#4840 New Releases, January 2024
Hear the latest, newest music from Chicago’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Montreal-based Allison Burik, and the brother duo, Saramaccan Sound from the South American country of Suriname,
Listen to Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, led by legendary Chicago multi-percussionist & composer Kahil El’Zabar (one of the leaders of spiritual jazz today), with Corey Wilkes on trumpet & Alex Harding on baritone sax, in an inventive Ancient / Future Music arrangement of a Miles Davis tune, “All Blues”. It’s from the record, Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit, due in March which celebrates their half-century presence within the continuum of Great Black Music, (Bandcamp).
Drawing on folk, ambient, and improvised music, Montreal-based saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and improviser Allison Burik layers textural phrases of alto sax and bass clarinet, field recordings (especially those captured during their residency in Skagaströnd, Iceland), subtle electronic treatments, and even guitar (both from Burik themself and their Umbrella Pine collaborator Magdalena Abrego), on their latest release, Realm. There’s also music from French composer and electronic musician (and fourth-world music legend) Ariel Kalma, together with modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu & violist Marta Sofia Honer, based in improvisation, and realized by collage-based editing, from their record, The Closest Thing to Silence.
There’s also music from Palestinian composer, arranger, educator; and viola and buzuq player Ramzi Aburedwan and the Ensemble Dal’Ouna who combine traditional Arab instruments including the bouzuk, the oud, and percussion with viola and accordion, and add medieval and jazz accents. Plus, listen to music from the brother duo Saramaccan Sound from the Amazon region of Suriname. They write acoustic songs sung in Saramaccan (the language with the most African elements from the Americas), and address topics of the rising tides and floods in the area due to global warming, on their Ian Brennan-recorded debut. That, and more. – Caryn Havlik
Program #4840 New Releases, Jan. 2024 (First aired 01/30/2024)
ARTIST: Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
WORK: A Treasure Chest [1:00]
RECORDING: The Closest Thing to Silence
SOURCE: International Anthem, Due out Feb. 2
INFO: https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/the-closest-thing-to-silence
ARTIST: Fabiano doNascimento & Sam Gendel
WORK: Foi Boto [3:17]
RECORDING: Room
SOURCE: Real World
INFO: https://samgendel.bandcamp.com/album/the-room
ARTIST: Allison Burik
WORK: As the Norns Weave [5:17]
RECORDING: Realm
SOURCE/INFO: https://allisonburik.bandcamp.com/album/realm
ARTIST: Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
WORK: A Treasure Chest [6:12]
RECORDING: The Closest Thing to Silence
SOURCE: International Anthem, Due out Feb. 2
INFO: https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/the-closest-thing-to-silence
ARTIST: The Living Earth Show
WORK: Book 1 - Part 5 [3:37]
RECORDING: Music for Hard Times
SOURCE: The Living Earth Show
INFO: https://tles.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-hard-times
ARTIST: Kahil El’Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
WORK: All Blues [6:59]
RECORDING: Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit
SOURCE: SpiritMuse Records, due out March 8
INFO: https://ethnicheritageensemble.bandcamp.com/album/open-me-a-higher-consciousness-of-sound-and-spirit
ARTIST: Ramzi Aburedwan & Dal'Ouna Ensemble
WORK: Billadhi Askara [4:10]
RECORDING: Oyoun Al kalam
SOURCE: Riverboat Records
INFO: https://worldmusic.net/
ARTIST: Saramaccan Sound (Suriname)
WORK: One Mother, Two Hearts [3:03]
RECORDING: Where The River Bends Is Only The Beginning
SOURCE: Glitterbeat Records
INFO: https://saramaccansoundsuriname.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: claire rousay
WORK: iii [4:36]
RECORDING: sentiment
SOURCE: Thrill Jockey, due out 19 April 2024
INFO: https://thrilljockey.com/products/sentiment
ARTIST: Ben Frost
WORK: Unreal in the Eyes of the Dead [4:03]
RECORDING: Scope Neglect
SOURCE: Mute, due out March 1, 2024
INFO: https://benfrost.bandcamp.com/album/scope-neglect
