Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-WWR-4818

Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2024-04-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5065014356357

Total Cap

Black LP

CD-WWR-4818

2024-03-29

5065014356340

Artist

Igor Osypov

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Whirlwind Recordings

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Igor Osypov is an artist standing at a complex crossroads where different worlds intersect, as a Ukrainian exiled in Berlin, unable to return home, he is obliged to negotiate different cultural and political identities, and as a forward-looking contemporary musician he chooses to negotiate the different genres of jazz, rock, electronica and other less easily defined traditions.

Motherland?2K14 is his response: an extraordinary project exploring identity and belonging. Using his own electronically realized sketches as a base, Osypov took a band of his favourite musicians into the studio - Uli Kempendorff on tenor sax, trumpeter Dima Bondarev and Povel Widestrand on keys, underpinned by drummer extraordinaire Fabian Rosch- and expanded the sonic palette to include collaborators from across the world - saxophonist Logan Richardson, Petter Eldh on double bass, Bodek Janke on tabla and percussion, and beatmaker/producer Ludwig Wandinger. Simultaneously he called on the international community of his fellow exiled Berlin artists to ask them the question: "Where do you go when you cannot go home?" Audio fragments of the resulting interviews, in multiple languages, are interwoven with the music to create a uniquely powerful, viscerally moving statement.

In each of the ten tunes, the interview voices interweave with the horns, led by Bondarev's alternately soaring and tender trumpet, joining in chorus over the raw energy of Osypov's bass guitar and Rosch's ever- shifting drum patterns. Then they are layered with electronic effects, creating pieces that have an alt- rock conciseness and power, opening out to reveal shifting complexities underneath the group textures, drawing the listener ever deeper in trumpet!" Motherland?2K14 is a powerful and original heartfelt statement, at once personal, political and musical, and full of hope.

Motherland?2K14

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Discover Motherland?2K14 by Igor Osypov. An extraordinary project exploring identity and belonging, blending jazz, rock, electronica, and more. Released by Whirlwind Recordings.