NEW RELEASE. Karl Hector and the Malcouns, Non Ex Orbis

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Etichete: Karl Hector And The Malcouns, Non Ex Orbis, Now-again Records

Artist: Karl Hector and the Malcouns

Title: Non Ex Orbis

Label:Now-Again Records

Format: CD / LP

Genre: Funk

Kraut-jazz-rock produced by JJ Whitefield (Poets of Rhythm/Whitefield Brothers).

The long-standing band’s third album. Featuring Marja Burchard (Embryo).

It’s been over ten years since Karl Hector and the Malcouns’ ‘Sahara Swing’ saw release on Now-Again in 2008. The album swung with influences from across the African diaspora and set the stage for a cult, but influential following. Hermes designer Christophe Lemaire picked tracks from Karl Hector and The Malcouns as amongst his favourites in the Now-Again catalogue, and included them on his ‘Where Are You From’ anthology. Festival promoters intrigued by the possibility of resurrecting the careers of once forgotten African mavericks – from Ghana’s Ebo Taylor to the progenitors of Zambia’s Zamrock scene – brought Hector and crew across Europe playing festivals for ecstatic fans. Producer JJ Whitefield even founded an Afro-Rock band, Johnny!, with Taylor’s son Henry.

‘Non Ex Orbis,' the band’s third studio album, digs deeper into the Krautrock history embedded deep in the soil of their native Munch - three of the most influential bands of the 1970s experimental German rock scene sprung from there: Amon Düül, Popol Vuh and Embryo.

Influenced by these musical heroes, Whitefield shapes a sound that takes the experimental approach of the classic Krautrock era and slides between beat-heavy drone and spacey, prog-rock suites. Marja Burchard, daughter of Embryo mastermind Christian Burchard, fronts the group on keyboard, vibraphone and other-worldly vocals. Al Markovic joins longstanding Malcoun Zdenko Curilija to round out the ensemble.

‘Non Ex Orbis,’ read by Whitefield and the band as Out Of This World, symbolizes an innocent way of composing and improvising music, free from the influences of our contemporary environment, preserving a childlike way of hearing sounds in their unfiltered purity.

CD Tracklisting

1. Non Ex Orbis

2. Crawling Through your Mind

3. Hymnin5 (Extended)

4. Stossgebet

5. Asteroid

6. Inhale/Exhale

7. Mother Seletta

8. Dekagon

LP Tracklisting

A1. Non Ex Orbis

A2. Crawling Through your Mind