ECM auf Vinyl 03: Le Pas du Chat noir

“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past,” observed William Faulkner – and how true this is of ECM’s back catalogue, an edition of music which remains thoroughly contemporary. Five best selling titles from the 1990s and early 2000s, that were previously only available on CD and through the digital domain, are now available on audiophile vinyl.

LE PAS DU CHAT NOIR
ANOUAR BRAHEM

Release date: 07.06.2019
ECM 1792
Format : CD 2-LP


Hypnotic, magnetic new album by Anouar Brahem which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of this exceptional Tunisian musician. 'Le pas du chat noir' gives the clearest indication yet of the work of Brahem as composer and features a spacious 'chamber music' that resonates with the freshness of improvisation. The instrumentation is unique: oud, piano, accordion. Brahem's writing for this combination is highly evocative, meticulously controlled and sparse. Half of the magic, as he notes, resides in the not-played, in the marvellous mingling of overtones, sounds that rise from the piano to blend with the warm tones of the oud and the breath of the accordion's bellows.

Initially published on CD in September 2002, vinyl is issued in June 2019.
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FEATURED ARTISTS
Anouar Brahem   Oud
François Couturier   Piano

Jean-Louis Matinier   Accordion

ECM auf Vinyl 01: Khmer

“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past,” observed William Faulkner – and how true this is of ECM’s back catalogue, an edition of music which remains thoroughly contemporary. This time sees the vinyl release of five best selling titles from the 1990s and early 2000s, that were previously only available on CD and through the digital domain.

    

Khmer
Nils Petter Molvaer

Massive beats and throbbing grooves underpin the Norwegian trumpeter's fiery solos in a project that forms a bridge between ECM's improvised soundscapes and the brave new world of trip-hop, drum'n'bass, ambient/illbient, techno, industrial, electronica and samples. Nils Petter Molvær may be best known for his jazz work - with most of the leading Scandinavian players and with Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock, and George Russell  - but he also has vast experience as a rock sessioneer. Khmer brings jazz's freedom and pop/rock's sound potential together.

Initially published on CD in October 1997, vinyl is issued in June 2019.

FEATURED ARTISTS
Nils Petter Molvaer   Trumpet, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Samples
Eivind Aarset   Guitars, Treatments, Talk Box
Morten Molster   Guitar
Roger Ludvigsen   Guitar, Percussion, Dulcimer
Rune Arnesen   Drums
Ulf W.O. Holand   Samples
Reidar Skar   Sound Treatment