De Beren Gieren - What Eludes Us [LP]

SDBAN ULTRA

£24.46

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: SDBANULP38
Barcode: 5414166673445
Release Date: 26 Apr 2024
Genre: Contemporary Jazz

Two and a half years after their acclaimed last release ‘Less Is Endless’, De Beren Gieren (“The Bear Vultures”) have finished their seventh full album.

What Eludes Us is an ode to what escapes us and what we consciously want to look away from.

For this new full album, the band left aside the unimaginable beauty of the Norwegian fjords and crawled into a dusty recording studio in Bergen harbour. They did so with the celebrated and mysterious producer Jørgen Træen (a.o. Jaga Jazzist), who silently watched over the imperfections and interference as a guiding force behind the adept playing of the electro-acoustic jazz trio.

The result turns out to be compelling music with deceptive rhythms, clear melodies and uninhibited
electronics in a way that also managed to surprise them themselves. With De Beren Gieren, it is clearthat there is still gold to be struck from the classic jazz piano format. Instead of changing direction, the band resolutely chooses to dig deeper.

De Beren Gieren is a post-contemporary jazz trio in which minimalism and bursting energy go hand in hand. It may be no coincidence that this band is based in Belgium, the home ground of surrealism and techno.

De Beren Gieren consists of musicians highly active in the European music scene, but it is within this band their versatility flows freely. Its music is multi-layered, improvised and visionary.

Corresponding acts could be Visible Cloaks, Radiohead, Erik Satie and Jon Hassell. Well, expect at least Beren music.

A1. Papir Freedom A2. Mimic A3. A Loving Stumbler A4. Very Important vs. Nothing B1. I’ll Explain Later B2. The Houses B3. Light and Illusions B4. What Eludes Us