ARTIFICIAL HORIZON
TaxiWars is back after a three-year hiatus with new album 'Artificial Horizon', a mix of lyricism, poetry and jazz with a rock sensibility. Reinventing themselves, Barman and Verheyen came up with something very fresh and personal, tastefully evolving from a cubistic jazz sound to a more melodious direction.
| Genre | Jazz |
|---|---|
| Format | CD |
| Cat. no | SDBANUCD10 |
| Label | SDBAN ULTRA |
| Artist | TAXIWARS |
| Release Date | 06/09/2019 |
| Carrier | CD |
| Barcode | 5414165107569 |
| Stock | In stock |
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TRACKLISTING
1 TaxiWars - Drop Shot
2 TaxiWars - Sh arp Practice
3 TaxiWars - Artificial Horizon
4 TaxiWars - The Glare
5 T axiWars - Irritated Love
6 TaxiWars - Infinity Cove
7 TaxiWars - Safety in Numbers
8 TaxiWars - Different or Not
9 TaxiWars - They'll Tell You You'v e Changed
10 TaxiWars - On Day Three
INFO
TaxiWars is back after a three-year hiatus with new album 'Artificial Hori zon', released 6th September via Sdban Ultra.
An intensive collaborat ion between dEUS frontman Tom Barman, saxophonist Robin Verheyen, bassist Nicola s Thys and drummer Antoine Pierre, TaxiWars are a mix of lyricism, poetry and ja zz with a rock sensibility.
Three years in the making, 'Artificial Ho rizon', is a metaphorical step forward from 2016's critically acclaimed album 'F ever'.
Reinventing themselves, Barman and Verheyen came up with somet hing very fresh and personal, tastefully evolving from a cubistic jazz sound to a more melodious direction. The band took their music to the next level adding d epth to their compositions, clarity to the beats and efficiency to their overall sound.
'Artificial Horizon' is high on experimentation and creativit y and demonstrates a kaleidoscope of styles and sounds. Tracks like album opener 'Drop Shot, are sharp and on point, with a heavy sense of groove, while recent single 'Sharp Practice', is an impulsive, energetic vibration that steams jazz w ith late eighties hip-hop beats.
Title track 'Artificial Horizon', is both beguiling and insistent with an ingrained punkiness that sets the band apa rt from the plush jazz scene, all thanks to Verheyen's punchy, melodic lines and Barman's haunting lyrics. "I wanted TaxiWars to be sharp, to the point, punky a nd trashy - much like the band Morphine. Long solos were no-go," says Barman.
The exquisite piano ballad 'Irritated Love' complete with smoky sax is an example of the ease in which TaxiWars merge certain traditional elements of j azz with an indie approach to songwriting while tracks like 'The Glare' and 'Inf inity Cove' display TaxiWars' love for jazz musicians such as Pharaoh Sanders, A rchie Shepp, and Charles Mingus - full of swing, pulse, and the urge to break ou t of the genre's confinements.