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艺术家：巫师乐队
标题：《其他世界与栖息地》
发行年份：2025
唱片公司：ATA唱片
流派：爵士
音质：MP3 320千比特每秒 / 无损音频（音轨） / 24比特-48千赫兹无损音频（音轨）
总时长：38:24
总大小：88.8 / 256 / 478 MB
网站：专辑预览
曲目列表：
1. 地球的回声（06:50）
2. 祖先的机器（03:37）
3. 废弃的卫星（03:12）
4. 大贝尔特（04:32）
5. 沙丘之下（04:52）
6. 黑漂流的幽灵（04:56）
7. 无限（04:58）
8. 最后的传输（05:26）
巫师乐队的最新专辑恰逢夏日来临，进一步深化了他们对埃塞俄比亚风格爵士的独特诠释。
《其他世界与栖息地》自然由ATA唱片发行，延续了这家精品工作室标志性的模拟录音和精心打磨的制作水准。这张备受期待的第四张专辑，紧随成功之作《我也是异乡人》而来，后者曾获BBC广播2台的杰米·卡勒姆盛赞：“我太爱这个了，太棒了！”埃塞俄比亚爵士传奇穆拉图·阿斯塔特克评价：“我喜欢这些律动，很高兴看到巫师乐队以自己独特的方式诠释埃塞俄比亚爵士。”还有“蜡像梦魇”乐队称：“这听起来太棒了！喜欢它的录制方式。”
巫师乐队从不满足于停滞不前，始终警惕避免陷入模仿的泥潭。他们将埃塞俄比亚风格视为团队自然发展的基石，但这只是一座不断扩建的宏大建筑的地基。键盘手约翰尼·理查兹的加入为乐队开启了新的可能，他使用Jen 73钢琴、梅洛otron琴和法菲萨Compact Duo电子琴，与核心成员一道，融合了60年代末至70年代那种面向未来的乐观精神（当时艺术家们开始尝试日益普及的新电子技术和合成器）与更传统的声音。从埃塞俄比亚键盘手海鲁·梅尔吉亚和尼日利亚音乐家威廉·奥尼亚博尔那里汲取灵感，正如专辑名所示，《其他世界与栖息地》展现了巫师乐队向全新且极具吸引力的音乐领域的转变。
丹麦巡演——令人难以置信的是这是巫师乐队的首次现场演出——为乐队增添了另一层韵味。在旅途中的疲惫时光里，乐队核心三人组——贝斯手尼尔·英尼斯、鼓手约斯特·亨德里克斯（来自戈茨街公园乐队、凯法亚乐队、埃迪·查康乐队）以及管乐/长笛/颤音琴手理查德·奥姆罗德，与新/老成员理查兹一同创作，形成了一种比以往更自然、更少刻意雕琢的声音。《大贝尔特》那粗糙而疲惫的旋律，就诞生于巫师乐队驾车穿越丹麦一座似乎永无止境的大桥时，当时他们筋疲力尽，这段旋律带着沙哑的喜悦感。《废弃的卫星》是一首流畅的颤音琴幻想曲，宛如午夜深处的轻快摇篮曲。理查兹在《祖先的机器》中使用Jen 73合成钢琴，或许是巫师乐队迈向未来风格的首个信号，这首曲子节奏强劲，兼具跨界潜力与浓郁质感。
巫师乐队的《其他世界与栖息地》是他们在自建音乐世界中的自然进阶。因共同的经历而更丰富，也接纳了机器时代的兴起，他们证明了尽管旅程始终向前，但前行的道路却可以有许多不同的选择。
Artist: The Sorcerers
Title: Other Worlds And Habitats
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: ATA Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-48kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 38:24
Total Size: 88.8 / 256 / 478 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. Echoes of Earth (06:50)
2. Ancestral Machines (03:37)
3. Abandoned Satellites (03:12)
4. The Great Belt (04:32)
5. Beneath the Dunes (04:52)
6. The Ghosts of the Black Drift (04:56)
7. The Infinite (04:58)
8. The Last Transmission (05:26)
The Sorcerers' latest long player lands in perfect time for the summer, offering a further progression into their unique take on Ethio-inspired jazz.
Other Worlds and Habitats is, of course, released on ATA Records and is blessed with the analogue recording and painstakingly loving production we have come to expect from this boutique studio. This, The Sorcerers eagerly anticipated fourth LP, follows on from the success of I Too Am A Stranger, a record which garnered praise from BBC Radio 2’s Jamie Cullum, “I love this, this is so good!”, Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke, “I like the grooves, and it is good to see The Sorcerers interpret Ethio jazz in their own unique way”, and Nightmares on Wax, “This sounds great! Love the way it's recorded”.
Never ones to stop moving forward, and ever vigilant to avoid the realm of pastiche, The Sorcerers see the Ethiopique sound as a building block for their natural progression as a group, but a block that sits at the base of a much larger, ever expanding, structure, The addition of keyboardist Johnny Richards, whose use of the Jen 73 piano, Mellotron and Farfisa Compact Duo, alongside the core members of the group, has opened some exciting doors for The Sorcerers, fusing the future looking optimism of the late 60s and 70s (when artists began to experiment with the new electronic technology and synthesisers becoming more readily available) and more traditional sounds. Taking inspiration from Ethiopian keyboardist Hailu Mergia and Nigerian musician William Onyeabor, Other Worlds and Habitats, as the name suggests, showcases
The Sorcerers' shift to a new, and deeply exciting, musical landscape.
A Danish tour, unbelievably the first live outing for The Sorcerers, created another patina to the band. A weary time on the road, shared by the core Sorcerers trio of bassist Neil Innes, drummer Joost Hendrickx (Gotts Street Park, Kefaya, Eddie Chacon) and reed/flute/vibes player Richard Ormrod, alongside new/old member Richards led, to an organic, less cerebral sound than we have heard before. The rough and ready, exhausted melody of The Great Belt was born as The Sorcerers motored across a seemingly endless bridge in Denmark, bone tired and frayed, a crackly joy to hear. Abandoned Satellites is a rolling, vibe chimer, a breezy lullaby from the depths of midnight. Richards’ use of the Jen 73 synthesised piano in Ancestral Machines is perhaps one of the first nods to the futuristic path The Sorcerers are working down, a chugger with crossover potential and unctuous.
The Sorcerers’ Other Worlds and Habitats is a natural progression in the world they have created for themselves. Richer for shared experiences, and accepting the rise of the machines, they prove that while their journey is always going forward, there are many different paths to take.
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