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Oriole

Oriole and Oriole Brazil

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A sensory banquet of soaring melodies, colourful South American folklore, lively dances and emotional ballads of longing. Music that creates a rich, emotionally disquieting world that is at once familiar and dreamlike. A world of freedom, of movement, of dusty roads and traveling musicians in shaded market squares whose journey will never end. These are songs of magical realism mingling elements of fantasy, myth, desire and wanderlust in renderings that blur traditional distinctions between what is serious or trivial, melancholic or joyous. "The magical realist does not try to copy the surrounding reality or to wound it but to seize the mystery that breathes behind things." Luis Leal, Magical Realism in Spanish American Literature.Orioles composer and guitarist Jonny Phillips was described by The Guardian as "A big new composing presence" and Time Out as "the brilliant F-IRE collective guitarist" on the release of the first Oriole album "Song for the Sleeping" in 2005. He has traveled widely blending the musical, folkloric and dance traditions of North Brazil, West Africa, Southern Europe and beyond. These Influences have been as important as the folkloric music of his own region and the church music of his composer parents. Here both the migrations of the composer and the band members have resulted in the creation of new musical hybrids; the physical and artistic travels being inseparable.The album features an award winning international line-up including drummer Sebastian Rochford, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, cellist Ben Davis, bassist Anders Christiensen, vocalist Julia Biel, percussionist Adriano Adewale Itauna and clarinettist Idris Rahman. All top instrumentalists in their respective fields. ................................... ..

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Member Since: 4/1/2006
Band Website: oriole-music.com
Band Members: Ingrid Laubrock - Tenor saxophone, Ben Davis - Cello, Jonny Phillips -Acoustic Guitar, Fernando de Marco - Electric Bass, Sebastian Rochford - Drums, Adriano Adewale Itauna - Percussion/vibrophone/vocals, Nick Ramm -Keys.__________________ Special Guests on ...Song for the sleeping- Vocals & Lyrics- Julia Biel(www.juliabiel.com)/ Clarinet Solo - Idris Rahman(www.soothsayers.net)....... Live at the Albany.......... See us live at london jazz festival in the video section.
Influences: Simon Diaz, Paco de Lucia, Vaughan Williams, Antonio Norbriga, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, Tom Jobim, Barrios, Brazil, Venezuela, Spain, Magical Realist Literature, Flamenco, Brixton, Ben Davis, Seb Rochford, Ingrid Laubrock, Idris Rahman, Julia Biel.
Sounds Like: Film music, South American folklore, the soundtrack to a story of joy and longing born from an irresistable impulse to travel but never to arrive. Listen on itunes - ..
Record Label: F-IRE
Type of Label: Indie