Introducing Tomo Jacobson's new cross-genre ensemble SOUNDING SOCIETY.
SOUNDING SOCIETY's debut album "HOMECOMING MEDLEY or SOCIETY INTO SOUND" is a continuous 40-minute-long brewing-together of grooves, New Age, free jazz, world music influences, drones, and electronica in one, generously spacious cauldron over a retro-futuristic bonfire.
The band consists of long-time collaborators, members of the duo WOOD ORGANIZATION, Tomo Jacobson (WARMBLADDER, Sun Araw, Mat Maneri) & Szymon Pimpon (Pimpono Ensemble, E/I, Czajka & Puchacz), here joined by the Danish keyboard wiz Rasmus Kjær Larsen (Tourist, Klimaforandringer, SVIN), and the Italian gong player & healer Ylenia Fiorini.
credits
released February 17, 2023
Tomo Jacobson - midi ribbon, double bass, Gypsy Rose
Rasmus Kjær Larsen - Mellotron, Nord Lead
Ylenia Fiorini - gongs, other healing instruments
Szymon Pimpon Gąsiorek - drums, baritone horn, OP-Z, Shruti box
All music by SOUNDING SOCIETY
Recorded by Isak Koppel Levy on April 23, 2021, at AliceCPH in Copenhagen, Denmark
Mixed by Pape Arce
Mastered by Michał Kupicz
Cover art by AI with Tomo
Layout by Tomo Jacobson
This album was supported by Koda’s Cultural Funds
GLIO54CD
Released by Gotta Let It Out in 2023
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Album reviews:
"The most profound and novel musical exploration of outer space this side of the Sun Ra"
(JazzWord - Ken Waxman - USA)
"It is a great 40-minute journey that offers the perspective of how it would sound if someone could transfer the worldly, natural sounds into the transcendent realms of the universe, blending them with the otherworldly ones."
(Free Jazz Blog - Irena Stevanovska - USA)
"You can’t take the creative restlessness out of Tomo Jacobson's heart."
(Dusted Magazine Vol. 9, No. 4 - Bill Meyer - USA)
"This is another facet of the highly prolific and searching activity by Jacobson, which should be admired for its intensity, dedication, consistency and hard work. (...) the Artistry cannot be denied."
(The Soundtrack Of My Life - Adam Baruch - Poland/Israel)
"Tomo Jacobson continues to be the one who not only sets expectations but also lives up to them. (...) This is an enviably homely tribal utopia."
(Bad Alchemy #118 - Rigobert Dittmann - Germany)
"Excellent"
(Polish Jazz Recordings and Beyond - Maciej Lewenstein - Poland)
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