{"product_id":"marcel-barta-episodes-from-the-spinning-ball-lp","title":"Marcel Barta - Episodes From The Spinning Ball LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaxophonist, clarinettist, composer and visual artist Marcel Barta entered the Czech jazz and improvisation scene while still a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003estudent and has since become one of it's core members. He is a founding member of the electro-jazz quintet MUFF, the cult jazz \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esextet Vertigo and the duo DoMa Ensemble. Besides collaborating with many foremost artists from different genres on the home \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand international scene, he has been dedicating himself to composition, writing scenic music for the theatre company Farma v \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejeskyni (Farm in the Cave), among otherprojects. He is the recipient of multiple Czech Music Academy Awards in the jazz category, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehaving also been nominated for the same award on a number of occasions. While Episodes from the Spinning Ball is the first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erecording to feature Barta's work exclusively, the eponymous composition is his first piece for a large ensemble. As composer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand arranger he has taken part in dozens of projects and recordings, many of which were released by the label Animal Music. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe new album brings a recording of a concert performance featuring the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, which took place \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas part of the jazz-symphonic crossover series New Horizons in February 2025 in the DOX+Multifunction Hall in Prague. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposed on a commission from the orchestra, the work formally resembles a suite in three parts. It is performed, however, as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea continuous flow of music. In the author's own words, the piece \"is an attempt to evoke a story that reflects my own planetary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexperience. The rotating ball in the title is a geoid, the shape of our own planet.\" Combining composed music with improvisation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe piece bears traces of Barta's original style, known for example from his work for Vertigo or Muff. It is rooted in jazz and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtemporary classical music and unfolds like an elaborate story in which densely composed soundscapes interweave with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edelicate melodies and fine-grained instrumentation and whereorder coexists with improvisation and melancholy passages \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealternate with psychedelia and humour. The jazz band in the recording features, alongside Marcel Barta himself, trombonist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estepan Janousek, keyboardist and synth player Vojtech Prochazka, double bassist Milos Klapsteand drummer Jan Chalupa. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhole jazz-symphonic ensemble is conducted by Bastien Stil who has had ample experience leading crossover projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43494741639286,"sku":"8594211850650","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1276\/9409\/files\/4474211-3493621.jpg?v=1781031018","url":"https:\/\/erodingwinds.com\/products\/marcel-barta-episodes-from-the-spinning-ball-lp","provider":"Eroding Winds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}