Ultrasound, by Theo Erskine & Mark Kavuma

Ultrasound

by Theo Erskine & Mark Kavuma

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Delux 12" Laquer Cut 140 gram of Theo Erskine & Mark Kavuma's latest release - UltraSound. White Paper inner, with artwork by Lu'ay Sami

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1.	It 07:56	info	buy track
2.	The Loneliest 05:52	info	buy track
3.	The Return Of Johnny Bravo 06:27	info	buy track
4.	June 06:28	info	buy track
5.	The Day After 04:56	info	buy track

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Ultrasound, the fifth release under the Banger Factory umbrella, is a further stride forward toward founder and trumpeter Mark Kavuma’s vision of bringing together seemingly disparate elements from within the bubbling London jazz scene, uniting sounds and players from across generations and creating a unique, exciting, and fresh sound all of its own.

Marking the start of a new partnership with saxophone player Theo Erskine strengthening the imprint's artistic reach and sparking ever more creative ideas, Ultrasound is the product of hours and days spent together during the pandemic - hours and days that turned into time spent plotting, planning, and putting in place future musical collaborations and projects when getting together in person became
impossible.

Now, all Banger Factory releases are recorded at Theo's studio in Forest Hill described so eloquently in Oliver Newman's evocative liner notes.

"The tall south-facing windows frame an arc of daylight around south London’s paling hills. Light lets nothing off the hook. Each ordinary
thing we overlook sharpens into life and gets remade with new clarity, definition, and detail. It’s like we’re seeing the familiar view unfold for the first time again - the busy rows of buildings being added to;
traffic pushing homeward under a strengthening smile of moonlight as
the day declines. Those trees."

The recording itself captures the zeitgeist of a unique moment in time when musicians starved of creative, collaborative music making during the pandemic met again and each track is suffused with the palpable joy yet tinged with reflection.

Inspired by a shared love of Thelonious Monk's 'Live At The It Club', opener 'IT' encapsulates the sound, the emotions, and the energy of that rediscovered togetherness better than words could express.

'The Day After Tomorrow’ promises respite from a hangover, ‘The Return of Johnny Bravo’ characterizes a re-emergence in a whirlwind of excitement.

'June' describes the glinting skyline of a world-reopened and 'The Loneliest' explores how peace is drawn from inward sources in the loneliest of times.

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released December 1, 2023

Theo Erskine - tenor sax
Mark Kavuma - trumpet
Noah Stoneman - piano
Michael Shrimpling - double bass
Shane Forbes - drums

Recorded at Theo's, London
Engineered by Theo Erskine
Assistant engineer - Jake Zaitz
Mixed by Ben Lamdin
Mastered by Casper Sutton-Jones @ Gearbox Records
Produced by Mark Kavuma, Theo Erskine
Photography - Alex Kurunis
Artwork by Lu'ay Sami
Graphic design - Dashti Jahfar
Liner Notes - Oliver Newman

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