it's dark. i am inside. i pull down the shades to block out the pinpricks of light invading the window. all i can see now is the light from the disc player. i set it in motion and lie down. close my eyes...
enter a lonely trumpet. soon accompanied by keys, keeping time. then a talking saxophone... and finally a lazy drum-brush.
this is the opening of city of light, the brüknahm project's latest and yet to be released album, recorded in paris.
this is the science of music. tracing in the footsteps of the greatest jazz 'ghosts' that ever were, the track is pure math and science and soul set to sound. i am paralyzed now, listening to the bass that breaks up the middle of the track as the saxophone comes back in to enchant me, and then the track continues its story. an epic that ends in a banging drum and dizzying horn.
and from there it's a choose your own adventure. any track on this album could chase it and you could find yourself at street level hustling in an immigrant hood, in a ancient basement jazz club in the 5th, at dinner or cozied up in front of a fire in the republique...
as i lay here, powerless and motionless in the dark, this track sends me right back to the brilliant, throbbing, and nostalgic city of light.
although i've never met the brüknahm project, which is saundi wilson and sebastian bardin-greenberg, listening to this song makes me feel as though they know me inside out. their music is powerful. it's thoughtful and sensual and has the ability to move me, more and more every time i listen.
the brüknahm project - all those great ghosts:
december 2010 update: the bruknahm project have just released 'city of light' online... you can find it at itunes
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