Der Ohlsen
"Listening to [this] conjures the easy playfulness of classic Latin Jazz and Fusion, the uplifting grandeur of Spiritual Jazz and the slightly different elemental esoteric spiritism of New Age Ambient groups like Tengger. Maybe some of its ideas could turn out corny in lesser hands, but what awaits you on these eleven tracks is just constant blissful perfection."
We are delighted to finally bring you the incredible Black water/Brown Earth from Ivan The Tolerable!
Available on both ltd edition white vinyl, or super ltd extended cassette!
Both versions also include the extended version download.
‘On Black Water/Brown Earth, his second of three albums in 2022, Heff called in the help of his Dutch friends Mees and Elsa in King Champion Sounds again, and wrote the album in a long distance session. The album feels like an excursion in nature, featuring bird song, flowing water, pots and pans percussion, and a genuine feel of wandering about and experiencing the outside world with eyes and ears wide open. It is a band effort too, with organic sounding drums, the characteristic saxophone, and droning synths. Out of the two albums on display here it is probably the most likely to return on a live stage somewhere as a vibrant jam session.’
Weirdo Shrine Blog- 2022
File under ‘A’ for Amazing. Categorisation isn’t always helpful nor easy, but to help readers get a handle on this album, maybe think; ‘Nu-Jazz’. I’d also put this album on the same shelf as Bristol’s Ishmael Ensemble (also reviewed in this issue).
This album deserves international recognition, and I’m already getting annoyed that it’s not gonna get it. So come on readers…prove me wrong…buy the album…spread the word…share the love.
TQ ZINE 2023
credits
released January 20, 2023
Recorded in England and the Netherlands - Spring 2022
Mixed and mastered by O.Heffernan - Summer 2022
Photography by Alfred Stieglitz
Artwork by Ack! Ack! Ack! Design
Oli Heffernan- Bass, Synths, Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Piano & Field Recordings
Elsa Van Der Linden- Saxaphone, Flute, Clarinet
Mees Siderius- Drums, Vibraphone, Percussion
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Fantastic world music-inflected kosmische/krautrock with a heavy rhythmic backbone. This is the type of record you can put on and zone out to any time. Levrikon