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João Lobo, Sep Francois, Ruben Pensaert - percussion & drums
Seppe Gebruers - electronic keyboards & live processing
Niels van Heertum, Filipe Nader, Viktor Perdieus - woodwind & brass instruments
Bert Cools, Ruben Machtelinckx, Laurens Smet - electric guitars, bass guitars & keyboards
Recording: Ted Masseurs at Audioworkx
Mixing: Werner Pensaerts at Linster studio
Mastering: Darcy Proper at Wisseloord Studio
Production: el NEGOCITO Records & Troika vzw
Artwork: Laurens Smet & Jelle Gebruers
Available on CD and Vinyl
release February 2, 2015 at Citadelic @ SMAK Museum Ghent, Belgium
(ENG)
Ifa y Xango are a number of musicians based in Belgium and Brazil. The group was founded in 2010 with all of the seven musicians in the band playing acoustic instruments and self- composed music at the time. Since releasing their debut album Abraham, which was elected as "Best debut album" by the New York City Jazz Record in 2013, they have expanded the band with three new members.
The group is proud to present their upcoming second album “twice left handed \\ shavings”, inspired by the band's love for experimental electronic dance music, trance music and musique concrète. Ifa y Xango is a part of the Troika collective.
(NL)
Ifa y Xango bestaat uit enkele muzikanten, verblijvende in België en Brazilie. De groep werd opgericht in 2010 toen de zeven leden van het ensemble hun eigen geschreven muziek wilden vertolken. Sinds hun debuutplaat “Abraham”, tevens geselecteerd als "Best debut album" door de New York City Jazz Record in 2013, is de groep uitgebreid met drie nieuwe muzikanten.
Ifa y Xango stelt hun tweede plaat “twice left handed \\ shavings” voor, ontstaan uit hun voorliefde voor experimentele elektronische muziek, trance muziek en musique concrète. Ifa y Xango maakt deel uit van het Troika collectief.
(FR)
Ifa y Xango est un groupe de sept jeunes musiciens basés en Belgique et au Brésil. Les sept musiciens on créé le groupe en 2010, dans le but de jouer leur propre musique. Depuis de la sortie de leur premier album 'Abraham', qui a été élu le "Best debut album" par la gazette new-yorkaise "The New York City Jazz Record" en 2013, Ifa y Xango a été élargi avec trois nouveaux membres.
Le groupe est fier de présenter leur deuxième album "twice left handed \\ shavings", inspiré par la musique électronique expérimentale et la musique de transe. Ifa y Xango fait partie du collectif Troika.
Press
"This album is easily one of the most adventurous, daring, and accomplished recordings of 2015." Dave Wayn, All About Jazz (09/11/2015) *****
"This music is something else. It is not music to understand. It doesn't prescribe anything. It gives you auditory signals and you are free to follow. Or not. I follow. These guys don't give us simple retrospective, they give us something way better. They offer themselves, full of the urgency of the here and now." Hugo Truyens, Freejazzblog.org (17/03/2015) ****
"Interesting mix of dissonance and drone from this ensemble of wind instruments, guitars, keyboards and electronic effects. Even when it growls, there's a comforting nature to the music. Something different." Dave Sumner, Bird Is The Worm (05/03/2015)
"The ten-piece band with a huge set-up (drums, percussion, wind instruments, guitars, bass and keyboards) produces music that is dark, moody, jazzy and experimental. Their new album, 'twice left handed \\ shavings', features heaps of inspiring sounds, and whil it can get eclectic, it never gets tiring for the ears." Shortcut Music, shortcut music.wordpress.com, (26/02/2015)
"Opwindend. Dit spul is ronduit hypnotiserend, jongleert moeiteloos met insteken en geluiden, wordt gestuwd door een knetterende groepsspanning die voortdurend op de grens van de desintegratie balanceert, en nét daar een plagerig danspasje uitvoert." Guy Peters, Cobra.be (26/02/2015)
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SIDE A: twice left handed
1. kamchatka
L. Smet - 06:46
2. fjaka
Ifa y Xango - 02:54
3. gamma
S. Gebruers - 05:16
4. moedwil
Ifa y Xango - 01:32
SIDE B: shavings
5. shavings6. Woodstock
Thomas Jillings - 04:25
total time 31:01
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