Cuts, Overdubbing, Use of Electronics – Mazen Kerbaj Trumpet Solo Vol. 2.2

by Mazen Kerbaj

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1.	I Always Dreamt to Be a Guitar Player 10:44	buy track
2.	Just the Three of Us 06:49	buy track
3.	Dance Music For Lazy People 03:31	buy track
4.	Dancing With Myself 13:18	buy track
5.	I'll Be a Digital Bitch for You 07:43	buy track

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Mazen Kerbaj: trumpet, crackle synth and other electronics

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14 years after my first trumpet solo, here comes the second one (and the third, since this one comes in two separate volumes).

Here's what the publisher (discrepant) has to say about it:

Comic book artist, graphic designer and free jazz improviser are only some of the many talents from Beirut born Mazen Kerbaj. After appearing as part of various ensembles on the label, Ariha Brass Quartet (CREP46) and Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra (CREP22), Kerbaj finally lands a solo outfit of his own onto the Discrepant dancefloor of insubordination.

14 years after his first (and only) solo album "Brt Vrt Zrt Krt" (Al Maslakh, 2005) Mazen returns with a series of subtle compositions of his own with not one but two(!) solo albums of prepared trumpet that further cement his international position as a serial trumpet botherer.

Whilst Vol. 2.1 showcases his (almost) (un)familiar arsenal of squawks, cackles, howls and squeals, Vol.2.2 goes deep into the nether regions of waltzing drones and bell tweaks so deep that would make most cetaceans loose their concentration. The notion of being transported to a luring mutant underwater alien community is still present on these long(er) trips with the added meditative pieces being occasionally pierced by noise creepers, nothing is what you want or expect and that’s the way it should be.

If Vol. 2.1 is the classic follow up LP, this one is the beast from the deep, it comes surging and screeching from a deep oceanic sink hole, only to hypnotize you with perverted dance moves before diving back into the sinking, wettest and darkest cave in the world. Vol. 2.2 is a summons album; it shatters any bar there was with its intentional use of everything Vol. 2.1 was denied. It grabs you by wherever available way and it only releases you when you’re ready to listen to it again. Listen to both albums back to back, in no particular order and you’ll know that there’s nothing you can do but come back to it like a doped up seal stranded in a phantom island – appearing and disappearing as the music dictates it to.

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Some information on the processes involved:

Tracks 1, 3 and 5 use a trumpet and various electronic effects or loop pedals
Track 2 is the result of three overdubs of acoustic trumpet
Track 4 is a live piece for an acoustic instrument (trumpet) and an electronic one (crackle synth), played simultaneously

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released September 27, 2019

Available in LP format from www.discrepant.net

All music by Mazen Kerbaj
Recorded by Mazen Kerbaj in various locations between 2014 and 2018
except tr. 2 recorded by Rainer Robben at Audio Cue, Berlin on 6 December 2016
Tr. 1, 2 and 4 mixed by Robben and Kerbaj – Tr. 3 and 5 mixed by Kerbaj
Mastered by Rashad Becker
Artwork and design by Mazen Kerbaj

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Mazen Kerbaj Berlin, Germany

Kerbaj is a visual artist and musician from Beirut, living in Berlin.

He is widely considered as one of the initiators and key players of the Lebanese experimental music scene where he co-founded
Irtijal festival and Al Maslakh label.

Kerbaj pushes the boundaries of the trumpet and develops a personal language and innovative techniques. His music is often described as "acoustic electronics". ... more

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