{"product_id":"shalosh-broken-balance","title":"Shalosh - Broken Balance","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: ACT99142\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: Broken Balance\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 30th October 2020\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “Life never goes in a straight line. Our world is full of surprises. Things we\u003cbr\u003ehave known forever can change before our very eyes. So the challenge is to\u003cbr\u003ekeep level-headed, to ensure that our lives stay in balance on the personal,\u003cbr\u003ethe social and the political level.” Shalosh capture this attitude in their music\u003cbr\u003eand especially in ‘Broken Balance’. “More drama, more pushing at the\u003cbr\u003eextremes, more sideways looks,” that was the motto for the album.\u003cbr\u003e The Tel Aviv-based trio cheerfully mix and contrast styles and genres;\u003cbr\u003ethey’re far too nimble to be categorized. They play with the complementary\u003cbr\u003eextremes of strength of impact and fragility. “We are always Shalosh. That is\u003cbr\u003ehow we act, as one; our sound can be swing... or death metal.” There is\u003cbr\u003enothing random about their musical choices, however. Shalosh is like one\u003cbr\u003eorganism, its parts instinctively breathing together. They tell stories too.\u003cbr\u003eBecause Shalosh genuinely do have something to say. They want to inspire,\u003cbr\u003eto make references, to ask questions and the miracle is that they do it all\u003cbr\u003ewordlessly.\u003cbr\u003e The album gets going with ‘The Orphan Boy Who Wanted To Be A King’.\u003cbr\u003eThe track has a dreamy opening and also has a story to it. An orphaned\u003cbr\u003echild is contemplating a vision of what it would be like to be a king. As the\u003cbr\u003emelody grows and evolves, that dream starts to feel more and more real.\u003cbr\u003e‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ deals with paranoia and disaster in the minds\u003cbr\u003eof some of our current political leaders, who have lost all sense of humanity\u003cbr\u003eand decency. The elegiac tune about David Bowie in Berlin finds ways to\u003cbr\u003etransform a newspaper photo that brings bad news into an artistic\u003cbr\u003estatement.\u003cbr\u003e ‘The Birth Of Homo Deus’ is the soundtrack to a three-part film script by\u003cbr\u003eGadi Stern, in which computers have taken charge - and made the world a\u003cbr\u003ebetter place. The impromptu ballad ‘Quiet Corner’ is the album’s refuge of\u003cbr\u003ecalm. In ‘Breed’, the album’s only cover, the trio take on the rocky riffs of\u003cbr\u003eNirvana. And the bonus track ‘Party On A Powder Keg’ captures the\u003cbr\u003eparadoxical Israeli emotions that arise when witnessing celebrations while a\u003cbr\u003ewar is going on.\u003cbr\u003e Shalosh make intensely insistent music which appeals to the feelings rather\u003cbr\u003ethan taxing the brain. This music without words has immediacy, catchiness\u003cbr\u003eand strength - and yet delicacy as well. There is an irrepressible joy, a\u003cbr\u003ephysicality that goes straight to the feet and yet their hooky melodies have a\u003cbr\u003eway of circling, of pausing and then moving forward and of growing\u003cbr\u003einexorably. Shalosh have a sense of being implanted in tradition but with a\u003cbr\u003eperceptive eye for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003eThe Orphan Boy Who Wanted To Be A King\u003cbr\u003eBack In Town\u003cbr\u003eThe Emperor‘s New Clothes\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bowie\u003cbr\u003eContemplating Art And Death In A Café In Berlin\u003cbr\u003eNina\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth Of Homo Deus\u003cbr\u003eQuiet Corner\u003cbr\u003eBreed\u003cbr\u003eThe Last 8th Of April\u003cbr\u003eBonus Track: Party On A Powder Keg\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Act Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36317216047260,"sku":"ACT99142","price":14.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/Shalosh-BrokenBalance.jpg?v=1601732561","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/shalosh-broken-balance","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}