Ghost Lights Gordon Grdina, François Houle, Kenton Loewen, Benoit Delbecq

• 1 Soro 03:50
• 2 Ley Land 15:49
• 3 Gold Spheres 11:04
• 4 Broken World 08:08
• 5 Ghost Lights 14:24
• 6 Soft Shadows 08:06
• 7 Waraba 09:00
• Total Runtime 01:10:21

Info zu Ghost Lights

This new collective project features four outstanding Vancouver/Paris improvisers with a long track record together in various combinations (e.g. Houle/Delbeq since 1996, Grdina/Houle/Loewen since 2014). Their repertoire ranges from open improvs and atmospheric grooves to evocative compositions by Houle and Delbecq. Deep listening by all involved results in experimental music of crystalline clarity and subtle interplay, drawing on avant jazz, classical and ambient tropes.

“Utterly fascinating” (The Telegraph), French pianist Benoît Delbecq has played with Fred Hersch, Gerry Hemingway, and Evan Parker. The Georgia Straight called his 2011 duo album with Vancouver clarinettist Francois Houle, Because She Hoped, “at once otherworldly and organic.” A fellow master of extended technique and melodic free improv, Houle is “a spectacularly versatile clarinetist who appears to have no limitations stylistically or sonically” (LA Times). Completing this boldly adventurous group are guitarist/oud player Gordon Grdina and drummer Kenton Loewen. Regular co-conspirators in the 11-piece avant-Arabic ensemble Haram (which also includes Houle), fiery punk-jazz duo Peregrine Falls, and for years in Dan Mangan + Blacksmith, Grdina and Loewen are cutting edge improvisers.

For fans of: Craig Taborn, Kris Davis, Nels Cline, Jean-Jacques Avenel

“The threesome navigated through a wider landscape of sound with meandering lyrical passages, encircling eerie plateaus and sudden about-turns into wild abysses...” – Henning Bolte, AAJ (reviewing a performance by Grdina-Houle-Loewen)

“Another triumph of [...] agile, inspired interplay from one of this era’s most distinctive voices on the guitar.” – Delarue, Lucid Culture (reviewing Gordon Grdina / Mark Helias’s No Difference)

“This is one of those albums that rolls around about once a year, one that manages free itself of labels so it can [be] elevated to a higher plane—one that is called ‘music’. And yet, it’s not pretentious. That could be one of No Difference’s greatest achievements, that it manages to be so rich and fun to hear.” – John Garratt, PopMatters (8/10)

“…another fantastic and invigorating session that is well worth every one's time to seek out. Highly Recommended.” – Stephan Moore, Jazz Wrap (reviewing François Houle / Håvard Wiik’s Aves)

Because She Hoped proves that [Houle and Delbecq] can a strike a mood together quickly. That quiet, misterioso air is one specialty, conjuring a dream state: a slow-motion sleepwalk.” – Kevin Whitehead, NPR Music

“Extraordinary sonics. Thoughtful composed motives. Improvisational excellence. Beautiful immediacy.” – Grego Edwards, Gapplegate Music Review (reviewing Benoît Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio’s Fun House)

Gordon Grdina, guitar, oud, electronics
François Houle, clarinet, electronics, loopers
Kenton Loewen, drums & percussion
Benoît Delbecq, piano & bass station

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