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Four years after Nuova Napoli, Nu Genea are back with Bar Mediterraneo, a new album and journey, which projects the sounds of the Neapolitan duo formed by Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina even further. Nu Genea's Bar Mediterraneo is an idea of a shared place where people meet and fuse together; a space that leaves its doors open to travellers and their lives, always exposed to the whims of fate. Some of this can be experienced through the multitude of sounds that come together in the tracks, layers of different acoustic instruments, voices and synthesizers merging in a unique musical blend. Opening up to the voices of many different people, separated by languages but united by the sea and the music, Nu Genea's hometown, Napoli, becomes a true place of encounter. You can hear this all along. In "Gelbi", a gorgeously deep and propulsive Ney flute plunges into murky waters of the melancholic Tunisian dialect sung by Marzouk Mejiri. In "Marechia'", unbridled happiness and sun ooze from the delicate vocals of Célia Kameni and create an acrobatic bridge between French and Neapolitan language. In "Straniero", your soul is arrested from the moment the slow spell-binding mandolin ignites the hypnotic patterns recorded by the legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. In "Bar Mediterraneo", the title track, bittersweet guitar’s riffs, analog waves and choirs are overwhelming the song giving you what you would like to hear on a boat trip along the Amalfi Coast. Nu Genea couldn't afford to overlook their firmly anchored roots into the Neapolitan culture and its dialect with "Tienaté", where the power of neapolitan language (interpreted by Fabiana Martone) supports those quarter-tone strings and the uncessant folk-disco groove that spreads to the entire song. In "Praja Magia", repetitive mandolin riffs lead the song, giving space to a choral yet tight vocal line that speaks of Varcaturo, a village close to Napoli. In "Rire", a volley of poetic, deceptively laidback, lyrical fury interpreted by Sicilian Marco Castello intimately combines with a highly musical, multi-textured instrumental backbone and the swoon of a chanson in its heart. In "La Crisi'', the lyrics of a Raffaele Viviani’s poem from 1930 have been adapted to a laidback jazz-funk groove in full NG style. In "Vesuvio", revaluing the evocative verses and powerful mantra of Vesuvio, Nu Genea re-adapted to the dancefloor a folk song by the working-class band E’ Zezi from Pomigliano D'Arco, combining the voices of a school choir with Jupiter-6 arpeggios and bold percussions. Bar Mediterraneo is the place where people constantly return to transform curiosity into participation, tradition into sharing, unfamiliar into familiar. When travellers come through its “doors”, carrying their treasures of words and emotions, they aren’t strangers any more. They take part in a shared experience, enriching themselves and others by leading to unexpected musical journeys.

merch communityCarpet Albumby Spiritczualic Enhancement Center Share / Embed Wishlistsupported byincadenza thumbnail The Fragmented Flâneur thumbnail Mike Pattern thumbnail lkrory21 thumbnail Mitternacht thumbnail Samuel Gill thumbnail cactus libre thumbnail ikara-noise777 thumbnail ryanharrismusic thumbnail Anthony Persak thumbnail viperskimwild thumbnail Matt J thumbnail jupiter_redfern thumbnail m_te thumbnail ipchrist thumbnail deserthwy thumbnail Savaran thumbnail Tim thumbnail Acid Psychonaut (Panos) thumbnail lagge thumbnail Baying Ridges thumbnail Jebatron thumbnail Psychonaut thumbnail dasd thumbnail billa thumbnail Andreas Homann thumbnail Rovashen thumbnail idelwand thumbnail trixxie_schmidt thumbnail ALAIN thumbnail dd63 thumbnail panos_panotas thumbnail rearviewradio thumbnail anatona thumbnail Eric Sampers thumbnail simonhinde thumbnail or_lock thumbnail vomitflowers thumbnail drumbulist thumbnail rysickle thumbnail Alpha315 thumbnail selbo96 thumbnailMy Silence Is Spanish 00:00 / 04:43Digital AlbumStreaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Buy Digital Album €10 EUR or moreSend as Gift Vinyl LPRecord/Vinyl + Digital Albumpackage imageA1) Going To Wadi Rum (03:44)A2) Slight Gust Of Wind (05:33)A3) 360° Of Harmony (03:01)A4) Sell It To HBO (04:08)A5) Mortality Management (04:47)B1) Carpet Inauguration (04:37)B2) This One Is On You, Adrian (06:17)B3) My Silence Is Spanish (04:44)B4) Giving It (06:07)Includes unlimited streaming of Carpet Album via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Sold Out1.Going To Wadi Rum 03:422.Slight Gust Of Wind 05:323.360° Of Harmony 03:004.Sell It To HBO 04:095.Mortality Management 04:476.Carpet Inauguration 05:597.This One Is On You, Adrian 06:178.My Silence Is Spanish 04:439.Giving It 06:5410.Persian VHS Dealer (Bonus Track) 04:33aboutSpiritczualic Enhancement Center - an eclectic outernational musical collective - describe themselves as a “spectral trance-jazz ensemble with a psychedelic-punk methodology.” Landing on Kryptox, Carpet Album is their 4th record, compiling material recorded over the last years in the capitals of Romania and Czech Republic, inside a church in Hamburg and while staying with a commune in rural Denmark.Their live shows are wild happenings and their studio sessions are improvised rituals. The sound is an atmospheric and mystical fusion of synthesizers, self-built electronics, traditional instruments and a sprawling rhythm section, “reminiscent of Miles Davis at his most abstract” (Norman Records). Referring to it as a “head-hunting tapestry woven with the tonal colors of music,” the album was created by 18 artists with roots from Germany, Japan, Israel, Iran, USA, Turkey, Iraq, Denmark, Poland, Philippines, UK, Russia, Moldova, Romania, Czech Republic, Montenegro and Macedonia.Spiritczualic’s hypnotic music is deeply psychedelic, but not in a Prog or Indie way. Inspired by the 1970s electrified universe of Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul and Frank Zappa, they meditate on sonic spectrums hoping to achieve “chaotic relief”.After being remotely overdubbed despite the lockdowns, the songs were mixed in an old empty villa in Nice, by the Côte d'Azur and along Istria’s Adriatic coast. In case you’ll one day have a chance to see the band live - don't miss it! Since their formation in 2017, they have performed in twelve countries, including festivals such as Fusion, Outernational Days, Camp Cosmic and Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Their explosive live performances and three previous releases (on Kinship, Akuphone and Crash Symbols) have created a buzz around the band. Gilles Peterson called the group an “incredible act which he'd love to see live”. And none other than Damo Suzuki of CAN is a fan, having already joined them on stage.