{"title":"Anthropods","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"abundant-shores-2","title":"Abundant Shores","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Holub’s (Led Bib, Blueblut) new band Anthropods returns with their second album. This follow-up to the warmly received self-titled debut album, described by Jazzwise as a, “richly eclectic set of enjoyable and unclassifiable music celebrating the joy of collectivity”, brings the band into new directions, exploring the spaces between composition and improvisation. The composition of the suite began at the culmination of two years of working together, Holub elaborates: Anthropods for me was always more about finding out what these five people sounded like together, rather than coming in with a clear direction in mind. With Corona restrictions lifting, we were finally able to tour again, allowing me to delve further into an understanding of what this band is. This understanding led me to the composition of the suite. The idea was to create a whole through composed set, where we could move between composition and improvisation freely. The composition works as a tool to give us areas to explore as improvisers. The album was conceived as one single piece and travels between all different extremes. There are moments of folk-like pastoral beauty, honking free jazz, heavy grooves, and soaring melodies. This may sound contradictory, or like diversity for its own sake, but Anthropods move through these zones completely smoothly, and the album is a journey from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Klanggalerie","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50415576121675,"sku":"2189565","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/GyjsciRO_7c2a6a16_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726691334"},{"product_id":"anthropods","title":"Anthropods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthropods\u003c\/strong\u003e is the new band from American drummer and composer, \u003cstrong\u003eMark Holub\u003c\/strong\u003e. Holub, known mainly as bandleader of the acclaimed and Mercury Prize nominated Led Bib, has with Anthropods created his first project as a leader since starting Led Bib in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile some of Holub's trademark Led Bib style is evident here, the album is full of contrasts, from pastoral beauty to dense free improvisation to heavy grooves, showcasing sides of Holub's work well beyond his work with his earlier group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShort punchy compositions like \"\u003cem\u003eForest Capers\u003c\/em\u003e\" remind us of the Led Bib sound, but the improvisation is more open, traveling in surprising new directions. Same goes for \"\u003cem\u003ePumpkin Patch\u003c\/em\u003e\", a track where we hear Holub's more groove-based writing, but in the improvising the band explores different territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe also hear much more of the softer side of Holub's writing such as on tracks like \"\u003cem\u003eThe Bells\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e\", and \"\u003cem\u003eSea\u003c\/em\u003e\", and in general this album puts this more reflective, poignant approach more front and center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile much of the improvising on the album is very free, it is never fully abstract. There is always a deep connection between the players, as well as a connection to the compositions themselves which keeps the listener always somehow anchored to something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith this first release of this new five-piece ensemble, we get a glimpse into what these musicians have to offer the world and each other. \u003cstrong\u003eMark Holub\u003c\/strong\u003e: drums, Clemens Sainitzer: cello, Irene Kepl: violin, Susanna Gartmayer: bass clarinet, Jakob Gnigler: tenor saxophone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Discus","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459205337419,"sku":"1141631","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/14b7673d-99b9-4921-bc21-bcfdc9150a51_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727218491"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/anthropods.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}