THE KATIA LABEQUE BAND: Unspoken

The Katia Labeque Band

Unspoken

© 2003 Unspeakable Records Ltd.

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The internationally highly acclaimed classical pianist Katia Labèque teams up with drummer Marque Gilmore and composer/electronics performer Dave Maric for this highly original, enthralling and enigmatic exploration of lyricism, texture and style.

tracks

1 Unspoken
2 Fields
3 Hyper
4 Sketch
5 Breathe [Invocation]
6 Runtime
7 With No Name
8 Katia
9 Exit Music (for a Film)

notes

'This is mood music of an extremely sophisticated sort...an indelible fusion of free jazz, Latin American, modern country, and minimalist procedures, projected via exultant melodic arches and rhythmic twists that impart a compelling sense of direction to the various tracks. Mesmerising stuff.'
Classic fm Magazine

'... moody avant-fusion. The compositions by Dave Maric are extremely sophisticated and highly effective on their own terms.'
BBC Music Magazine

'...a curious, intriguing piece of electro-acoustic music. Scraps of minimalist laptop, shrouded in synth textures...Labèque's crisp piano tone sounds magnificent throughout.'
Time Out

'The classical pianist turned jazzer has added electronic and African sounds to the mix and created something highly lyrical.'
The Independent

'Superbly Original'
The Independent Information

'breathless sections of wild piano, virtuoso synth bass and hustling drum kit, peppered with spontaneously triggered synth sounds and samples... stylish.'
The Guardian

'the music, mostly by Maric, is full of interesting textural contrasts and sudden shifts in dynamics or mood. The results veer giddily between elegant classical stylings, outbreaks of nu-jazz...an entertainingly cutting-edge jazz unit.'
The Times

'The pianist attaches her rippling fluency to drums and electronics. Stimulating.'
The Independent on Sunday

'The results are wonderful, if amazingly difficult to compartmentalize - a genuinely fresh music. There's a consistent beauty in the pieces... it is the sincerity of their collaboration that makes the Katia Labeque Band a truly mature new achievement.'
Venue

'Breathtaking from note one...Purely imaginative through and through...Truly a masterpiece in atmospheric, programmatic, and epic sound landscape.'
CD Baby

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  • An amazing album, a new era of music
    author: Eric Hirsh

    I'm an aspiring jazz pianist/ composer/ producer and thus this CD is right up my alley. In fact, it is one of my top ten favorites of all times. Ever. I could eat this kind of piano-centric electronic composition stuff with a fork (which means I love Hiromi and other neo-jazz-piano trios as well). I don't think we should use the word "fusion" anymore, or else I'd have to be like everyone else and describe Maric's work as 'a fusion of minimalism, impressionism, drum n' bass and other dance styles, jazz' etc etc etc. Perhaps for some time now we've been in a new era of composition-performance-production in which the barriers between the three worlds have been broken and it is not enough to describe something with a laundry list of influences and inspirations. I wish this CD had a much larger distribution because many arenas (jazz, DJ, classical) really should know about this work.

  • author: CD Baby

    Breathtaking from note one, this gorgeous and compelling album intertwines classical sophistication, development and neo-romantic depth with the tug and pull of modern, worldly jazz fusion and the otherworldly appeal of electronic manipulation. Purely imaginative through and through, it is an album that seems to respond to the senses as well as stimulate them- the album noticeably inhales and exhales, ebbs and flows, blurring the line between the music and your experience of it. Truly a masterpiece in atmospheric, programmatic, and epic sound landscape.

  • author: Tamara Turner, CD Baby.com

    Breathtaking from note one, this gorgeous and compelling album intertwines classical sophistication, development and neo-romantic depth with the tug and pull of modern, worldly jazz fusion and the otherworldly appeal of electronic manipulation. Purely imaginative through and through, it is an album that seems to respond to the senses as well as stimulate them- the album noticeably inhales and exhales, ebbs and flows, blurring the line between the music and your experience of it. Truly a masterpiece in atmospheric, programmatic, and epic sound landscape.

  • author: Debby

    I really love the CD. I agree with Rene in her review about the fusion of sound. Katia is brilliant as always and her energy is at top form on this CD.

  • beautiful mix between acoustics and electronics
    author: rené

    Unspoken is a beautiful mix of acoustic piano and electronic effects, with a backdrop of very intense percussion. Sometimes quiet, classical and smooth (but with a sense of danger in the background), sometimes jazzy. It reminded me a bit of the progressive band A Triggering Myth (without guitars), but also David Sancious' electro-acoustic solo-album The Bridge comes to mind. The Miles Davis- and Radiohead-covers fit perfectly between the original compositions. This is defenitively one of the most original and remarkable albums of the last year.

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