Mazen Kerbaj: Trumpet Solo Vol. 2.1: No Cuts, No Overdubbing, No Use of Electronics - VINYL LP

Mazen Kerbaj: Trumpet Solo Vol. 2.1: No Cuts, No Overdubbing, No Use of Electronics - VINYL LPTitle: Trumpet Solo Vol. 2. 1: No Cuts, No Overdubbing, No Use of Electronics Artist: Mazen Kerbaj Label: Discrepant Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 5055869544740 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2019 10 04 Number of Discs: 1 Comic book artist, graphic designer, and free jazz improviser are only some of the many talents from Beirut born Mazen Kerbaj. After appearing as part of various ensembles on the label, Ariha Brass Quartet and Johnny Kafta Anti Vegetarian

Title: Trumpet Solo Vol. 2.1: No Cuts, No Overdubbing, No Use of Electronics
Artist: Mazen Kerbaj
Label: Discrepant
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5055869544740
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2019-10-04
Number of Discs: 1

Comic book artist, graphic designer, and free jazz improviser are only some of the many talents from Beirut born Mazen Kerbaj. After appearing as part of various ensembles on the label, Ariha Brass Quartet and Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra, Kerbaj finally lands a solo outfit of his own onto the Discrepant dancefloor of misdemeanor. 14 years after his first (and only) solo album Brt Vrt Zrt Krt (Al Maslakh, 2005), Mazen returns with a series of loud oozes (entirely) of his own with not one but two(!) solo albums of prepared trumpet that further cement his international position as a serial trumpet botherer. Showcasing his very own and singular arsenal of squawks, cackles, howls and squeals the notion of being transported to a luring mutant underwater alien community is only occasionally dispelled with the sporadic passages of fluctuating tones and pulsations, like a restful humpback whale puffing on a hookah pipe at the ocean's deep end. Mazen pulls out all the proverbial stops here, displaying a unique mastering of the instrument and it's improbable add-ons creating various vignette like episodes rich in texture and variations - unlike anything else out there - not that you'd knew anyway. Where Vol. 2.1 shows an astounding use of the instrument without recurring to cuts, overdubs, or electronics, Vol. 2.2 raises (or shatters) the bar with it's intentional use of everything Vol. 2.1 was denied. And Mazen is right about advising his listeners, the sounds emitted on each record are beyond the limits of believable. Either he is using tricks or just prepared techniques the results go far beyond the reach of a normal or casual listener. Listen to the albums back-to-back and you'll understand.

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