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NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED :: COBBLESTONEJAZZ-MDLQ.COMCobblestone Jazz's new website for their upcoming album "The Modern Deep Left Quartet" is now online.
The album is set to be released on March 29th, 2010 on !K7 and Wagon Repair.
Visit their new website for more information on the release, pre-listening links, mp3s, videos and free downloads.
VIEW NEW WEBSITE.
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COBBLESTONE JAZZ :: The Modern Deep Left Quartet
!K7258CD & WAG 061LP :: International Release Date: 29.03.10
01 :: chance dub
02 :: sun child
03 :: mr polite
04 :: cromagnon man
05 :: fiesta
06 :: children
07 :: chance
08 :: midnight sun
Two and a half years after their debut LP, 23 Seconds dazzled critics and lit up dance floors worldwide, Cobblestone Jazz are back with a powerhouse new album that captures their live-in-the-studio energy like never before. A mixture of heady, jazz-inspired house grooves and below-the-belt analog funk, it raises the bar for electronic dance music in 2010.
Titled The Modern Deep Left Quartet, the record marks an important addition to the Cobblestone Jazz lineup, as the trio of Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate and Tyger Dhula brings aboard Colin de la Plante (aka the Mole). De la Plante is no newcomer to the Cobblestone crew: the four musicians have been playing together for nearly 15 years, since their first performances in small-town Victoria, British Columbia, and they've all shared the stage as the Modern Deep Left Quartet.
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE HERE.
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COBBLESTONE JAZZ :: Chance Ep
!K7260EPD & WAG 060 :: International Release Date: 02.03.10
a :: chance dub
b :: chance
Plenty has happened since Cobblestone Jazz released their last album, 23 Seconds, in 2007. The group toured the world virtually non-stop, soaking up inspiration and refining its chops on stage and in the studio alike. Member Mathew Jonson moved from British Columbia to Berlin, setting up a studio headquarters spilling over with analog machines and oddball audio equipment. And longtime friend and fellow traveler Colin de la Plante (aka the Mole), a collaborator with the Cobblestone trio in the live project The Modern Deep Left Quartet, became the official fourth member of Cobblestone Jazz's studio lineup, along with Tyger Dhula and Danuel Tate. Now, in anticipation of Cobblestone Jazz's second album—appropriately enough, titled The Modern Deep Left Quartet—the group surfaces with a teaser 12".
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE HERE.
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COBBLESTONE JAZZ :: Traffic Jam EP
Wagon Repair 048 / !K7 (12") :: Release Date: 18.05.09
a :: fiesta
b :: traffic jam
PRESS RELEASE WAG 048:
this release sees cobblestone jazz joined in the studio by non other than modern deep left quartet cohort the mole. this is a wagon repair studio a recording.
"fiesta" finds a straight ahead tracky groove dictated by the chunky modular bassline. some believe fiesta is a party somewhere hot, but in actualuty the proper definition of fiesta is "a hot party".
on the flip, we find "traffic jam", an uptemp techno jazz number. classic cobblestone party gear is the flavour, with its nasty bassline and rhodes breakdowns. it\'s 9 minutes of kerosene for this inclined towards the more adventurous path. make the turn, there\'s a traffic jam ahead.
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COBBLESTONE JAZZ :: 23 Seconds
!K 7223 (2xCD) :: Release Date: 15.10.07
CD1
1. waiting room
2. hired touch
3. lime in da coconut
4. slap the back
5. PBD
6. 23 Seconds
7. change your apesuit
8. saturday night
9. peace offering
10. W
CD2 :: live at mondo (madrid, may 10th, 2007)
1. DMT
2. saturday night
3. lime in da coconut
4. untitled live improvisation
5. hired touch
6. 23 seconds
7. slap the back
BONUS TRACKS
1. live at mondo (madrid, may 10th, 2007)
2. dump truck
3. india in me
PRESS RELEASE !K7223:
The unique trio Cobblestone Jazz use early computers and analogue instruments to create pared down sounds that retain the quality of improvisational jazz but with a techno dancefloor aesthetic. Through a real-time exchange of musical form, language, and ideas, the Canadians Tyger Dhula, Mathew Jonson and Danuel Tate provide a continual sense of excitement and discovery for their audience.
All members of Cobblestone Jazz are successful musicians and producers in their own right, and the influence of each individual contributes greatly to the international success of the group. Tyger Dhula’s history as a DJ and producer of electronic music provides the stylistic platform for the group’s improvisations with his ability to break grooves up into their key elements, holding the music firmly within the electronic music tradition. Mathew Jonson brings a fervent commitment to pushing his music in new directions, as well as the gifted ability to mix and compose freely. Using analogue drum machines and synthesizers as his instruments of choice, Mat chooses to write and record his contributions in the moment, as opposed to settling for pre-configured patterns. Danuel Tate is the jazz musician and performer who prompted this approach to the group’s writing practices. His keyboard playing shows a rich understanding of modern harmony and melody, but, like many great artists, his dedication to simplicity is what holds him in such high regard.
Cobblestone have received critical acclaim since their 2002 debut release on underground label ItIsWhatItIs, with support coming from artists in all walks of electronic music; from Gilles Peterson and Theo Parish to Daniel Bell and Richie Hawtin. The last few years have seen them perform everywhere from fabric in London and Panorama Bar in Berlin to Mutek in Montreal and the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. As a representation and celebration of how they make music, a Cobblestone Jazz performance showcases the musical outfit as a pragmatic and responsive unit, a living and breathing creation free of formulaic sequence, and offering one captivating perspective on the future of electronic music itself. \'23 Seconds\' is their debut album.
Opening track of CD1, ‘Waiting Room’, paints a vast and unfamiliar landscape, sparsely populated with nebulous synth chords and beckoning vocoder traces. Twin-peaked lounge tones numb you in preparation. Recent 12” release ‘Lime In Da Coconut’ is a potion brimming with transformation. Cobblestone approach a simple key melody from every angle imaginable, with the harmonies, disharmonies, bubbling accents and rhythmic permutations exposing the otherworldly potential of the simplest of tunes.
Album title track ‘23 Seconds’ sees the band doing \'what they do best\'. The skippy and swinging 101 is joined by the rhodes and vocoder to give it a really light and lazy feel, later permeated by a bubbling and loopy melody. In ‘Peace Offering’ you find a classic house feel accentuated by a rolling synth line, deep pads and shimmering percussion, creating a wonderful laidback but bumping groove. Finally, closing track of CD1, ‘W’ is currently riding roughshod across the worlds finest dancefloors thanks to its appearance on the latest Cocoon compilation. It’s perhaps the most uncharacteristic of the tunes on the album, drawing its influences from early trance.
CD2 features a live set recorded in Madrid earlier this year and two Cobblestone classics (which have only been out on vinyl before). ‘Dump Truck’ was the standout hit of last year and the first release on their own Wagon Repair label. Simple percussion loops & non-sequenced synth provide a base, while a delayed Rhodes solo delivers a funk-fused groove. Finally the stunning ‘India In Me’ pulls us back to earth, submerging us deep in the ocean as electronic whales sing to each other in an undulating groove that is unmistakably Cobblestone Jazz.
!! Cobbelstone Jazz LP will be released on Wagon Repair !!
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