Selected Worlds by Daniel Inzani
Contemporary Album of the Month - September 2024
★★★★★ The Guardian
"unhinged, exhilarating adventures in genre-hopping"
"There is a narrative logic to Inzani’s compositions that is compelling, heart-rending and gloriously disturbing"
Hidden Notes Records (Spindle Ensemble, Fran & Flora, Josh Semans) and Tardigrade Records (Cosmo Sheldrake, Howl) are excited to announce a unique collaboration to release the monumental and ambitious debut triple album by composer and pianist Daniel Inzani.
Over the past 2 decades you might have seen Inzani performing with dozens of bands from Bristol’s underground alternative and avant-garde scene, blending classical, jazz, contemporary, improvisation, unusual harmony and rhythms as a band leader and collaborator.
He’s released an avant-garde collaborative album with Alabaster dePlume, is the musical director and arranger for Cosmo Sheldrake’s 19 piece live band, leads his own critically acclaimed modern chamber quartet Spindle Ensemble and (the now disbanded) 8 piece Ethiopian Jazz meets Frank Zappa group Tezeta, He has toured worldwide as a keys player, collaborated with Canadian ensembles Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan and London Symphonia and co-founded Bristol’s experimental collective Bloom, leading to tours and releases with UK rocksteady favourites Count Bobo, the psychedelic space doo-wop of Dubi Dolzcek and many more.
After years of recording, touring and eclectic composing he has gathered a trusted set of musicians who are both skilled improvisers and virtuoso players to record an instrumental triple album for release under his own name.
The 3 vinyl discs act as albums in their own right, each with different sets of musicians, instrumentations, genres and intentions. The 3 discs were recorded live over 3 day periods in quick succession, with Daniel’s regular collaborator Cosmo Sheldrake engineering the recording sessions. It’s quite possibly the only album you’ll ever hear that starts with a neo-impressionist string quartet, goes on to merge avant-garde symphonic arrangements with group improvisation and ends with an 8 piece cosmic jazz band wigging out, yet Inzani’s voice is clear throughout making for a cohesive 2 hour odyssey from the mind of a composer whose idiosyncratic style thrives through variety.
Tracklist
Videos
Credits
DISC 1: FORM
(Tracks 1-10)
String Quartet
Flora Curzon - Violin
Hugh Blogg - Violin
Alison D’Souza - Viola
Zosia Jagodzinska - Cello
Piano Trio
Flora Curzon - Violin
Asha McCarthy - Cello
Daniel Inzani - Piano
Spindle Ensemble
Caelia Lunniss - Violin
Jo Silverston - Cello
Harriet Riley - Vibraphone, Marimba
Daniel Inzani - Piano
Solo piano by Daniel Inzani
All compositions by Daniel Inzani
Except 'Midwinter' by Daniel Inzani and Asha McCarthy
String Quartet works recorded by Cosmo Sheldrake at his Chapel Studio
Piano Trio works recorded by Daniel Inzani at Rodborough Parish Church, Stroud
Spindle Ensemble and Solo piano works recorded by Daniel Inzani at St George’s Concert Hall, Bristol
Produced, mixed and mastered by Daniel Inzani
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DISC 2: LORE
(Tracks 11-15)
Hugh Blogg - Violin
Caelia Lunniss - Violin
Owen Patterson - Violin
Zosia Jagodzinska - Cello
Jo Silverston - Cello
Asha McCarthy - Cello
Nina Harries - Upright Bass
Daniel Inzani - Piano, Harp, Fender Rhodes
Harriet Riley - Marimba, Vibraphone, Gong
Matt Brown - Drums
With
Conrad Singh - Electric Guitar on 'Sounds For The Unseen'
All compositions by Daniel Inzani
Recorded by Cosmo Sheldrake at his Chapel Studio
Produced, mixed and mastered by Daniel Inzani
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DISC 3: PLAY
(Tracks 16-23)
Daniel Inzani - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ
Conrad Singh - Electric Guitar
Pete Gibbs - Electric Bass
Matt Brown - Drums
Harriet Riley - Vibraphone, Marimba
Lorenzo Prati - Tenor Saxophone
Greg Sterland - Baritone Saxophone
Piers Tamplin - Bass Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Sax
With
Cosmo Sheldrake - Sousaphone on 'The Great Nebula'
Caelia Lunniss - Violins, Violas on 'Sleepwalking'
All compositions by Daniel Inzani
Recorded by Cosmo Sheldrake at his Chapel Studio
Mixed by Rob Pemberton
Produced and mastered by Daniel Inzani
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Artwork by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot
FRONT: Total Eclipse of the Sun (1878)
FORM: The Great Nebula in Orion (1875-76)
LORE: Aurora Borealis (1872)
PLAY: Group of Sun Spots and Veiled Spots (1875)
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Thanks to the musicians, Narna Hue, Cosmo Sheldrake & Flora Wallace, Alex Hobbis & Adam Hinks, Tom Jacob, Kim Francis, Rob Pemberton, Ben Sayer, Graeme Smith, Merlin Sheldrake & Erin Robinsong, Charlotte Harding, Bernadette and Guiseppe Inzani, Jessica Sharpe, Rosanna Inzani, Francesca Rosborough, Daniel Hodge and Simon Jones.
Co-Released by Hidden Notes Records & Tardigrade Records
Published by Bucks Music Group
Distributed by Forte
©&℗ Hidden Notes Records & Tardigrade Records 2024
