Maurice Louca

• Red/Black VINYL LP limited edition

One of the most gifted, prolific and adventurous figures on Egypt's thriving experimental arts scene, Louca has in recent years garnered a global reputation through three previous solo albums and an expanding, evolving lineup of genre-defying collaborations.

The Wire called his 2014 sophomore solo effort, Salute the Parrot, "remarkable music-dense, driven and splashed with colour. For Louca, Elephantine serves as both the pinnacle of his wide-ranging experience and a bold next step in his development as a composer, arranger and bandleader, from Cosmic Jazz, African and World music to transcendental modal traditions. The music-from its pensive lulls through its stretches of hard-grooving hypnosis and moments of avant-jazz.

PERSONNEL:

• Rosa Brunello - (bass)
• Tommaso Cappellat - (drums)
• Özün Usta - (drums)
• Piero Bittolo Bon - (alto sax)
• Rasmus Svale Kjærgård Lund - (tuba)
• Els Vandeweyer - (vibrephone)
• Daniel Gahrton - (baritone sax)
• Isak Hedtjärn - (clarinet)
• Maurice Louca - (guitar, lap, steel, synth)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Moonshine (Part I)
• A2. Moonshine (Part II)
• A3. Moonshine (Part III)

• SIDE B
• B1. Trembler
• B2. Achilles Heel