Casimir Liberski ReTRio - Zelda Suites (The Live Album) Casimir Liberski ReTRio

Zelda Suites (The Live Album) is a modern jazz reinterpretation of music from The Legend of Zelda, recorded live by Casimir Liberski ReTRio. Following the celebrated Z Suites album, WRWTFWW Records continues its collaboration with Belgian jazz pianist and composer Casimir Liberski with a heroic Hyrule jazz adventure, available as a half-speed mastered double LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve with obi strip.

Liberski reimagines the golden era of video game soundtracks through live jazz renditions of themes from The Legend of Zelda (1986), A Link to the Past (1991), Link’s Awakening (1993) and Ocarina of Time (1998), complete with countless Easter eggs for devoted fans.

Moving between nostalgia and avant-garde experimentation, the Brussels-born pianist crafts a sonic world of pixelated folklore where melody and improvisation coexist in harmony. Zelda Suites (The Live Album) also serves as the origin story for Liberski’s acclaimed Z Suites studio album.

Liberski explains:

“The live recording of Zelda Suites (The Live Album) preceded the studio recording that later became ReTRio’s first album released on WRWTFWW, entitled The Z Suites. This recording was captured at the end of a tour through Germany and Belgium in Osnabrück, in a small intimate venue. The album therefore contains only hot first takes, filled with all the emotion that shaped our playing that evening.

In many ways, it’s closer to my original vision for the project: to take the iconic themes from The Legend of Zelda games that shaped my childhood and perform them live through a jazz lens. For me, live performance conditions are the very essence of jazz. There’s a frankness in being fully present at the exact moment the music is created, and perhaps even listening to itself, that pushes musicians into a fervour and audacity that often transcends them. The magic of jazz comes at that price. Unapologetic, as they say in English.”

The album reveals a more authentic and unrestrained side of the trio’s playing. No excuses. Long live Hyrule jazz.