Istanbul-based free music ensemble Konstrukt perform alongside special guest Alexander Hawkins. Their heady mix of electronics and traditional instrumentation sets Hawkins swinging, and the group get an irresistible groove going in the sweaty OTO summer. - Korhan Futacı, alto & tenor saxophones, gralla, flutes, voice, loops. Umut Çağlar, electric guitar, zurna, gralla, flutes, tape echo, rythymbox.
SIDE D 1. Second Set P. 19:35. Korhan Futaci-alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, reeds, vocals, loops Berke Can Ozcan-drums, electronic drums Barlas Tan Ozemek-electric bass Umut Caglar-electric guitar, reeds, flute, effects, drum machine Alexander Hawkins-piano, melodica. Holidays Records HOL 103LP (Italy). Thanks to snobb for the addition. No release results found : showing artist results instead. Molto Bene Holidays Records 2017.
Alexander Hawkins: acoustic piano Alan Wilkinson: bass clarinet, baritone saxophone Daniel Spicer: pocket trumpet, reeds, flutes, percussion. Recorded live at Cafe Oto, London/UK (September 12th, 2016) by Shaun Crook. coming as 2xLP/CD (Omlott) & DL (Otoroku). Konstrukt Alexander Hawkins Alan Wilkinson Daniel Spicer Cafe Oto London UK Omlott Otoroku.
Konstrukt and Café Oto are back with another release, this one being a live recording from 2015 featuring pianist Alexander Hawkins. Readers of this blog will likely be familiar with Konstrukt already, as the Turkish jammers have been consistently releasing several albums a year (mostly live) over the recent past, straddling lines of fusion, free jazz/improv, rock, and ethnic music. As a group that is often hard to pin down in terms of genre, this album seems to me to be deeply rooted in the kind of ideas that Miles Davis was exploring when he originally went to Electric Miles, with albums like In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and A Tribute to Jack Johnson. While this particular release does not have the space or minimalism of In A Silent Way, it also doesn’t get quite as straightforward as releases like On The Corner either.
Istanbul-based free music ensemble Konstrukt perform alongside special guest Alexander Hawkins building the perfect groove in a sweaty Cafe OTO on August 10th 2015. Two sets from the same night, each a 40 minute long improvisation. First set is a psychedelic warm-up where the Turkish quartet welcomes Hawkins in a whirlwind of hypnotic funky tunes going electric in the Miles way. The second set starts with Hawkins piano keys bouncing along a silent background soon to be filled with a groovy odd drum tempo leading to a wall of sound where all parts build a perfectly unpredictable dialogue.
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