La Sunrise Ocean Bender, con base in Virginia (USA), label che vanta in catalogo band come Dead Sea Apes e The Movements, è ora orgogliosa di presentare JuJu, ultima incarnazione di Gioele Valenti (ex Lay Llamas, Herself), affiancato dalla sua band.
Parola usata per designare oggetti, come amuleti e ninnoli magici, o come invocazione malefica nei cerimoniali dell’Africa dell’ovest, Valenti espande la sfera semantica di ‘juju’ fino a comprendervi un mix di psichedelia ritmica, antichi miti e neopaganesimo Mediterraneo. Attraverso la musica che ne scaturisce, JuJu racconta la storia di un inarrestabile esodo da un’Africa (qui solo suggerita e allegorica), che troppo spesso finisce in tragedia del mare totalmente ignorata, “una totale disfatta per l’umanità’’.
Ispirandosi alla magia della Madre Terra e ai segreti del sottosuolo, JuJu prova a sublimare quella sconfitta in una sorta di celebrazione dello spirito nelle forme di una moderna psichedelia.
Un pensiero infinito ai dimenticati del mare. We Are You.
JuJu
JuJu
Descrizione
Credits
JuJu">JuJu">JuJu">JuJu/Gioele Valenti (music, lyrics, arrangements)
JuJu">JuJu">JuJu">JuJu is Gioele Valenti
All music and words by JuJu">JuJu">JuJu">JuJu
Mixed by JuJu">JuJu">JuJu">JuJu
Mastered by Chris Hardman
Thank you: Kevin at Sunrise Ocean Bender, Sergio Cammarata, Amaury Cambuzat, Malcom X, Rockerilla, The Quietus, Optical Sounds, Marco & Silvia at DeAmbula Records, Chris & John at Rocket Recordings, Goat, Chad Channing, John Fallon, Osho, Peter Kolosimo. Love to Marzia Falcone
Front cover photo courtesy of Cade Martin Photography
Back cover courtesy of The Getty; “Study of a Model” by Théodore Géricault
”This portrait was made as a study for Théodore Géricault's most famous painting, “The Raft of the Medusa,” made in 1819 and now in the Louvre. In a clear case of ineptitude, the ship named Medusa foundered in the sea off the coast of Africa in 1816. A raft with 140 passengers drifted for thirteen days before being rescued; only fifteen people survived. In preparation for his disturbing and controversial painting of the incident, Géricault made many studies from life, like this one, to achieve a sense of realism and specificity.”
Design by Sunrise Ocean Bender
Release date: May 6, 2016
‘Orange Crush’ vinyl, color insert, download included, edition of 250 / Available at sunriseoceanbender.bigcartel.com
Available as download only at sunriseoceanbender.bandcamp.com
Distribution by Clear Spot (Europe) & Cobraside (NA)
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