O'toole Black Light

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"Red & Black Light" is an ode to the woman of today and her founding and fundamental role in hoping for a better future. Centred on an aesthetic that's more contemporary, more electro (or even pop), this album is made up of Ibrahim's compositions, plus one song from today's diva Beyonce. Recorded in France in Ivry-sur-Seine with Eric Legnini (keyboards), François Delporte (guitar) and Stephane Galland (drums), this album is above all a desire to represent the importance and necessarily complex nature of things and persons that are essential.

Their sound being forged deep in the frigid ruthlessness of the icy scandinavian landscapes, Wolfheart is set to dive into a new chapter of its existence with the upcoming album ‘Constellation of the Black Light’. The Finnish four-piece prove their sheer skill to write compositions of utmost brutality throughout the album, and hold their stand on how Winter Metal ought to sound…

John McLaughlin - Black Light (2015) {Abstract Logix ABLX 050}
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Jazz / Jazz Rock / Fusion / Guitar

“Playing and working with the same musicians in a band is a living process which unfolds as time goes by,” reflects guitarist, composer, and bandleader John McLaughlin when considering the release of his latest album, Black Light – the third studio album to feature his band, the 4th Dimension. Available via Abstract Logix on September 18, 2015, Black Light finds the relentlessly inquisitive, exploratory McLaughlin continuing to uncover new melodic and rhythmic pathways with the same fearless zeal that has made him one of modern music’s most admired and influential figures. And, in the 4th Dimension – drummer/vocalist Ranjit Barot, keyboardist/drummer Gary Husband, and bassist Étienne M’Bappé – McLaughlin has gathered a trio of fellow travelers with the collective discipline, technical ability, musicianship, and imagination to support, enhance, and enrich McLaughlin’s challengingly expansive new material and methods.

Firmly rooted in the style of the masters of the Berlin School (most notably TD), these ten tracks certainly manage to retain their own identity and are good for more than an hour's listening pleasure. The somewhat macabre opening of "If I Have To" is quickly filled with one of his many wonderful sequences that, in turn, evolves into a more complex whole. Flowing over this come a couple of delicate melodies and then the piece settles down for a stately and peaceful end. The deeper personal emotions of Mac himself are often audible - as is the case in "Blade of Loneliness"; the pain and the will to heal, along with the desire to rediscover the good things in life are beautifully portrayed here. The build-up of "All Wrong" also matches the best of TD at the beginning of the eighties. Of course this isn't quite the same level of originality as TD, but "Black Light" is absolutely no 'dumb copy' and is a breath of fresh air in today's market.