ZEBRA, by Arp

ZEBRA

by Arp

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Nicole D'Amato this album is a transcendent adventure for the senses. also really love the track "Reading a Wave" Favorite track: Parallelism.

Gosh Snobo A rare treasure of an album in times of abundance of underdeveloped, primitivist, rough/raw or at least one-dimensional releases. This is a complete opposite. So many ideas, riddims, melodies - without entering a self-indulgent prog territory either. Seriously, haven't heard such rich stuff in what seems like years. Favorite track: Reading A Wave.

World of Echo Like Wally Badarou and Eno had a baby and Steve Reich was their doula.

Levrikon Totally different from the Eno/Cale style understated pop of MORE, this one is a jazz/world music fusion record, entirely instrumental. Reminds me of Jon Hassell or Chick Corea record. The tracks are a little samey but it's best listened to as one piece split up into several movements. Percussive and intense.

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Two, 140 gram records housed in custom printed inner sleeves and widespine jacket. Album comes with Download code.

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1.	Halflight Visions 04:55	buy track
2.	Nzuku 06:54	buy track
3.	Fluorescences 05:50	buy track
4.	Folding Water 05:35	buy track
5.	Foam 00:22	buy track
6.	Parallelism 06:21	buy track
7.	Moving Target 04:46	buy track
8.	A Clearing 00:19	buy track
9.	Ozu 02:18	buy track
10.	Reading A Wave 08:45	buy track
11.	Fiji 06:57	buy track

about

A mutant offspring of diverse stylings, unlikely convergences, unfixed constellations, ZEBRA, Alexis Georgopoulos’ - aka Arp - fifth full-length album, is a post-everything symbiosis of ancient to future psychotropics, emphasizing points of connectivity between far-flung traditions. ZEBRA is as naturalistic as it is alien, disrupting outdated boundaries between musical traditions, hierarchies and genre politics.

Using forward-looking production techniques and an idiosyncratic instrumental palette — analog synthesizers, double bass, Fender Rhodes, electronic and acoustic drums, flute, vintage harmonizers and tape delay — Georgopoulos proposes a vast, shimmering prospect, floralizing an array of styles and smiles — Fourth World tremors, vibey Cosmic Jazz, 80s Japanese production, floating kosmische drum atmospherics.

Emphasizing 'points of connectivity' in a time when reactive and fractious isolationism threaten in divisive ways, ZEBRA is the sound of interaction. ZEBRA seeks something beyond definition of singularity perspective and division. It is constructive instead of flippant: ecstatic instead of wallowing; clear-eyed instead of opiated, romantic instead of cynical.

Like the zebra, Georgopoulos’ latest album revels in contrast / duality - Naturalistic + alien. Urban + rural. Calm + unsettling. Lucid + mysterious. Bold simplicity + fiendish complexity. The result is a portal to a more curious world that compels repeat visits.

credits

released June 22, 2018

Produced by Alexis GEORGOPOULOS
Composed & arranged by Alexis GEORGOPOULOS
A3 composed by Alexis Georgopoulos & Ezra Feinberg
Recorded Summer—Fall 2017 at Studio ‘A’, 40 Frost and Thump Studios, New York
Edited Summer—Winter 2017 in Crete and Studio ‘A’
Recording Engineer: John THAYER
Mix Engineer — John THAYER
Mixed by John THAYER & Alexis GEORGOPOULOS at Thump Winter 2018

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Arp New York, New York

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discography

Black Plum

Jun 2020
ENSEMBLE – LIVE!

Nov 2019
ZEBRA

Jun 2018
Inversions

Sep 2016

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