The new album 'Find The River' from Shabaaz Mystik is a journey trough his poesy and music on his path to find more soul in this world, being his own or yours.
He has striped his songs to the minimum, trying to find the roots from his native Congo Brazzaville, adding his signature sanza, some percussions, field recordings and the beautiful trumpet from Japanese maestro Tetsuroh Konishi.
An introspective album where Shabaaz tells you about his life, love and search for peace. Just beautiful (even if you don't speak French)!
From Shabaaz own words:
"Find The River...
The river as a source
Of life, path of peace, universal place.
Its song is an ode to serenity.
The album invites everyone to find their river,
Throughout this atypical album with refined sounds,
To the resonance of a sanza, soul poetry and jazzy trumpet,
A reflection of each moment, a letting go,
Journey to other sound waves.
Search for balance
Between inside and outside.
an awakening of consciousness,
A journey to the confines of hearts.
Its a story
Which is told in music.
A meeting place
Where the vibration of the djimi merges,
Poetry, storytelling, the power of speech and verb.
The sanza instrument speaks with the trumpet
The breath that arises from these two universes
Takes us into the song of the forest, into the dawn of nature.
Find The river
Is also the story of the meeting of two artists:
Shabaaz mystik and Japanese trumpeter Tesuroh Konishi.
Poetry and sanza rub shoulders there.
A poetry that reveals us
This River that we had to find within ourselves...
A river we had to see around us.
Find The River
Is a trace on the river of flowing time.
It's a lived trace, a moment that the dust
and the frailties of time cannot erase."
In French:
"Find the river..
La rivière comme source
De vie, chemin de paix, lieu universel.
Son chant est une ode à la sérénité.
L'album invite chacun à trouver sa rivière,
Au long de cet album atypique aux sonorités épurées,
À la résonance sanza, soul poésie et trompette jazzy,
Une réflexion de chaque instant, un lâcher prise,
Voyage vers d'autres effluves sonores.
Recherche d'équilibre
Entre le dedans et l'extérieur.
Un éveil de conscience,
Un voyage aux confins des cœurs.
C'est une histoire
Qui se raconte en musique.
Un lieu de rencontre
Où fusionne la vibration du djimi,
La poésie, le conte, la force de la parole et du verbe.
L'instrument sanza parle avec la trompette
Le souffle qui nait de ces deux univers
Nous emmène dans le chant de la foret, dans l'aube de la nature.
Find The river
Est aussi l'histoire de la rencontre de deux artistes :
Shabaaz mystik et le trompettiste Japonais Tesuroh Konishi.
S'y côtoient poésie et sanza.
Une poésie qui nous révèle
Cette Rivière que nous devions trouver en nous-mêmes...
Une rivière que nous devions voir autour de nous.
Find The River
Est une trace sur la rivière du temps qui s'écoule.
C'est une trace vécue, un moment que la poussière
et les faiblesses du temps ne pourront effacer."
Recording and mix: Léa Couderc at Home made studio
Trumpet recording: Tetsuroh Konishi at his home
Mastering by Pierre Vervloesem
Cover by Antoine Richard
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