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Electronic

Gemma Farrell

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
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Tracks

Abigail's Song; So Far; There's Cornflakes On The Walls; Exposure Bucks; Drum Circle; One For Bucket Hat Man; Tension; Some Of The Nothings You Ain't; Sixth Sense; Aberdeen Street

Personnel

Album Description

Gemma Farrell Quintet explores the intersection of modern jazz and fusion on their third album ‘Electronic’ out independently on May 3rd. With 9 albums under her belt [including three with her Quintet and four solo] Gemma Farrell is an accomplished saxophonist, bandleader and composer in the Australian jazz scene. While you’ve heard her aplenty on all four saxes - soprano, alto, tenor and baritone - the new album ‘Electronic’ with her Quintet is all about jamming on the EWI [pronounced EE-wee]. Invented in the ‘80s by Nyle Steiner, Gemma has been steadily mastering this unusual electronic wind instrument, made famous by American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker and his Steps Ahead jazz fusion group - one of the biggest inspirations behind this record. Gemma Farrell Quintet [GFQ] started in 2015 and its current iteration includes Perth-based musicians Sam Hadlow on trombone, Dan Garner on guitar, Ryan Daunt on drums and Lucy Browning on bass. GFQ is Gemma’s main outlet for her original music, and this third album follows up from the acclaimed ‘The View from The Top’ [2022] and ‘Organised Chaos’ [2018]. While it still features the grooves you’ve come to know and love from GFQ, ‘Electronic’ is guided by its compositional influences, exploring academic or experimental practices. But unless you have a trained ear, don’t expect to hear those deeper motives - ‘Electronic’ sounds smooth and effortless.

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