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RELEASE DATE: 1/31/2025
Sarang Bang Records proudly presents Eternal Afternoons, the latest full-length offering from Auckland-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Joe Kaptein. Drawing inspiration from the '70s jazz-funk innovations of Donald Byrd and Lonnie Liston Smith and elements of dub and disco, Eternal Afternoon is an uplifting collection of five original Kaptein compositions -- a joyful antidote to these troubled times. Featuring Kaptein's intricately layered keys and tight ensemble arrangements, the album is augmented by masterful touches of flute and saxophone by Aotearoa New Zealand jazz icon Nathan Haines and backed by local heavyweights Elijah Whyte (drums) and Wil Goodinson (bass), the backbone of Kaptein's regular working band. Seemingly out of nowhere, Kaptein appeared on the Auckland scene a few years ago and quickly made a name for himself owing to his versatility, impeccable taste and musicianship, and has established himself as the go-to keyboardist for the likes of Nathan Haines, The Circling Sun, Princess Chelsea, The Situations, and Muroki. Before recording Eternal Afternoon, Kaptein somehow managed to channel his unrelenting creative energy into three low-key, but brilliant self-released digital albums in between his hectic international touring schedule and session work. These exploratory recordings touch on drum machine and synth-driven psych-lounge, Krautrock, experimental jazz, and Bacharachian pop, allowing the listener a glimpse into the depth of Kaptein's vision and his wide-ranging musical interests.
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Sarang Bang Records Archive Series Vol. 1, previously unreleased recordings of Bernie McGann compiled by Gianmarco Liguori. This compilation documents part of an exciting period in Australasian jazz. Recorded in Sydney, 1966, you hear that Bernie McGann was already one of the great Australian jazz stylists. At that time, the only publicly available recording he made was two tracks on the Jazz Australia compilation (1967). Two years earlier, McGann was living in Auckland, New Zealand (1963-64). It was here that he worked regularly with Kim Paterson, Andy Brown, and pianist Dave MacRae, and the basis of this band came into being. "Lazy Days", "Chuggin'", and "Sky" were salvaged from a cassette in Kim Paterson's collection, one of the few remaining copies. Originally intended for a radio broadcast, the master tapes were reportedly destroyed after the session. "Rhythm-a-Ning" and "When Will The Blues Leave?" were taped by Trevor Graham at the Wayside Chapel in King's Cross. Graham was a Sydney music journalist and ally of the avant-garde, with the foresight to capture some of what was happening at the time. This album is also notable for a rare appearance by the mysterious American drummer George Neidorf (misspelt as "Neidori" in the liner notes on the first Soft Machine album), an early influence on drummer Robert Wyatt. Field recordings of a major artist in strong company -- a lost treasure of Antipodean modern jazz. Personnel: Bernie McGann - alto sax; Kim Paterson - trumpet; Bobby Gebert - piano (side A); Andy Brown - bass; George Neidorf - drums. Recorded by Trevor Graham in Sydney, Australia (copyright 1966). Tip-on jacket with insert. "There is no more engaging nor distinctive alto saxophone sound on the planet than McGann's." --Sydney Morning "McGann takes the language of bebop then bends and stretches it to fit the contours of his own remarkable imagination." --The Wire "Bernie McGann's sound is exciting and physical, as heated as any post-coltrane modernist." --Downbeat
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Sarang Bang Records present Duga-3+, an expanded reissue Gianmarco Liguori's third solo album, Duga-3, originally released on the label in 2011. Duga-3, composed and produced by New Zealand-based multi-instrumentalist Gianmarco Liguori, was originally released in 2011 in an edition of 200 copies. The album quickly sold out, with original copies sought after by collectors and fans of Murray McNabb and Kim Paterson (who appear on the LP), both pioneers of jazz rock in New Zealand in the early 1970s. Co-producer Murray McNabb (1947-2013), keyboardist with legendary NZ jazz rock group, Dr Tree in the 1970s, recorded his album Song For The Dreamweaver with ECM artists Ron McLure and Adam Nussbaum in New York (1990), and had performed with the likes of Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Charlie Haden, Joe Henderson, and Sam Rivers. He was also a top-tier composer/arranger for film, television, and radio. Also features contributions from Brian Smith (Ian Carr's Nucleus, Keith Tippet, Centipede). Deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket.
"Gianmarco Liguori has created his own fascinating niche in music which exists at a place where jazz, soundtracks and improvised art music intersect -- mesmerizing, sometimes eerily ambient -- grounded in electronica soundtracks, experimental Miles Davis of the seventies, slightly funky eighties jazz-rock with a nod to minimalism and impressionism. Albums by Liguori offer the indefinable and stand at some distance from just about everything else going on in New Zealand music." --Graham Reid, NZ Herald
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