Marco Scarola
Align is the standout track with another top guest vocal from Wayne Snow. The rest is quality all the way
Favorite track: Align [Feat. Wayne Snow].
After gaining support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Soulection, Nabihah Iqbal or KEXP and appearing for an energetic live set at Thris Tian’s Global Roots radio show on Worldwide FM, Cosmic Compositions is proud to present Budapest born Berlin based keyboard player and producer Àbáse's long anticipated debut EP, “Invocation”.
Invocation is a collection of seven songs recorded during a two year period in different locations, capturing Àbáse collaborating with some of the most talented musicians from the buzzing Budapest music scene with special guest performers from Africa and Brazil.
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released May 23, 2019
Szabolcs Bognár, Rhodes, Clavinet, synths,
Fanni Zahár, Flute,
Tamás Heilig, Bass Guitar, Moog
Ernő Hock, Double Bass, Bamboo Marimbula
András Koroknay, Moog
Levente Boros, Drums
Máté Jancsovics, Drums
Tamás Czirják, Drums
Bálint Zsigri aka DJ Slow, Percussion
Dávid Szarvas, Percussion
Bence Táborszky, Trumpet
Máté Bartók, Alt Saxophone
Gergő Kováts, Baritone Saxophone
Viktor Sági aka Vanis, Guitar
With special guests:
Roque Miguel, conga, xequere, agogo [Invocation]
Wayne Snow, vocals [Align]
Stevo Atambire, vocals, kologo [Sambo]
Joseph Ajusuwine, vocals [Sambo]
Saïd Tichiti, vocals, oud, karkabat [Ashek Ellil]
Produced by Szabolcs Bognár
A1-4, B2-3 recorded at Studio Einz, Budapest by András Koroknay and András Kálmán
A1 percussion recorded at 39d. Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil by Juan Viana and Szabolcs Bognar
B1 instrumental recorded at Red Bull Studios, Berlin by David Hofmann
B1 vocals and kologo recorded at Mix Station Studio, Accra, Ghana by Szabolcs Bognar
Mixed by András Koroknay at Studio Einz, Budapest
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino at Analogcut, Berlin
Cover art by Fabian Kretz, Design by Simon Nikolaus
Manufactured & distributed by HHV
On a quest for global grooves of unity, Àbáse is the imagination of Hungarian producer and multi-instrumentalist Szabolcs
Bognár. Creating an exquisite blend of West African, Brazilian, hip-hop, electronic and jazz music, he is set to release debut album ‘Laroyê’ on the 5th of November via Oshu Records...more
This reminds me of hanging in dank basements with musicians way better than me and just being in awe of the emotions they could pull out of listeners.
Really stunning stuff, I hope it promises a lot more to come. Solvent