Trance Sessions - Live in the Studio and on Tour
Since the release of the critically acclaimed 'Tell No Lies' Justin Adams And Juldeh Camara have been touring pretty much non-stop for two years, taking their raw afro-blues to increasingly enthusiastic audiences. As their repertoire of music unfolds over time on many different stages it takes on a character only hinted at on their studio albums. Juldeh, using griot skills honed since childhood, stirs the audience to a frenzy while Adams' drone guitar can provide sheets of sonic attack sometimes closer to The Velvet Underground's Sister Ray than a conventional world music gig.
Before the group leave for their next live assault - this time in the UK - we made sure there was time to get them back into the studio at Real World. We wanted to capture the spirit of the live performance, open up the tracks and give them free expression . These recordings, the Trance Sessions, are their first featuring ex-Shriekback drummer Martyn Barker, were made live in the studio, each track
done in one take, with no overdubs. They are being released in their full length forms, with an African sense of time and structure - no 3.30 here. Repetition builds on each track that grows slowly from song to abstraction, infused with psychedelic energy, a web of sound far greater than the sum of the three player's parts.
The music will be available digitally from Real World direct or from iTunes on January 11th and as a limited edition physical CD later in the month from the band on tour.
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