Stephan Micus - Towards the Wind - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Stephan Micus - InchTo the Rising MoonInch To the Rising Moon is Stephan Micus' 26th solo album for ECM. It features instruments from Colombia, India, Xinjiang (China), Bavaria, Cambodia, Egypt and Borneo, but taking center stage is the Colombian tiple, slightly smaller than an acoustic guitar. The sunny plucked sound of the tiples alternates with darker bowed strings, which bring a more meditative mood. Once again, Stephan Micus takes us on a unique musical journey to places unknown that couldn't have been created or played by anyone else. Artist Hometown Germany. Verve tag Group; ECM; Jazz. Album Tracks 1. To the Rising Sun 2. Dream Within Dream 3. In Your Eyes 4. The Veil 5. Unexpected Joy 6. Waiting for the Nightingale 7. The Silver Fan 8. Embracing Mysteries 9. To the Lilies in the Field 10. The Flame 11. To the Rising Moon

Shamal Wind combines Chip Wickham's spiritual jazz expeditions with hard-won schoolings in the funk. Drawing on influences like Yusef Lateef and Sahib Shihab, the album rests on Chip's many-sided experience as a musician, spanning left-field beat experiments to hard-hitting funk heavyweights. Like the Persian Gulf winds referenced in the album title, which often mark the shift to a new season, this album signals a new chapter for Chip, opening up a newfound energy and inclusiveness in his music, and further expanding on what he achieved in the past year. InchShamal WindInch is a heavy record, built on strong foundations. Following his critically acclaimed 2017 debut, La Sombra, Shamal Wind adds Arab-influenced percussion to the mix, most notably on the title track. Elsewhere, 'Barrio 71' sees him nodding to Shihab high energy, lyrical and absorbing, with sax and the vibraphone taking the lead. 'Snake Eyes' taps into the meditative exaltations of modal jazz, while 'Soho Strut' nods to the jazz fusion, funk-influenced side of Chip's playing. Over the past 3 decades Wickham has worked, written, recorded, and toured with the likes of The Pharcyde, Nightmares On Wax, Graham Massey, Roy Ayers, Craig Charles Fantasy Funk Band. Album Tracks 1. Shamal Wind 2. Snake Eyes 3. Soho Strut 4. The Mirage (Feat. Matthew Halsall) 5. Barrio 71 6. Rebel No.23

Fresh 2010 remixes of InchMarabouInch the popular club track from the progressive House/Electro DJ producer from Auxerre, France; Stephan M. Remixes are by Emrah Celik and Utku Dalmaz. All selections newly remastered.