MELD: prog, funk, jazz, grunge, electronica – fusion
1-2-3… celebrating 1st anniversary of the 2nd album – gearing up for Number 3!
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6oeC0Cjkvo3YnPB5on1Mkh
Bandcamp: https://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/album/witchcraft-jazz
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/metaquorum/sets/witchcraft-jazz
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/album/56017492
and everywhere else 😉
November’s track of the month is AUTUMN GROOVE from our second album Witchcraft Jazz (2018). It started as a spontaneous drum and key-bass improvisation jam session at Koos ‘ place in Friesland November 2014 (hence the track’s name) after we’d finished re-recording drums for Clodhopping and Midnight Sun, two tracks for MetaQuorum’s first album Midnight Sun (2015). When Koos moved to UK later in 2015-16, we reworked this raw material several times: re-recorded drums, added percussion, plus many layers of synths and arranged it a bit etc. Then, by chance, we met Andrew Guerin at one of the improvisation sessions Newcastle upon Tyne’s The Jazz Cafe . We invited Andrew for a recording session at our Low Bishopley Recording Studio one Sunday in autumn in 2015, and recorded several trumpet takes. It took us three more attempts to mix the track because we couldn’t quite balance the synths and the trumpet and then… along came NATIVE INSTRUMENTS’ Komplete Kontrol! Dmitry revisited the composition and arrangement in the light of the seriously expanded synth and sound processing capabilities, adding some brass as well, so Koos and Dmitry had another go at the mix and got it right – at least in our opinion)) Then Christopher Longwood applied his superb mastering skills and voilà! Check it out 😉
Credits:
Dmitry Ermakov – composition, arrangement, keyboards, key-bass, synth-brass, synth programming, tambourine, recording, producing, mixing, cover art.
Koos van der Velde – composition, #drums, #jembe, recording, producing, mixing.
Andrew Guerin – #trumpet.
Christopher Longwood – #mastering.
© & ℗ Dmitry Ermakov & Koos van der Velde, 2017
Photos by Carol Ermakova
Hello everyone!
The first in our series of new singles was released a couple of days ago! Jonathan Livingston is already enjoying airplay and reviews, and we have 3 interviews lined up for next week.
As you might guess from the name, this track was inspired by Richard Bach’s book Jonathan Livingston Seagull which influenced so many during 70-80s and beyond.
“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.”
― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The release is live on scores of download and streaming services so you’ll be able to tune-in wherever you are.
For STREAMING please follow us on Spotify @ https://goo.gl/i5n4rW, if you can – it costs you nothing and we get some pennies dropping each time it’s played.
For DOWNLOAD please go to our own shop @https://metaquorum.greedbag.com/
Or for the full list of services see bottom of the post 😉
PRESS:
“MetaQuorum are being very bold in May, with two singles released; fans of their funk laden electronica are in for a real treat as new track Jonathan Livingston is released on Sunday 15th May with Migration following on Saturday 28th May.
Jonathan Livingston is filled with punchy grooves, and is powerfully atmospheric. Mellow yet melodic, it makes full use of funk-filled slap bass lines and smooth electronic effects. All set against a soundscape of seagulls, it’s a dense, moody instrumental that harbours an emotive expressive representation of our longing for freedom. Migration is a similarly progressive track, an epic sound echoing the expanse of the solar system, it’s all filled with dance-trance rhythms.”
By Simon Beckwith on Thursday, May 5th, 2016.
NARC. Magazine @ http://goo.gl/xTxUY5
NEXT RELEASE
We’ll be bringing out our first song – Migration – in just 10 days. We’re all very excited about it, looking forward to sharing it with you all!
Cheers,
Dmitry, Koos and Carol
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON STREAM/DOWNLOAD LINKS
STREAM:
Spotify: https://goo.gl/i5n4rW
Tidal: http://listen.tidal.com/artist/6360894
Microsoft Groove : https://goo.gl/NqABxz
YouTube: https://goo.gl/jihguo
Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/metaquorum/
Shazam: http://www.shazam.com/artist/200466377/metaquorum
DOWNLOAD:
MQ Shop: https://metaquorum.greedbag.com/
iTunes: https://goo.gl/P808Ab
GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/GujcNt
Bandcamp: https://metaquorum.bandcamp.com/
Amazon: https://goo.gl/BpPAab
Digital Tunes: https://www.digital-tunes.net/releases/jonathan_livingston
Emusic: http://www.emusic.com/artist/metaquorum/15010671/
Juke: http://goo.gl/2gi6TW
Junodownload: http://goo.gl/ynlRwH
Medianet: http://goo.gl/dyWkM1
Gobuz: http://goo.gl/xVDaf
Hi folks!
The debut album Midnight Sun is out and about now, taking on a life of its own. To help you get to know the individual tracks better, we’re going feature one each week, and we’ve decided to kick off with the first track, District Line.
Here’s what one of our fans says:
“Just listened to District Line. I love the feeling of being on a busy, cheerful journey & the actual sounds of the train etc. are perfect!”
So here it is – safe journey 😉
