Minor Swing – Belleruche
A pesar de que esta semana estoy un poco menos inspirado a la hora de publicar, no puedo faltar a mi cita de todos los viernes, el día más musical de la semana. La entrada de hoy es un poco diferente, siguiendo la tónica de compartir canciones que animen las almas del personal, y es que nos vamos a introducir en un género musical tan genial como desconocido para la mayoría de los mortales (para mi lo era hasta hace poco), el Nu-jazz, que según definición wikipedia, "es un término genérico acuñado a finales de la década de los años 1990 para referirse al estilo que mezcla elementos jazzísticos con otros estilos musicales, como el funk, soul, música electrónica, y libre improvisación1 . También se escribe como nü-jazz o NuJazz, también llamado electronic jazz, electro-jazz, e-jazz, jazztronica, jazz house, phusion, "neo-jazz" o future jazz."
De acuerdo con el crítico Tony Brewer,
El Nu Jazz, por supuesto, es al jazz tradicional lo que el punk o el grunge es al Rock. [...] Se enfoca en las canciones, y no sólo en la destreza de los músicos. La instrumentación va desde lo tradicional a lo experimental, las melodías son frescas y los ritmos nuevos y vivos. Hace que el jazz sea nuevamente divertido.
Existen miles de artistas que practican este estilo, yo he elegido a Belleruche, porque la voz de Kathrin DeBoer (que no tiene nada que ver con la saga de futbolistas) me ha fascinado y enganchado. Lo que me parece realmente curioso de este grupo es la gran diversidad de situaciones de la vida diaria que invitan a escucharlo, cualquiera de sus 3 álbumes es perfecto para disfrutar mientras trabajas, a modo música ambiente, para conducir, o para sentarte en una terraza con viejos amigos y cervezas, recordando pequeñas batallitas (así es como los escuche la primera vez). Minor Swing es una de sus canciones mas movidas, pero os sugiero que si tenéis la oportunidad y tiempo escuchéis cualquiera de sus canciones.
Belleruche es un trío británico formado por la vocalista Kathrin DeBoer, el guitarrista Richy Fabulous y el turntablista/productor DJ Modest. El grupo describe su sonido como “hip hop blues soul hecho a mano”, como la música que hubiesen creado Sarah Vaughan, Django Reindhart y Cut Chemist de haber podido colaborar. Una comparación un tanto atrevida, porque también han elegido, a propósito, una vocalista, un guitarrista y un productor, pero bueno, está bien ser ambicioso. El trío también reconoce las influencias de DJ Vadim, Nina Simone y Hendrix (!otra vez: productor, vocalista y guitarrista!) y ha sido comparado con Lamb y Portishead. Su música guarda cierta similitud, en efecto, sobre todo con la segunda propuesta, aunque es más preciso definirla como una fusión de jazz, funk y soul con electrónica. Su sonido, sin embargo, a pesar de la introducción de técnicas de turntablismo, samples y programaciones, es predominantemente orgánico o, por lo menos, más cercano a la canción tradicional que a la música de club. Esto se debe a que, en buena parte de sus temas, la guitarra y la voz son las protagonistas. Por tora parte, tras un inicio caracterizado por la blacktrónica, el trío propuso en su tercer álbum un notorio viraje hacia el pop/rock, pero manteniendo su estética electrónica y su personalidad.
"Tourtable Soul Music" (2007)
Letra de Minor Swing :
Lessons to be learnt but who's going to teach
Who's writing the rules, well I decree
A day of tragedy when love is lost
When a friend, when a friend is pissed off
Misunderstandings are so unfair
Psychoanalyse me please oh my friend
Let's begin, let confusion unravel around me
And, and if I give the pieces together
The way they make sense to me I'll do my best
But I can use only what I've seen from where I've been
And the lives that have lived before me
Who's going to look, who's going to cheek
No one can really say 'cause they're all dead
But we can try and only try to live with integrity
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here and
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Script you write and forces you fight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Oh no there's will and there's fate
Or random explosions everyday
Or is the world an orchestrated play
Or a clock, tick-tock, a clock work game
Us being the cogs and the product is time
Questions to evolve with the answers to find
Like what the hell, what the hell are we doing here anyhow
Yeah a gift it is to have everything
To fill our lines with happiness and what we desire
But only if you want it, only if you need it
Only if you brave it, only if you seek it
So be kind 'cause there's a piece of me in you
I'll be kind 'cause there's a piece of you in me
A piece of everyone somewhere elsewhere lesser and greater
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here and
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Script you write and forces you fight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Oh let's begin tonight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Script you write and forces you fight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Oh no there's will and there's fate
Or random explosions everyday
Or is the world an orchestrated play
Or a clock, tick-tock, a clock work game
Us being the cogs and the product is time
Questions to evolve with the answers to find
Like what the hell, what the hell are we doing here anyhow
What are we doing here
Who's writing the rules, well I decree
A day of tragedy when love is lost
When a friend, when a friend is pissed off
Misunderstandings are so unfair
Psychoanalyse me please oh my friend
Let's begin, let confusion unravel around me
And, and if I give the pieces together
The way they make sense to me I'll do my best
But I can use only what I've seen from where I've been
And the lives that have lived before me
Who's going to look, who's going to cheek
No one can really say 'cause they're all dead
But we can try and only try to live with integrity
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here and
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Script you write and forces you fight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Oh no there's will and there's fate
Or random explosions everyday
Or is the world an orchestrated play
Or a clock, tick-tock, a clock work game
Us being the cogs and the product is time
Questions to evolve with the answers to find
Like what the hell, what the hell are we doing here anyhow
Yeah a gift it is to have everything
To fill our lines with happiness and what we desire
But only if you want it, only if you need it
Only if you brave it, only if you seek it
So be kind 'cause there's a piece of me in you
I'll be kind 'cause there's a piece of you in me
A piece of everyone somewhere elsewhere lesser and greater
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here
So come and see if from
Come and see if from
Come and see it from here and
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Script you write and forces you fight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Oh let's begin tonight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Script you write and forces you fight
Whatever you seek
Which book you may read
Which planet you seek
Oh no there's will and there's fate
Or random explosions everyday
Or is the world an orchestrated play
Or a clock, tick-tock, a clock work game
Us being the cogs and the product is time
Questions to evolve with the answers to find
Like what the hell, what the hell are we doing here anyhow
What are we doing here
8 de abril de 2011, 23:35
Me ha gustado mucho, no los conocia. Muchas gracias por el descubrimiento.
Conoces a Caravan Palace, a mi me encantan.
Ciao.
15 de noviembre de 2011, 16:25
Hola Pau,
Me ha recomendado Jose (el albaceteño) tu blog, este grupo me ha molao, lo meteré en mi programa de spotify del mes que viene, si quieres escuchar mi programa mensual:
http://open.spotify.com/user/nisuyaves
Un saludo!