The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

album name: The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
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Digital Album

Debut album of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble.
Produced and recorded in Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2000-2005.

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1.	The Nothing Changes 04:57	info
2.	Lobby 06:57	info
3.	Pearls For Swine 05:50		download
4.	Adaptation of the Koto Song 03:58		download
5.	Parallel Corners 03:36		download
6.	Rivers Of Congo 03:21		download
7.	Solomon's Curse 05:28		download
8.	Amygdhala 04:00		download
9.	Guernican Perspectives 04:48		download
10.	Vegas 06:12		download
11.	March Of The Swine 20:00		download

about: Inspired by the soundtracks to mainstream horror/sci-fi movie classics such as Nosferatu and Metropolis, Jason Kohnen and Gideon Kiers formed The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble around 2000. Drafting in session players to add conventional instruments such as trombone, cello and guitar, the duo deliver here a collection of cinematic soundscapes, stitched together by menacing computer programming.
The album kicks in, after a moody opener, with Pearls For Swine, as hypnotic guitar slides are beefed by a powerful drum kick. Bass then adds a brooding rhythm as the track stops and starts, lifting off again with powerhouse cyber bass tones and some drilling noise terrorism. However, this isn’t really the norm – the beats are mostly unapparent throughout the rest of the album.
Adaptation Of The Koto Song displays the jazz element that is a fluent side partner to the overpowering electronic component of the album; as sprinkled piano intersperses light bustling percussion, trombone and moody underlying bass rhythms. The album then flits between the world of soundtrack and downbeat ambient jazz in equal measure. Glitchy electronics provide some menacing overtones, painting images of dangerous back alleys, rain soaked pavements, and dark shadowy misdeeds hidden beneath the outward glamour of rows of pristine street lighting – David Lynch would be proud.
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble is an album that you can get into immediately if you’re in the right frame of mind – but only at length; it won’t mean much in short snippets. Its swirling, murky, but lightly jazzed atmospheres are shaped for a movie that has yet to be made. Barcode Zine Review.
credits: released 01 August 2009
Köhnen : Guitar / Bass
Kiers : Sequencing
Jeffery : Trombone
Hitz : Cello
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