- LP
The Sorcerers
I Too Am A Stranger
ATA
- Cat No: ATA033
- 2024-04-23
エチオピアン・ジャズ・レジェンドMulatu Astatke、Gilles Petersonもその才能に惚れ込む、エチオジャズからの強い影響、60.70年代ホラー映画サントラやヨーロピアン・ライブラリーミュージックなどを、ヴィンテージ・アナログ愛センスでエキゾチックジャズファンク・サイケデリック唯一無二の音楽世界に仕立て上げるUK現行最高峰グループThe Sorcerers待望新作4年ぶりのニューアルバム！推薦盤！！
Track List
“Who's this? The Sorcerers? It's cool! This is great. Give me the cd man!”
Mulatu Astatke —
“Awesome afro-jazz that is the Ethiopiques of the modern age.”
Jazzman Gerald — Jazzman Records
“This sounds great! Love the way it's recorded! The dynamics are spot on and the playing is superb. Proud to say its from Leeds!”
Nightmares on wax — Ninja Tune
“**** “leading listeners down rhythmic paths bejewelled with wah wah funk, rolling saxes, flying flutes and vibraphone fills.””
Mojo Magazine —
“I love this, this is so good! I'm going to be listening to this all week”
Jamie Cullum — BBC Radio 2
“It's really deep, it's really beautiful - it's a great record”
Dom Servini — Jazz FM
“the Sorcerers are another purveyor of what I recently called pulp jazz, effortlessly funky stuff trussed up with all kinds of less-reputable genre signifiers, drawn from library grooves, exotica, lounge music, kung fu movie soundtracks, instro-hipster canned psychedelia. What I love about this style is the way it hearkens back to a time when jazz was a global pop form, when its permutations, high and low, still belonged to night clubs and film scores and radio waves. At their best, the Sorcerers remind us of when jazz was genuinely a world music. The language was spoken everywhere”
Aquarium Drunkard —
“Head nodding beauty”
John Osborume — Jazz FM
Mulatu Astatke —
“Awesome afro-jazz that is the Ethiopiques of the modern age.”
Jazzman Gerald — Jazzman Records
“This sounds great! Love the way it's recorded! The dynamics are spot on and the playing is superb. Proud to say its from Leeds!”
Nightmares on wax — Ninja Tune
“**** “leading listeners down rhythmic paths bejewelled with wah wah funk, rolling saxes, flying flutes and vibraphone fills.””
Mojo Magazine —
“I love this, this is so good! I'm going to be listening to this all week”
Jamie Cullum — BBC Radio 2
“It's really deep, it's really beautiful - it's a great record”
Dom Servini — Jazz FM
“the Sorcerers are another purveyor of what I recently called pulp jazz, effortlessly funky stuff trussed up with all kinds of less-reputable genre signifiers, drawn from library grooves, exotica, lounge music, kung fu movie soundtracks, instro-hipster canned psychedelia. What I love about this style is the way it hearkens back to a time when jazz was a global pop form, when its permutations, high and low, still belonged to night clubs and film scores and radio waves. At their best, the Sorcerers remind us of when jazz was genuinely a world music. The language was spoken everywhere”
Aquarium Drunkard —
“Head nodding beauty”
John Osborume — Jazz FM
ドラム、ベース、パーカッション、そして、フルート、バスクラリネット、木琴、ヴィブラフォンを加えたUK現行のエチオピアン・ジャズファンク・エキゾチック・アンサンブル・バンドThe Sorcerers。よりソリッド且つタイトに研ぎ澄まされたイマジナリー・エキゾチック、ヒップホップ・レアグルーヴ/ブレイクビーツ的センスとダビー・オブスキュア・アフリカ・エチオピアなる未知の領域をスピリチュアル/サイケデリックに探究するかのようなバンド・アンサンブルに魅了される。全曲をATAスタジオにて録音。日本の演歌節にバリトンサックスがブロウ炸裂するA3「Yasuke In Roppongi」(sample3）がモーレツにかっちょいい。全9トラック。
Mulatu Astatke、Jazzman RecordsボスJazzman Gerald、Nightmares on wax、Mojo Magazine、BBC Radio 2のJamie Cullum、Jazz FMのDom Servinit等々、錚々たるメンバーがコメントを寄せている。 (コンピューマ)