“I think it’s the busiest tour we’ve ever done.” “There’s a new country, a new city and a big concert every night,” Chretien says.
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“In the early days, when we would learn songs, I made mix tapes for the guys, and our first few demos were all on cassette so we’ve come around the loop,” says the musician.Īfter the album-release bash in Ottawa, the band heads out on another of its epic European tours, with a show almost every night for the next month, and extensive use of public transportation. Todd Simon & The Angel City All Star Brass Band Sidama de Cali 02. With a new album Inner Fire on the way at the end of February, the bands leader Pierre Chrétien broke out the turntables and vintage Roland Space Echo effects unit, put together a short mix showcasing highlights from the Orchestras career from the debut release in 2006 until the present, including a first listen to some smoking new.#BIO ON BAND THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA FULL#
It’s an art in itself.”įifteen years into the band’s career, releasing a cassette feels like they’ve come full circle. Now DJs are doing whole sets with two tape decks, doing rewind and fast-forward to find the next song. Since first arriving on the scene at the turn of the millenium, the Souljazz Orchestra has never stopped pushing the limits of its signature sound: an explosive clash of soul, jazz and tropical styles, unleashed by. A lot of albums in the ’80s just came out on cassette and didn’t make it to vinyl or CD. “For years, people have been plundering vinyl to the point now that there’s not much left to be discovered, and now people are starting to dig into the whole cassette thing a little more. “There’s a bit of a movement worldwide with DJs and cassettes,” he says. On Souljazz’s travels around the world, Chretien has observed a resurgence of the lowly tape. Hailing from Ottawa, The Souljazz Orchestra combine jazz, funk, African and Latin music while touching on politics and spirituality. In keeping with the ’80s well of inspiration, Under Burning Skies will come out on cassette, of all things, in addition to CD, vinyl and digital formats. When a band is called The Souljazz Orchestra, there is a certain expectation to uphold that name and to provide a sound that accompanies such a title this band accomplishes just that and more. That album was issued on their own Funk Manchu Records, but the collective are firmly within the Strut Records bosom these days with Resistance their fourth album for the UK stronghold. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Canada s premiere afro-Latin fusionists Souljazz Orchestra return with their ninth album, Resistance, which arrives a decade after they first announced themselves to the world with the dazzling debut Uprooted.