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Playing without the safety of multiple takes, Seun and Egypt 80 cut all four tracks (two per side) in a single take without rehearsal on the second day and starting the recordings just minutes after Seun walked into the studio yet with all the focus and relaxation of a band in the middle of a world tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recordings were cut to the studio’s Neumann VMS70 lathe, capturing not just the urgency of the performance but the atmosphere of the session itself, with all its imperfections. 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Recorded alongside electrifying live band SambaDrive, the album revisits some of Marcelo D2’s most important tracks, mining 25 years of ground-breaking music from the Brazilian legend and capturing his now timeless ‘samba hip-hop’ sound in full flow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA generational voice in Brazil who emerged in the mid-‘90s as founder of hip-hop group Planet Hemp, Marcelo D2 has achieved the charmed status of both household name and musical innovator, collaborating with the likes of the late great Sergio Mendes and esteemed producer will.i.am. 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Touring the world and reunited with producer Mario Caldato Jr., the group dropped in on Amsterdam’s Artone Studio in October 2022 to record an album of 10 tracks, drawn from four of Marcelo D2’s most loved albums. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst single ‘MD2 (A Sigma no TAG)’ reimagines the syncopated boombap of the 2013 original into an elastic piece of funky, Azymuthesque, jazz-samba, carried on the wings of Marcelo D2’s featherlight vocal flow. The first of three tracks taken from Nada Pode Me Parar, ‘MD2 (A Sigma no TAG)’ sets the tone for an album that bubbles with astute musicianship and virtuoso lyricism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp next, ‘A Maldiçâo do Samba’, strips out the back beat and horn stabs of the original - released in 2003 on À Procura da Batida Perfeita – in favour of sparse and syncopated instrumentation, the serpentine bass line ducking and diving between shuffling drums and piano vamps. 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A short tabla intro builds into a pounding groove, before the piece breaks into a beautiful violin solo from renowned violinist Achuthan Sripadmanathan. An earthy solo from Osborn follows before the whole piece lifts off in the wake of Kefaya guitarist Giuliano Modarelli’s riffing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing down, Alistair MacSween, also from Kefaya, introduces \u003ci\u003eElephant Hangover\u003c\/i\u003e with a flurry of cosmic keys, leading to a gripping collective improvisation. The epic\u003ci\u003e Intimate Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, named after Ashis Nandy’s influential book on the sense of loss of belonging, begins slowly at first, around Korwar’s delicate percussion. As group improvisation increased around the mode, the piece builds and builds before a magnificent solo from Osborn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn this special recording for Night Dreamer, Korwar and co have brought the UPAJ fully to bear with its mission to collaborate and improvise.The nature of recording straight-to-acetate, with just a pause between each record side, was a challenge they fully embraced, entering the recording with minimal instructions. Korwar relates that they initiated the session by sitting together in a circle to perform a set of breathing exercises, now a regular part of their gig prep. This set a collective tone, slowing heart rates, it centered the players and they felt more present, more aware of the space and each other. 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Although an unusual method of recording for this style of music, the one-take process was met by van Poucke head-on, balancing the fine lines of emotion and detail, and following in the footsteps of the greats who once recorded in this way. Live recordings of classical works are rare and studio recordings lean towards the meticulously edited, with the detail afforded by hi-fi digital clarity often preferred to the warmth and feel of an analogue process. “Overall, with this album, I have aimed to showcase the full spectrum of Chopin's genius, from the intense drama of his larger works to the delicacy and poignancy of his miniatures. Recorded direct-to-disc, thus without any editing, the music is presented in its most honest and purest form, highlighting the utterly communicative aspect of Chopin's music. I am honored to have had the opportunity to record this album for and with Night Dreamer, and I hope that it will serve as a fitting tribute to the timeless beauty and profound emotional depth of Chopin's music.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirect-to-disc is a unique process for classical recordings, and when given the opportunity by Night Dreamer I knew at once that I wanted to record the works of Chopin. His music has long held a special place in my heart and remains central to my repertoire. A towering figure in the history of piano music, Chopin's genius has left an indelible mark on the world of pianism. His Etudes Opus 10 were a seminal moment in the development of the art of the piano and are studied by every serious pianist at some point in their development.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new album features a selection of Chopin's works that showcase his mastery in various forms. Some have erroneously described Chopin as a \"miniaturist,\" a label that unfairly suggests that his talents are limited to smallscale compositions. I, for one, wholeheartedly reject this notion; Chopin's sonatas and concertos are just as extraordinary as his shorter works. Nonetheless, his skills as a master of the small form are evident in such pieces as the haunting Nocturne Opus 32 No. 1, four Mazurkas Opus 33, the mysterious and harmonically daring Prelude Opus 45, and three Waltzes Opus 64, including the celebrated \"Minute\" Waltz, the equally renowned Waltz in Csharp minor, and my personal favorite, the Waltz in A-flat major. 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Embracing the risk and vulnerability that comes with the live process, Collier and his band tapped into the frequencies of improvisation that fired up so many of the most timeless jazz recordings. “Recording directto-disc gave me a really fortunate opportunity to experience what our musical predecessors almost a hundred years ago were dealing with,” he explains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eName-checking Sun Ra, Ras G, J Dilla, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Gil ScottHeron, Whitney Huston, Aaliyah and Frankie Knuckles, the opening track of Parallel Universe imagines a genreless musical lineage that resonates with the polyphony of stories his band bring to the table, from Chicago and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing gospel soul singer Jimetta Rose, AACM and former Art Ensemble of Chicago trumpet player Corey Wilkes, blues-rooted guitarist Michael Damani, regular collaborators Julian Davis Reid, James Russell Sims and Micah Collier, the 8-track album bristles with a sense of love and understanding between players at the top of their game. Nowhere is this more evident than on the album’s 13-minute centrepiece, ‘Village Song’, in which Collier evokes the spiritual, psychological and emotional home of the African diaspora in song. “I want to speak to everybody of the African diaspora, truly in its entirety,” he explains, “from all the way of being back in the motherland, to the new lands we’ve come to.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the percussion of Sonny Daze and the kalimba of Radius, ‘Village Song’ is a joyous and affirmative celebration of that unity. Picking up the flute, Collier explains, was also a part of that narrative: “The saxophone was not made in Africa so the concept of going back into the village we have to go back to our village instruments and dialect.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith vocals sung in Yoruba - inspired by a gift from legendary saxophonist Kenny Garrett - ‘Village Song’ soars between rhythms and references, from Afro-Cuban syncopation to the deep triplet swing of mid-‘60s Coltrane. 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