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The maturity of Amba's playing in a history charged constellation (you know your other drum and sax duos, don't you) is unbelievable on musical grounds with regard to her youth. If you allow metaphysics you will fathom what she is doing here. Fav.: Maria (for a distant Kulu Se Mama vibe). Mela plays outrageously inventive.
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The world is more elusive than simple cause and effect imply, more typically, life circumvents causation in favor of an unknowable correlation; however, we often turn to where we come from to try to understand where we are. On this first volume from Zoh Amba and Francisco Mela, the duo brings their regional traditions, from Tennessee and Cuba respectively, and musical inclinations to the cause and effect behind their own life stories. Causa y Efecto, Vol. 1 is an ode to the two musicians’ roots, transporting audiences between the New York studio where it was recorded and the mist-shrouded mountains where they each grew up. On these tracks, Mela builds a textured, percussive foundation that Amba interrupts with breathy tenor saxophone and her distinctive flute. On “Maria,” dedicated to Mela’s mother, simple hand drumming provides a gentle rhythm, overlaid by Amba’s delicate flute and Mela’s full baritone voice, delivered in the unassuming style of the campesino. Causa y Efecto, Vol. 1 is an ode to the countrysides that both musicians came from, decades apart, and the experimental, improvisational pursuit for which they've joined in New York.
credits
released September 30, 2022
Zoh Amba: Tenor saxophone, flute
Francisco Mela: Drums, voice
Recorded April 12, 2021
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeremy Loucas at Sear Sound, New York City
Photography by Sergio Vezzali
Graphic design by Sergio Vezzali
Graphic files preparation by Mark Smith
Compositions by Francisco Mela (1, 2, 4, 5) and Francisco Mela / Zoh Amba (3)
577 Records is an independent record label
based in Brooklyn, New York
operating since 2001
577 Records is proud to be celebrating its 23 year anniversary. The label has been producing music since 2001 and has
released albums featuring the work of artists from New York and around the world.
The name comes from the address of the house where these concerts first took place (577 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York).
100% of profit from the sale of most of these albums goes to the musicians....more
Winged Wheel anchor their Space Age grooves in rock, the muscle of drum and bass and guitar undergirding wild flights of fancy. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 3, 2024
supported by 82 fans who also own “Causa y Efecto Vol. 1”
This record really hits that sweet spot of calm stimulation. Lush, fat, rolling synths form the foundation for controlled but passionate and thoughtful playing and listening from everyone. Meditative and energetic...and always bad-ass. ps0m