← more from
IGLOO Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
supported by
James D
James D thumbnail
Dirk Van Wonterghem
Dirk Van Wonterghem thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €9 EUR  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The drummer Lionel Beuvens has just unveiled his second album, "Earthsong": a tribute to earth, nature, adventure, freedom, and the energy released by strong, contrasting and complementary personalities playing off each other.

    This project was created as part of a project for the Gaume Jazz Festival in 2011, which led to a debut album ('Trinity', 2013) and numerous concerts. This enabled the group to create its own identity where each member can freely express themselves. The many concerts were of such intensity that they quite naturally incited Lionel to write a new repertoire, and bring the group to the Gaume Jazz Festival for a second creation in 2015. For this second opus, the quartet enlisted the creative forces of French saxophonist Guilhem Verger and singer Natashia Kelly. The sax boosts the possible interactions between the musicians and the breadth of the writing, while the singing focuses the energy and makes the music more accessible.

    Lionel’s influences are wide and varied: grooves inspired by African music, Steve Coleman or even Greetings From Mercury; and the atmosphere of Bill Evans or Henri Purcell. The interaction between the musicians echoes the Miles Davis Quintet.

    "Earthsong" follows in the path of the first release: a balance between tradition and modernism, where the groove is there for the melody and the melody is there for the groove. An album with a broad repertoire that boasts compositions of richness and depth.

    Artists :

    Lionel Beuvens Drums
    Kalevi Louhivuori Trumpet
    Brice Soniano Double Bass
    Alexi Tuomarila Piano

    Guests

    Natashia Kelly Chant
    Guilhem Verger Saxophone

    Includes unlimited streaming of Earthsong via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €15 EUR or more 

     

1.
Fable 07:06
buy track
2.
Song of Ive 09:38
buy track
3.
Earthsong III 04:32
buy track
4.
Earthsong II 06:41
buy track
5.
Earthsong I 08:33
buy track
6.
Three Trees 06:24
buy track
7.
Bridge House 04:48
buy track
8.
Mario 07:00
buy track
9.
Adage 09:45
buy track

about

After years of playing as a sideman for numerous jazzmen, drummer Lionel Beuvens brought together noted musicians from the four corners of Europe for a new project commissioned by the Gaume Jazz Festival in 2011.
The group consisted of two long-standing friends – the Finnish pianist Alexi Tuomarila and French double-bassist Brice Soniano – alongside the Finnish trumpet player Kalevi Louhivuori. In 2013, the quartet (initially called the Lionel Beuvens Quartet) released their first album, “Trinité” on the Igloo Records label. Recognised as an album that grooves, it showed a deep level of writing and enabled the group to tour extensively across Belgium and Europe.
The response prompted Beuvens to work on a new repertoire for a second project for the Gaume Jazz Festival in 2015, “Motu”. For the occasion, the quartet called on the creative forces of the French sax-player Guilhem Verger and Flemish singer Natasha Kelly. The second album, “Earthsong”, was released in January 2017. It follows in the path of the previous one (a balance between tradition and modernism, with groove) but was enriched with the presence of the sax and vocals. The first multiplies the possible interactions between the players, while the second re-centres the various energies and makes the music more accessible.

credits

released September 19, 2017

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Lionel Beuvens and MOTU image

Lionel Beuvens and MOTU Belgium

Alternate boosted grooves perfectly mastered by the leader, reference to Miles or certain very ECM planing atmospheres, in a beautiful balance between vigor of the rhythms and beauty of the melodies. A real wealth of writing and orchestration.

contact / help

Contact Lionel Beuvens and MOTU

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Lionel Beuvens and MOTU, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now