DANIEL INZANI - Selected Worlds - 3LP - Vinyl [SEP 20]

3LP - Black Vinyl. Listen to Selected Worlds as it was intended, as 3 separate discs of vinyl.  

Hidden Notes Records (Spindle Ensemble, Fran & Flora, Josh Semans) and Tardigrade Records (Cosmo Sheldrake, Howl) are excited to announce a unique collaboration to release the monumental and ambitious debut triple album by composer and pianist Daniel Inzani.

Over the past 2 decades you might have seen Inzani performing with dozens of bands from Bristol’s underground alternative and avant-garde scene, blending classical, jazz, contemporary, improvisation, unusual harmony and rhythms as a band leader and collaborator.

He’s released an avant-garde collaborative album with Alabaster dePlume, is the musical director and arranger for Cosmo Sheldrake’s 19 piece live band, leads his own critically acclaimed modern chamber quartet Spindle Ensemble and (the now disbanded) 8 piece Ethiopian Jazz meets Frank Zappa group Tezeta, He has toured worldwide as a keys player, collaborated with Canadian ensembles Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan and London Symphonia and co-founded Bristol’s experimental collective Bloom, leading to tours and releases with UK rocksteady favourites Count Bobo, the psychedelic space doo-wop of Dubi Dolzcek and many more.

After years of recording, touring and eclectic composing he has gathered a trusted set of musicians who are both skilled improvisers and virtuoso players to record an instrumental triple album for release under his own name.

The 3 vinyl discs act as albums in their own right, each with different sets of musicians, instrumentations, genres and intentions. The 3 discs were recorded live over 3 day periods in quick succession, with Daniel’s regular collaborator Cosmo Sheldrake engineering the recording sessions. It’s quite possibly the only album you’ll ever hear that starts with a neo-impressionist string quartet, goes on to merge avant-garde symphonic arrangements with group improvisation and ends with an 8 piece cosmic jazz band wigging out, yet Inzani’s voice is clear throughout making for a cohesive 2 hour odyssey from the mind of a composer whose idiosyncratic style thrives through variety. 

Disc 1: FORM
Neo-Impressionist works for small chamber ensembles

Influences: Moondog, Maurice Ravel, Jonny Greenwood, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Eric Satie

Disc 2: LORE
Experiments with an extended ensemble of strings, piano and percussion

Influences: Moondog, Maurice Ravel, Jonny Greenwood, György Ligeti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Somei Satoh, Isaac Albéniz

Disc 3: PLAY
Cinematic Jazz Prog with Daniel’s 8 piece band of horns, drums, keys, guitar and tuned percussion

Influences: Moondog, Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Frank Zappa, Ennio Moricone, Mulatu Astatke

Tracklist: 

Disc 1: Form
Side A
1. String Quartet in D minor
2.Midsummer

Side B
1. Of All Obstacles (To Be Free)
2. The Long Approach
3. Midwinter
4. Gigi

Disc 2: Lore
Side A
1. IC YANG!
2. The Zodiacal Light
3. Based Around
4. In The Midst

Side B
1. Sounds For The Unseen

Disc 3: Play
Side A
1. Sleepwalking
2. Beyond The Pale
3. Victory Dance
4. Sultana

Side B
1. The Great Nebula
2. The Wind Bids me Leave You
3. Roundup
4. Glasswing