Release date: 03.09.24
Format: Triple Vinyl, Triple CD, Digital
Label: Hidden Notes Records & Tardigrade Records
Buy https://danielinzani.bandcamp.com/album/selected-worlds
Stream: https://danielinzani.ffm.to/selectedworlds
“unhinged, exhilarating adventures in genre-hopping”
“There is a narrative logic to Inzani’s compositions that is compelling, heart-rending and gloriously disturbing” The Guardian
Hidden Notes Records (Spindle Ensemble, Fran & Flora, Josh Semans) and Tardigrade Records (Cosmo Sheldrake, Howl) are excited to announce a unique collaboration to release ‘Selected Worlds’, the monumental and ambitious debut triple album by composer and pianist Daniel Inzani.
After years of recording, touring and eclectic composing he has gathered a trusted set of musicians who are both skilled improvisers and virtuoso players to record an instrumental triple album for release under his own name, which he hopes you will hear on the format it was designed for; vinyl.
The 3 vinyl discs act as albums in their own right, each with different sets of musicians, instrumentations, genres and intentions. The 3 discs were recorded live over 3 day periods in quick succession, with Daniel’s regular collaborator Cosmo Sheldrake engineering the recording sessions.
It’s quite possibly the only album you’ll ever hear that starts with a neo-impressionist string quartet, goes on to merge avant-garde symphonic arrangements with group improvisation and ends with an 8 piece cosmic jazz band wigging out, yet Inzani’s voice is clear throughout making for a cohesive 2 hour odyssey from the mind of a composer whose idiosyncratic style thrives through variety.
Disc 1: Form
Neo-Impressionist works for small chamber ensembles:
String Quartet: Flora Curzon (violin), Hugh Blogg (violin), Alison D’Souza (viola) and Zosia Jagodzinska (cello)
Piano Trio: Flora Curzon (violin), Asha McCarthy (cello) and Daniel Inzani (piano)
Spindle Ensemble: Caelia Lunniss (violin), Jo Silverston (cello), Harriet Riley (marimba, vibraphone) and Daniel Inzani (piano)
Influences: Moondog, Maurice Ravel, Jonny Greenwood, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Eric Satie
Disc 2: Lore
Experiments with an extended ensemble of strings, piano and percussion:
Hugh Blogg, Caelia Lunniss and Owen Spafford (violin)
Zosia Jagodzinska, Asha McCarthy and Jo Silverston (cello)
Daniel Inzani (piano, Fender rhodes, Celtic harp), Harriet Riley (marimba, vibraphone) and Matt Brown (Drums)
Influences: Moondog, Maurice Ravel, Jonny Greenwood, György Ligeti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Somei Satoh, Isaac Albéniz
Disc 3: Play
Cinematic Jazz Prog with Daniel’s 8 piece band of horns, drums, keys, electric guitar and tuned percussion:
Daniel Inzani (piano, Fender rhodes), Matt Brown (drums), Pete Gibbs (bass), Conrad Singh (electric guitar), Harriet Riley (marimba, vibraphone), Lorenzo Prati (tenor sax), Greg Sterland (baritone sax) and Piers Tamplin (bass clarinet, flute and tenor sax).
Influences: Moondog, Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Frank Zappa, Ennio Moricone, Mulatu Astatke
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