Dip into nu-jazz with Gianni Brezzo’s ‘The Awakening’

Gianni Brezzo - The Awakening, taken from the upcoming Jakarta Records debut EP "The Awakening" to be released on 12th of March; pre-order rh https://giannib...

An intimate coming together of organic sound laced with jazz synthesiser marks Gianni Brezzo’s newest collection

Marvin Horsch is the producer at the head of moody jazz project ‘Gianni Brezzo’. A multi-instrumentalist based in Cologne, Germay, Horsch has been long been invested in the nu-jazz scene. Light percussion, soft focus synth and a stir of soul have guided this artist’s exploration deeper into jazz tones, resulting in music which soothes the mind while moving the body.

The next milestone for Gianni Brezzo will be ‘Awakening’, the project’s first EP on German label Jakarta records. So far only a handful of tracks from the collection have been made public, but the environment starting to form promises gentle warmth, heated with passion.

Gianni Brezzo normally expresses emotion through entirely instrumental work, often returning to Horsch’s appreciation for acoustic guitar as a core feature. The Awakening welcomes a number of artists affiliated with Jakarta records however, infusing the vocals of singers such as J.Lamotta and Otis Junior into the soulful mix.

The personality at the heart of this upcoming release remains that of Horsch, and the organic quality melts away any distance between the creator and audience. The track for which the album is named is particularly representative of the artist’s moments of clarity in connection to his personal creative process.

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Patient Serenity with ‘And, We Disappear’ – Alaskan Tapes

Track 7 of 'Views From Sixteen Stories' out Sept.19 Pre-order the 12" Vinyl, or CD here: https://alaskantapes.bandcamp.com/album/views-from-sixteen-stories French Horn played by Jay Austin Mastered by Taylor Deupree

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Alaskan Tapes is a producer whose work demonstrates a consistently impressive level of talent in the creation of ambient music. A few tracks even include full vocals; the artist’s skill evident in just how well those additions complement each melody.

Compared to other productions from Alaskan Tapes, the track ‘And, We Disappear’ is one of the most gentle. Previous tracks show a more deliberate movement to construct an environment around the listener, with a more powerful undercurrent. Certainly, behind the creation of this recent track lies both experience and effort, but despite these qualities (or perhaps because of them), the sound produced is never overbearing. Instead it’s patient, warm, and softly quite emotional.

The samples feel organic and physical, backed up with a light addition of field recording style scrapes and creaks. This level of the track plays off the more overarching orchestral layer, giving a sense of detail and texture. When a more individual string melody does emerge, it’s already late in the song, and past the point of acclimatisation. Despite the delayed entrance of the sample the harmony is perfectly maintained and the latecomer rounds off what really is a beautiful track.

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Ambient dream-time from Germany's BLCKCSTLS

As Brian Eno once said “Ambient Music must be able to accomodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.“

We’d definitely like to think of the ambient music of German producer Georg-Christoph Stadler, aka BLCKCSTLS, as falling in the latter category, being dynamic and intriguing sonic creations deserving the listener’s undivided attention. And while this is certainly true, there is an effortless unobtrusiveness flowing through his productions which also makes them the perfect companion for an evening of studying, relaxing or getting work done.

And this is the real beauty of a good ambient album, appealing to the various layers of a listeners attention without imposing any sort of will upon the observer. Leaving it upto us to decide how closely to listen or how deeply to dive. Allowing the listener to complete other tasks or close their eyes and let the sounds envelope them. This is indeed a unique freedom, rarely afforded by other genres of modern music.

This kind of passive beauty can be witnessed in Stadler’s recent EP entitled ‘Secorder’. The album description reads “A quick and unmastered EP made on a cold Autumn evening to shorten the wait for Notes from the Dust.” Although only running about 15 minutes in length, the uncluttered and spontaneous EP gives us a good taste of things to come from the rising ambient composer.

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