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ARTIST
ASTRAL TRAVEL
TITLE
If You Say You Are From This Planet, Why Do You Treat It Like You Do?
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
HYPERJAZZ RECORDS
CATALOG #
HJ 003CD
HJ 003CD
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
6/19/2020
Enter a world in which drummer and composer
Tommaso Cappellato
leads a new configuration of his
Astral Travel
ensemble, comprised of select improvisers from the contemporary creative music scene. Inspired by the poetry of
Sun Ra
inscribed within the pages of the book
This Planet Is Doomed
, the music and lyrics focus on the current consciousness of the planet, raising questions and issues of humanity's collective spiritual direction. The body of work contained in this album is the result of numerous live-in-studio improvisations, deconstructed in a meticulous post-production process by avant-garde electronic producer
Rabih Beaini
. Vocalists
Dwight Trible
and
Camilla Battaglia
sing and declaim the poems, which are enveloped in a spontaneous musical magma. Each piece is collectively created by Tommaso Cappellato on drums along with pianist
Fabrizio Puglisi
, reeds player
Piero Bittolo Bon
, who also contributes to the electronic soundscape, and double bassist
Marco Privato
. Astral Travel was created in memory of Cappellato's late mentor, pianist and arranger
Harry Whitaker
, composer of the '70s masterpiece
Black Renaissance
. The ensemble debuted in 2013 with the release of the album
Cosm'ethic
for UK label, Jazz Re:freshed. It was later re-issued on Japanese imprint P-Vine Records -- a success that earned Cappellato the JAJ Award from
Shuya Okino
, acknowledging him as the year's best new artist. A major highlight of the collective's journey thus far includes a performance in Berlin as part of a tribute to
Arthur Blythe
, staged by Jaw Family in conjunction with
Gilles Peterson
and the Steve Reid Foundation.
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