The Vampires Meet Lionel Loueke album preview HD

To celebrate 10 years and their fifth album, The Vampires reached out to collaborate with one of their favourite musicians, Lionel Loueke. Playing a distinctive style of world-roots jazz with influences from across the world, The Vampires could not find anyone more suitable than Benin-born, US guitarist Lionel Loueke. Recorded following a sold-out tour of the festivals in Australia, the new album The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke captures a collective sense of excitement, all whilst capturing the groove and strong melodic sensibility that the Vampires have become renowned for. With influences from Ethio-jazz, Dub, Afro-Cuban and Indonesian Gamelan, this is a truly expansive album that justly serves the various creative forces within the band. Loueke has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the jazz world, collaborating with seminal jazz figures including Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding and Herbie Hancock, who praised Loueke as “a musical painter”. His artistic contribution to The Vampires, previously a chord-less quartet, has been more than seamless, but immediately fitting in as a long-standing member. The Vampires have been relentlessly touring for the past 10 years throughout their home country Australia, as well as performances in the UK, Canada and Europe. Combining risk-taking improvisation, sophisticated compositions and an uncanny sense of dialogue between the sax/trumpet front line, the band’s music defies categorization and has arguably wrought a style of their own. The album was produced by Lloyd Swanton, widely known for his bass playing with seminal group The Necks. Swanton’s side project, The catholics, has been an important group on the Australian jazz scene for over 20 years. The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke is out 5 May 2017 on Earshift Music http://earshift.com/ http://www.thevampires.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/thevampiresmusic/ Jeremy Rose - alto & tenor sax, bass clarinet Nick Garbett - trumpet Lionel Loueke - guitar and vocals Jonathan Zwartz - double bass Danny Fischer - drums (all tracks except 3 & 5) Alex Masso - drums (tracks 3 & 5), cajon, bongos, pandeiro, wood block, cowbells, shakers Recorded by Tim Whitten at Rancom St Studios, Botany NSW, June 7 & 8, 2016 Mixed by Tim Whitten at 301 Studios, Sydney, August 4 & 5, 2016 Mastered by Michael Lynch Produced by Lloyd Swanton Cover Art by Zdenek Burian Design by Pat Harris filmed by Leo Townsend Video by Paste Studios All Compositions Registered with APRA © 2016 All Rights Reserved. Unauthorised Duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Special thanks to all our families, partners, Pozible supporters, the PPCA, the Australia Council for the Arts, Ben Hauptmann, Jack Leitenberg, Wollongong Con, SIMA, and the Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane International Jazz Festivals. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. We acknowledge the support of the Pho