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Ill Considered: Liminal Space
ByThis time out, Ill Considered laid the basic tracks down live, as is its standard practice, but then added complementary arrangements and invited fellow luminaries of the London scene to perform on them. These guests include baritone saxophonist Tamar Osborn, tenor saxophonists Kaidi Akinnibi and Ahnanse, tubaist Theon Cross, trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and percussionist Sarathy Korwar. As stellar combinations go, this is about as exalted as its gets in London in 2021. (Osborn and Hopcraft, by the way, straddle London's jazz, Afrobeat and world-jazz scenes, as does Rahman; each brings plenty of soul to the party).
If anything, Ill Considered's groove is even more intense than that of Binker & Moses. Several of the tracks on the sixty-minute Liminal Space have pronounced Maghrebi trance-music vibes, and all of them inhabit the same ecstatic world as the Sufi brotherhoods such as the Gnawa who still thrive in southern Morocco and Algeria. It is raw shamanistic music designed to take you higher, and live it is the coyote's cojones. It hits the spot on disc, too, though a sprinkling of more nuanced moments would be welcome when you are strapped to a headset in your front room, doing your bit for global warming.
The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Emre Ramazanoglu, who is fast emerging as a senior jedi on the London scene (much like his fellow drummer and producer Moses Boyd). Ramazanoglu combines avant jazz player-producing (he is also the drummer and lead producer on Theon Cross' just out and highly recommended Intra-I), while bringing his control-room juju to mega-selling artists, including Noel Gallagher, Paloma Faith, Richard Ashcroft, Lily Allen, Spiritualized and Kylie Minogue.
Track Listing
First Light; Sandstorm; Loosed; Dust; Dervish; Pearls; LightTrails; Knuckles; The Lurch; Prayer.
Personnel
Ill Considered
band / ensemble / orchestraIdris Rahman
saxophoneLiran Donin
bassEmre Ramazanoglu
drumsAdditional Instrumentation
Idris Rahman: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Liran Donin: bass; Emre Ramazanoglu: drums; Kaidi Akinnibi: tenor saxophone; Ahnanse: tenor saxophone; Tamar Osborn: baritone saxophone, flute; Robin Hopcraft: trumpet; Theon Cross: tuba; Ralph Wylde: vibraphone; Leon Brichard: bass; Ollie Savill: percussion; Sarathy Korwar: percussion.
Album information
Title: Liminal Space | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: New Soil
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