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Land Of Kush is a large orchestra assembled and directed by Montreal composer and musician Sam Shalabi, one of the city’s most unique and prolific players over the past decade. Shalabi performs constantly on electric guitar and oud, with regular appearances in numerous jazz and free improv ensembles, membership in a kaleidoscope of avant rock bands, and at the compositional helm of various musical assemblages large and small. Shalabi has seen a dozen full-length album recordings released in the last eight years, under his own name and with Shalabi Effect (on Alien8Recordings) and as a member of Molasses, Detention, Po, ‘Gypt Gore and Nutsack.
His eponymous albums often include genre-defying compositions for larger ensembles and Shalabi has also mounted many live performances and commissioned compositions for hybrid orchestras that have gone largely undocumented. Land Of Kush is among the most ambitious and impressive of these: the group involves over 30 musicians and two dozen different instruments, including a cluster of strings, horns and woodwinds, multiple percussionists, bassists and guitarists, four vocalists, electronics, snyths, darbouka and oud.
Land Of Kush has performed a handful of times in Montreal over the past couple of years. Most recently, the group premiered new works at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival in June 2008 and at Pop Montreal in October 2008. The Suoni piece, in five movements, was recorded in studio at the invitation of Constellation in late summer 2008 and released as the Against The Day album in spring 2009.
Land Of Kush has performed a handful of times in Montreal over the past couple of years. Most recently, the group premiered new works at the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival in June 2008 and at Pop Montreal in October 2008. The Suoni piece, in five movements, was recorded in studio at the invitation of Constellation in late summer 2008 and released as the Against The Day album in spring 2009.
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fxofxs wrote:
Great!
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iconan wrote:
Music that speaks directly into the 'mind's eye. Psychedelic-rock. -.-.-.-.-. om hari om .....
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lonely_minotaur wrote:
Nah, that voice turns the entire thing on it's head... It's mind-blowing and highly entertaining!
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morti-viventi wrote:
maybe the robot was the only one willing to perform the recitative
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Origingod wrote:
<3
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GoodnightLondon wrote:
TheKEZ - I know what you mean, it does go on a bit. Then again, it's pretty funny on 'Fisherman', with all the rude lyrics dealt in a Stephen Hawkins-type voice...
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TheKEZ wrote:
I really don't understand why they thought that synthesised voice would be a good addition to Monogamy, the album would be much bettter off without it...
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n0umena wrote:
really fascinating
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notsaved wrote:
wrong tag. The synthethized voice sucks.
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Dustspell wrote:
Great recomendation!!!!! This guys mix several genres (Neo-Classic,Folk,Jazz,Indie,...) preety amazing!!!!!
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tousdan wrote:
My ears are pleased.
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AhmedHoi wrote:
Terrific, such an amazing performance, the whole album is GREAT.
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Actopus wrote:
absolutely magical
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gildermershina wrote:
Still trying to get my head around Monogamy. I'm willing to follow bands out into weird places, but the puerile text-to-speech over much of it is really really off-putting.
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untitled wrote:
the new album is so good.
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shineisdead wrote:
There is a sample of one of the new tracks from Monogamy on a digital label comp that can be found here: http://soundcloud.com/constellation-records It is the processional mix, and starts about ten and a half minutes in.
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Brett_J_Nelson wrote:
Yay, "Monogamy" info! http://cstrecords.com/releases/cst066
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Brett_J_Nelson wrote:
Apparently, another permutation of this group called Egyptian Light Orchestra are supposed to be releasing a record titled "Monogamy" sometime this year on Constellation.
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Giglanz wrote:
Let's hope so. Against the Day is a phenomenal album!
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GoodnightLondon wrote:
any chance these guys (and gals) will do another album?
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WasNotWhyNot tagged Land Of Kush with free jazz, post-rock and alternative rock. December 2011
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