4 july 2013
live at the pheasantry pizza express london
bass JEROME DAVIES
drums ROD YOUNGS
℗ & © 2013 QUAESITOR MUSIC

sounds

tracks

01 lullabye (good night, my angel) [live]
02 feel, think, jump (live)
03 afro blue (live)
04 bare trees (live)

project description

The album showcases a number of Eghobamien’s own compositions that realise the full synthesis of his musical roots. “Slate Of The Atlantic”, simple and stately, looks back to the work song, the blues style of “You Gotta Move” and the traditional spiritual style of “There Is A Balm In Gilead” (both also covered on the album). It builds in intensity with West African drums and with strings in a style one might associate with the Highlands or bluegrass. “Coffee Shop Window” capitalises on the complexity of an off-rhythm bass line and anxious strings to transform a sweet lyric of life’s possibilities into a more edgy and modern composition. “On The Surface”, with a catchy melody and bittersweet lyric, just soars in the perfect fusion of Eghobamien’s ear and heart. For the first time, Eghobamien’s poetry complements his music to create an innovative performance aesthetic. The poem, “Indigo”, precedes and sets the mood for “Slate Of The Atlantic” and “patches” is used to prepare the narrative for the song, “Enough”. This song builds relentlessly from the poem adding a steady, mantra-like bass groove to climax with the existential lament, “I cannot go back home/I am not even here, anymore”, then fades away again.

reviews

“poured gently is an absorbing and original set, intelligently programmed and elegantly performed.”
—CHRIS PARKER vortex cd reviews