Aerosols - Christy Doran - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Solo Album dedicated to and based on the artwork of Stefan Banz (1961 - 2021).

The steel strings rattle fiercely when subject to Christy Doran’s harsh strokes. The Swiss guitarist has been one of the most outstanding representatives of his profession for decades. However, he was born in Ireland as the son of a singer who exposed him to music at an early age. Doran then gained international fame in the seventies when he founded the band OM together with saxophonist Urs Leimgruber, bassist Bobby Burri and drummer Fredy Studer, which already combined free jazz with world music when this term did not even exist. Since then, the guitarist has worked with international big names such as John Surman, Dom Um Romao, Jasper van't Hof, Carla Bley, Charlie Mariano, Ray Anderson, Irène Schweizer, Hank Roberts, Wolfgang Dauner, Sonny Sharrock and Albert Mangelsdorff. He has repeatedly attracted attention with his electric instrument groups, of which the New Bag formation was probably one of the most well-known and which lasted the longest. Another of Christy Doran’s passions from the beginning of his career was playing solo, which can also be heard on “Aerosols”.

But the album is also a close collaboration with the artist Stefan Banz, who died on May 16 this year at the young age of 59. Intermediality was the driving force behind Banz’s art, which is why he also worked as a painter as well as in the fields of installation, photography and video. As a result, the confrontation with the music of Christy Doran was actually only logical.

Tracklist

1. Cat Care (07:23)
2. Venice (05:22)
3. Kaleidoscope In a Blizzard (05:54)
4. White Fields Full of Diamonds (04:36)
5. Defence of Defeat (05:14)
6. Lactus (05:21)
7. From the Ballad of Affection (04:33)
8. Alexander (03:07)
9. Aerosols (03:40)
10. Upgrading Equality (03:31)

Label: Between the Lines | Origin: Holland