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Type
Cd (musik)
Format
1 cd, 1 bilag
Sprog
engelsk
Genre
jazz
Emneord
Emnetal
78.793:5
Bidragsydere
Indhold
Levitation 21Our FilmAra ResurrectedAt a Post-Historic SeashoreSpace of Your ExistenceThe Dream VoyagerOld MapsVortex37 NewlywedsNew Maps
Beskrivelse
Indspillet i Los Angeles, California 2019
Forlag
Nonesuch Records
Målgruppe
voksenmaterialer
Anmeldelser
DownBeat, 2020 December
Vurdering: 4/5
Mojo, 2020 September
"Comprising 10 instrumentals for piano, bass and drums (occasionally augmented by wordless vocals, most evocatively on "37 Newlyweds"), the self-produced The Call Within is a pounding, high-intensity adventure that evokes Ennio Morricone on "Our Film" and Yanni on the spiralling "Ara Surrected", while "Space Of Your Existence" uses whistling, drums and angry-period John Cale piano, until it is leavened by a melody so pretty it could have decorated a Renaissance album. Neither background nor easy listening, The Call Within is as in-your-face as instrumental music gets"
Uncut, 2020 (September)
"Armenian piano prodigy's urgent prog and spiritual investigation: A pianist since the age of three, Tigran Hamasyan balances his love for the sonorous melodies of Armenian folk music with a rapid-fire virtuosity derived from jazz and prog. Remarkable opener "Levitation 21" is a quick test of the listener's mettle, Hamasyan's piano and mournful vocal fired by stop-start drums and algebraic time signatures. Those who stick around are rewarded with an LP that confounds and stuns in equal measure, Hamasyan leading his band (...) through tracks like "The Dream Voyager" and "Old Maps" that, in their insistent complexity and entreaties to the divine, find their way to somewhere sublime"