{"product_id":"david-helbock-austrian-syndicate-lp-1","title":"David Helbock - Austrian Syndicate [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: ACTLP9974-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 0614427997418\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 15 Sep 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‘Austrian Syndicate’… the phrase immediately brings to mind the best-known and most influential of all Austrians in jazz, Joe Zawinul. And yet David Helbock’s project is much more than just a homage to his compatriot. It is a return to the roots of fusion jazz and how things developed from then on. It is also a new direction stylistically for Helbock, who has harnessed a panoply of inspiration with a refreshing openness to new sounds from far and wide. As Helbock himself puts it: “This is close to my heart.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Helbock has been able to enlist the best rhythm section in Austria for the Syndicate: Raphael Preuschl on bass and bass ukulele, drummer Herbert Pirker and percussionist Claudio Spieler. The quintet also has an American in it, one for whom becoming Austrian was a matter of choice: pianist Peter  Madsen. This Austrian supergroup is also a place where Helbock’s stellar international guests shine brightly: Maria João, Fred Wesley, Dhafer Youssef, Alex Acuña and Lakecia Benjamin.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e All are global stars, giving the album both international glamour and the colourful exoticism: the great voice of Maria João from Portugal, Peruvian percussionist Alex Acuña (a member of Weather Report alongside Zawinul in the late 1970s), Tunisian singer and oud virtuoso Dhafer Youssef, who is having huge success with his album, ‘Streets of Minarets’, playing to sold-out houses; funk mastermind and James Brown acolyte Fred Wesley; and saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, one of the brightest sparks in the American jazz sky right now.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This band has a way of communicating energy, surprise, variety and - perhaps above all - fun. Helbock has a way of finding all kinds of outlandish sounds from his synthesisers and keyboard pads and uses them to kick up sudden thunderstorms. But we also hear subtle jazz improvisation, irrepressible interplay, funk and Latin rhythms, and no shortage of Afro-Caribbean flair.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e David Helbock’s ‘Austrian Syndicate’ welcomes the world into boundless fusion jazz with irresistible grooves. ‘Austrian Syndicate’ might prove to be one of the feelgood \/ feel great albums of the year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMoney in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul) feat. Alex Acuña\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHymn to Vienna (Dhafer Youssef, Peter Madsen \u0026amp; David Helbock)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Third Man (Peter Madsen) feat. Dhafer Youssef\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDinde et Dindon (Raphael Preuschl)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBallad for Schönenbach (David Helbock)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ups and Downs (David Helbock) feat. Lakecia Benjamin\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdventure (David Helbock)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrundbi ra Dance (David Helbock)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrimson Woman (Peter Madsen) feat. Fred Wesley\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe Need Some Help Down Here (Peter Madsen)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNuyorican (Peter Madsen)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKomm, l ieber Mai und mache (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) feat. Maria João\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Act Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42629988712604,"sku":"ACTLP9974-1","price":21.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/1_993fb7d7-cb77-4de3-a372-f5a30ce619c1.jpg?v=1692964791","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/david-helbock-austrian-syndicate-lp-1","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}