Makushin // Move into the Luminous LP

10人編成の大所帯ネオクラシカルバンドMakushinが、2023年10月にリリースしたレコードです。

ネオクラシカル・ポップ10曲を収録。

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12" black vinyl.

Tracklist:

1. Everything New 03:19
2. More Easily 04:41
3. Divers Searching 03:16
4. Drupelet 05:09
5. Send Love to Nara 03:12
6. Landscape 03:43
7. No More Rush Hour 05:12
8. Look Up Now 02:32
9. Something Something 02:12
10. For Pollen 02:38

Blackford Hill: 

"'Move into the Luminous' is the debut album from Makushin, a group whose work explores the intersection between folk, jazz and ambient music.

Double bassist Jon Thorne, guitarist Peter Philipson and singer Nancy Elizabeth lead an inspiring collective on this richly layered and immersive collaboration. The whole album has a natural, unforced aesthetic and features some notable instrumentalists who bring saxophone, piano, drums, violin and synths to the sound palette.

The lyrical themes deal with subjects such as the illumination of the moon, the observation of nature and attempting to slow the course of time. The varied musical influences range from the early 1970s recordings of John Martyn with Danny Thompson, the ambient albums made by David Sylvian and Holger Czukay, records by Joni Mitchell, Beth Gibbons, and the musical aesthetic of ECM Records.

The first single taken from the album, 'More Easily,' calls to mind David Crosby’s solo album 'If Only I Could Remember My Name', and features Andrew Wasylyk on Rhodes piano and vibraphone.

The shimmering guitar work on the track 'Something Something' evokes the Cocteau Twins while 'Look Up Now' and 'Everything New' soar with Nancy’s keening vocals and the honey-sweet richness of the growling double bass.

By contrast, the percussive storm on the instrumental track 'Landscape' takes an ambient jazz approach and features some inspirational saxophone work by Martin Slattery and free improv drumming by Andrew Cheetham. Another friend of the trio, David A Jaycock, makes an appearance playing additional electric guitar on two of the tracks.

The band name refers to Mount Makushin, an active volcano in Alaska, and this was inspired by the book 'The Cruise of the Corwin', written by Scottish-born American naturalist John Muir, where he vividly described Makushin as the “most noble volcano” he saw on an Alaskan expedition in 1881."

Artist : Makushin

Label : Blackford Hill

CAT No : BH017V