Music Without Labels
This is wonderful , so deep and spiritual with that trademark Gerardo sound❤️ I don’t have a favorite 🤔 Each has its own ability to take me on a journey. For the dance floor Soul Drum is perfect🙏🏽 All these will feature in my Music Without Labels radio shows over the coming weeks on Soulpower-radio.com and totallywiredradio.com
For a prolifc artist as Gerardo Frisina, almost two years without a new
release from him seems like an eternity: this brand new 12″ EP entitled
“Soul Drum” breaks the silence, giving us three new works composed
by Gerardo, four if we consider the two versions of the title track.
This EP anticipates the full album already in the works, scheduled for
release at the end of 2022.
Without losing his Latin trademark, Gerardo continues his research into
hypnotic and pulsating rhythmic patterns in both acoustic and electronic
form, which are now a fundamental stylistic element of his. As on his
previous album “Moving Ahead”, the rhythmic style blends naturally
with echoes of tribal voices, piano keys and wind instruments (trumpet,
saxophone, flute), creating the “Joyful Sound” (title of the forthcoming
album) that reverberates on the surface. With an artist as meticulous
as Gerardo Frisina, it is to be expected that even the simplest beat has
been deeply thought out and chosen from a potentially infnite sound
palette, and this can be heard perfectly in the depth of sound of the four
tracks of this release.
“Soul Drum” is dedicated to the loving memory of bassist Enzo
Frassi, who contributed to this EP – along with ‘usual guests’ Fabrizio
Bernasconi, Gendrickson Mena, Alfonso Deidda and Ernesto Lopez.
credits
released July 1, 2022
Produced, conceived and arranged by Gerardo Frisina for Schema
Records
Written by Gerardo Frisina
Recorded at Blue Spirit Recording Studio between December 2021
and April 2022
Sound Engineer: Francesco Borrelli
Publishing by Edizioni Ishtar Srl
Fabrizio Bernasconi - Piano, Fender Rhodes
Gendrickson Mena - Trumpet, piano
Alfonso Deidda - Baritone and tenor sax, flute
Ernesto Lopez - Drums and percussion
Enzo Frassi - Electric bass, double bass
My god, what an absolutely incredible Suite. I'll admit, I've struggled to get into Pharoah Sanders due to diving headfirst into some of his most challenging catalogue and that never worked. This is the perfect place to restart. Floating Points is new for me and I can honestly say I've never heard synthesizer music this lush and organic before. the LSO is just perfect. This is one of those albums that any serious music fan needs in their life. The perfect swan song for the great Pharaoh! 5/5 ClassyMusicSnob
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The albums just keep getting better! This album is filled with inspiration and joy, a pure pleasure to listen to and enjoy. thank you so much for the wax versions once again! kaosskid