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Involution
Martin Loyato
Label: Syncretism Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 56:15
Views: 1,520
Tracks
Saraswati; Kindred Spirits; Lullaby for the Moon; Be Aware of Love; Danza de las Animas; Involution; Perpetual Moonlight; Intuition; La Dos Caras de la Incertidumbre.
Personnel
Martin Loyato
trumpetAdditional Personnel / Information
Martín Loyato: quarter-tone trumpet, quarter-tone flugelhorn, valve trombone, Native American flutes, Bolivian Moseño flute, kigonki, piano & electronics; Jean Madani: electric bass; Hisham Hallak: vocals; Ghassan Sahhab: qanun; Ziyad Sahhab: oud; Lety ElNaggar: nay; Ramzi Ramman: electric & acoustic guitar; Mohammed Zahzah: electric guitar & electronics; Richard Vaudrey: cello; Petros Sakelliou: Fender Rhodes & synthesizer; Walid Baba Nasser: frames; Diego Chono Gonzalez: bass sax; Miguel Fernandez: tenor sax; Jose Jimenez: tuba; Ae-Jeong Lee: violin; Chang Hyun: violin; Lee Chang: viola; Yasmina Sabbah: choir director. Choir - Sopranos: Youmna Chamaa Bou Hadir, Lynn Jbeily, Rim Armouch, Farah Armouch, Najla Sadek, Rim Atie; Altos: Natalie Maalouf, Nada Baba, Karen Hamad, Sarah Abi Samra, Mira Hout, Sarah Jawhar, Mona Salemeh; Tenors: Majd Zeid Khiam, Mohammed Zahzah; Bass: Jawad El-Mawla.
Album Description
Involution is an electro-acoustic experimental ambient album that includes an international group of brilliant musicians from Argentina, Australia, Germany, Greece, Korea, Lebanon, Spain and USA. The music is inspired by the spiritual meaning of involution, which attempts for spiritual improvement in the intangible world. This philosophy represents the inner evolution of the mind, heart and soul, the inward path of a spiritual aspirant toward self-realization that might be the ascent back to God or beyond the creation. Rooted in the Jazz language of improvisation, I try to create a personal, self-standing form of music that excludes any categories, created from the blending of multiple musical elements and from diverse cultures. My music is a mixture of simple and complex structures that moves from strict forms to complete freedom: making the texture of the music embody an imaginative development of sounds that originates from the moaning of indigenous flutes, screaming trumpet, oriental spices, to experimental electronic sounds. These sound-colors are in many ways interlinked giving the work an atmospheric landscape story. I aim to compose music that somehow represents the interconnectedness of all of us regardless of race, combining music in the same way we blend with each other in everyday life, encompassing the ranges of emotional aspects, both joyful and painful. These fusion collages of styles draw me nearer to other people from different places and backgrounds. Understanding other cultural values through music enables me to emit through musical sounds: sympathy, compassion and love for all mankind. The pieces we play in this album allow the musicians to express their artistic voices in a soulful way without affecting or compromising the intent and direction of my music. It is my hope that the musical interchange and fusion will help to connect with the listener in unusual levels uniting all of us in a meaningful experience. Martín Loyato Acknowledgments This recording is partially supported by the Lebanese American University SRDC Research Grant, Audio Addicts Studio, Patrizia Jewelry Sculptor, SaxOn, and Syncretism Records.
Review
- Involution by Geno Thackara
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