The band will show for the first time in Brazil this Saturday, 8, featuring the album ‘Dance, on One’s Watching’
Ezra Collective performs for the first time in Brazil this Saturday, 8. The British band – formed by Femin koleoso (battery), Koleoso TJ (low), Joe Armon-Jones (keyboards), Dylan Jones (trumpet) and James Mollison (saxophone) – Will perform unique at Cine Joia, in São Paulo.
It will not be the debut of Female in Brazil. The musician took care of the drumsticks Gorillaz When the group led by Damon Albran composed the line-up of MITA FESTIVALin 2022.
“Gorillaz It is a band in which I can learn things. THE Ezra This is where I put this experience in practice“, he said Female In an interview with Rolling Stone Brazil when asked about their traffic between the two projects. “I also grew up loving the songs of Gorillaz. THE Ezra It is made with songs we wrote together. So the two are very precious. “
He continued: “Damon will say the same: nothing more special than playing the music you wrote. “And talking about it, in Brazil, the setlist of Ezra Collective should contemplate your latest album, Dance, on One’s Watching (2024).
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“I feel that making songs without lyrics allows us to have more freedom to tell stories, because it means that they can be interpreted the way it is best for you. It’s not my words that are saying what you have to think or feel, it’s just music.” , argued Female.
For us, Dance, on One’s Watching It is about not letting the opinion of the people around you from your moment. It is the journey of a dance, one night out, a meeting, putting the coat in the young man, that moment when you feel you could go to space, and then light the lights and you have to go home. It’s a journey on the condensed dance floor on an album.
Therefore, the name of the disc could not be otherwise. The band has contradicted established notions about how jazz should be appreciated, proposing that tables are removed so that clubs of the genre become true party halls.
“[O título] Come my favorite way of trying the song: on the dance floor “, confessed Female. “Jazz was originally music to dance. I don’t know why he became something to hear sitting, drinking wine. I’m very happy to be part of a band that shakes the dance floor, it’s a special feeling.”
Influences around the world
Second Koolousthe album was influenced by “DJ Culture” and was recorded from the reproduction of a dance floor. The group has gathered friends and family to participate in the process: “Sometimes, as a DJ, you play a song that everyone knows, sometimes it’s a song that no one knows, sometimes you play a version of a song and there it changes to the remix … “
“We wanted the moment to continue all over the album. In fact, we recorded it live in front of people dancing, our friends and families, so it made everything even more real,” he added.
The band also had the experiences lived in various parts of the world to create the Dance, on One’s Watching. “We spent time in Asia and Japan … We were everywhere in the world. The only place where we have not yet been to South America,” he said Female. “When we are in South America, we will feel that everything is really complete. It will not be our last time there.”
Traveling greatly influenced our music. Therefore, it is very precious and special. I am very grateful.
The single “ajala” crystallizes memories of the travelers of the Ezra Collective and the exaltation of the dance floor through a tribute to the Nigerian journalist OLABISI AJALA. “His name came from slang to people who couldn’t be in the same place,” he explained Koolous.
He added, “For us, people who can’t stay in place are dancers, so we wanted to pay tribute, not only to him, but also the way his name was formed in the Yoruba language.”
The beginning of the track denounces the presence of several people in recording the album, as the drummer said.
“We were recording in a place full of people, and it was one of those moments when no one was applauding. So I shouted, ‘Stop, stop all! When we start this song, I want them to applaud.’ That became so real, the feeling It was so real that we decided to keep on the album, “he said, also mentioning the influence of Marvin Gaye About your music.
Friends were not restricted to dance steps. Dance, No One’s Watching Has participations of the British Yazmin Lacey and Olivia Deanfrom South African Moonchild sanelly and the ganense M.anifest – “Friends of the band”, highlighted Koolous.
“We go to their shows, they go to ours. Sometimes you finish a song and it looks perfect, but sometimes you need something more. It becomes a partnership, and that’s how it happened, ‘he said .
Arrival line or starting point?
Where I’m Meant To Be (2022) yielded the Koolous and company the Mercury Prizeaward that elects the best albums in the UK and Ireland. DeanEven was also among the winners.
The moment was described by the drummer as “wonderful”, but he pondered: “At the same time, it’s not everything. It was an amazing day, but the work started shortly thereafter, you know? I am very proud of all of us. But there is more proud to make music that means something for people, which is special. ”
The awards occurred after Dance, on One’s Watching materialized. So “there was no anxiety,” joked Female. “I think this would have affected us, would have made the process harder, for sure. I am very grateful because we were efficient in this regard. “
What to expect from the show in Brazil
Femin koleoso promised a British carnival on the stage of Cine Joia: “We will give all of us. What you do at Carnival, we will try to create on stage. Let’s enjoy every minute we’ll have together. It will be very special. “The presentation will also be inspired by the energy of Albarnhe guaranteed.
The musician confessed that he has not yet watched a carnival parade in Brazil, but said he is one of his “dreams”. “I watched the rehearsals of Vai Vai, so I hope one day I can see everything taking life,” he said.
I love Gilberto Gil, Clara Nunes… Brazil gave so many good songs to the world. The energy, the sound, the march and the carnival dance had a great influence on the Ezra Collective. So, yes, Brazil is a great influence for the Ezra Collective.
Source: Rollingstone
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