Vibration Black Finger - Can You See What I'm Trying to Say (CD)

Jazzman

£12.87

CATALOGUE NO. JMANCD121
FORMAT - CD
RELEASE DATE 19th Jun 2020
Genres - Jazz

"Lascelle 'Lascelles' Gordon - the driving force behind Vibration Black Finger – astonishes us yet again with a magnificent second album. Once more his inspiration is drawn from the obscure spiritual jazz collectives of the 1970s where he employs a vast array of like-minded collaborators to create a listening experience infused with an ever-present undercurrent of personal expression and cultural empowerment that's as enriched with ideas as it is progressive in its form.

Having earned his chops as founding member of the Brand New Heavies, Campag Velocet and Heliocentric World, Lascelle's latest album Can You See What I'm Trying to Say bursts with energy and vivid contrasts, flowing effortlessly between beat-laden grooves, oscillating improvisations, soulful recitations, audio verité and moody atmospherics. The album drops like a post-hip-hop reimagining of foundational genres, with a prayer to the future.

''Can You See What I'm Trying to Say' is a quote from Marion Brown, the great alto saxophonist' explains Gordon. 'The album was put together over the last three years, not in the conventional way of going into the recording studio with musicians, but starting from ideas I had on various formats (cassettes, mini disc, DATs & reel to reel). I also used field recordings. I did a lot of home recording with long time musical friends Ben Cowen & Diana Gutkind, some of them going back 20 years. The voices of my nieces (heard on Law of the Universe) were recorded 25 years ago. 'Only in a Dream' and 'Empty Streets' are the only songs that were recorded live in the studio.'"

Track Listing

1. Empty Streets
2. Adrianna
3. Gutkind's Dream
4. Acting for Liberation, Pt. 1
5. Law of the Universe
6. Can You See What I'm Trying to Say
7. Acting for Liberation, Pt. 2
8. Persia & Cornelius
9. The Glory
10. Soul Fire
11. Twelve Wire Byrd
12. Only in a Dream

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