Fresh sounds: Al-jiçç – Zadar

Lisbon-based jazz/free improvisation band Al-jiçç just released a new album Chants with the brilliant song Zadar. Chants is Al-jiçç's fifth album and represent an aesthetic evolution of the band. It was composed and produced during the pandemic, with the musicians individually recording their parts.

The music started with six little themes composed on an electric piano, which served as a harmonic basis for the improvisations. These improvisations were edited and manipulated, with the mixing and post-production playing a fundamental role in the construction of the record. Keeping the Mediterranean-inspired melodies as a brand, in Chants these were fused in a universe influenced by Miles Davis' electric phase (in Route), by Dub (in Zadar) or the more ambient electronics ( in Lost Sign). This record represents a new direction for Al-Jiçç, using the melodic side as a starting point for more electronic and contemporary universes.

Listen to Al-jiçç new song Zadar, from the band's new album Chants: