 1000 quartet.

Jan Klare - reeds
Bart Maris - trumpet
Wilbert De Joode - bass
Michael Vatcher - drums and percussion

More info and soundsamples here :
http://elnegocitorecords.com/releases/eNR063+.html

-- info: Danny Mathys

BAMBI PANG PANG - DROP YOUR PLANS

• bambi pang pang featuring andrew cyrille: drop your plans
      (2015, cd, belgium, el negocito records enr040)

Bambi Pang Pang (does this sound like a chinese dish to you as well?) is Seppe Gebruers (piano), Laurens Smet (bass) and Viktor Perdieus (saxophones). You might know their names as the three of them are part of Ifa Y Xango.
August 2013, at the Jazz Middelheim festival, the trio teamed up with Andrew Cyrille, drummer for Cecil Taylor from 1964 until 1975. (Not to mention that Andrew also worked with John Coltrane and with Sun Ra, to name two.)
The fascinating Jazz Middelheim concert of Bambi Pang Pang with the 75-year old Andrew Cyrille can be heard on the band's Soundcloud page.
https://soundcloud.com/bambipangpang

As the collaboration was a success, plans were made for an album.
And that's where the El Negocito Records label joined in.

"Drop Your Plans" is an impressive album.
Intimate and melodic.
Parts composed and other parts completely improvised.

Recommended listening !

https://elnegocito.bandcamp.com/album/drop-your-plans

IFA Y XANGO TENTET - TWICE LEFT HANDED / SHAVINGS

• ifa y xango tentet: twice left handed // shavings
      (2015, cd, bel, el negocito records enr033)

Ifa Y Xango formed in 2010 and released their first album, "Abraham", in 2013. The, at that time, septet combined jazz, improvised jazz, classical music and rock.

In the meantime, the septet grew to a tentet and the band has just unleashed a new album.
Released by the El Negocito label, "Twice Left Handed / Shavings" presents 5 compositions. Recorded live in one room, as the CD adds.

The result is beautiful. Itimate moments are juxtaposed with high energy soundscapes.

• Bert Cools: guitar
• Sep François: percussion
• Seppe Gebruers: keyboards and electronics
• João Lobo: drums
• Ruben Machtelinckx: guitar and electronics
• Filipe Nader: alto sax
• Ruben Pensaert: drums
• Viktor Perdieus: tenor sax
• Laurens Smet: bass and electronics
• Niels Van Heertum: euphonium

http://elnegocitorecords.com/releases/eNR033+.html

NAKED WOLF - NAKED WOLF

• naked wolf: naked wolf
      (2014, cd, bel, el negocito records enr025)

November 2014, El Negocito Records released this eponymous album by Naked Wolf.
The front cover of the album reads "The room shaking with daemonic orchestras, the snatches of fearful sleep, the voices outside the window." which gives the unprepared listener an idea of what to expect.
Naked Wolf is an international sextet, featuring Yedo Gibson (Brazil) on reeds, Ofir Klemperer (Israel) on piano, ms20 and vocals, Felicity Provan (Australia) on trumpet and vocals, Mikael Szwafirowski (Finland) on electric guitar and percussion, Gerri Jäger (Austria) on drums and percussion, Luc Ex (The Netherlands) on acoustic bass, and Seb El Zin on vocals.

The music of Naked Wolf is experimental and improvised but does carry some catchy melodies and a danceable groove. Add some angular rhythms and some repetitive, hypnotic phrases and you'll get the idea.

This is right up my alley!

Out on El Negocito Records.
Check it out at http://elnegocito.bandcamp.com/album/naked-wolf

BACKBACK - BACKBACK III

• backback: backback III
      (2014, cd, bel, el negocito records enr30)

We are being spoiled.
Next to the excellent Manngold De Cobre debut album and Dans Dans' superb third release, here's another must-hear band from Belgium.
BackBack is trio that features Marc De Maeseneer on baritone and tenor saxophone; Giovanni Barcella on drums and korg, and Filip Wauters on electric guitar, baritone guitar and lapsteel.

As the album title predicts, "BackBack III" is indeed the band's third release. It presents nine powerful compositions. Exhilarating. Wringing. Angular. It makes me want more.

Out on the El Negocito Records label:
http://www.elnegocitorecords.com/