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NATURE, MAN & WOMAN OUT TODAY VIA TELEPHONE EXPLOSION
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“Nature, Man & Woman is an immersive trip in the spirit of Alice Coltrane. "Badge Theme" crackles for its entire 14-minute runtime, while "Zealous Child" turns nimbly on multiple tempo changes and a breezy vocal from Dorothea Paas" Exclaim! 8/10
"Drawing on prog, psych, and funk with flute at its forefront, the band sounds like a dusty dollar bin record with grooves scorching hot enough to melt unsuspecting minds." Bandcamp
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To celebrate the release of their new EP, Nature, Man & Woman, Badge Époque Ensemble are sharing a new video for the title track. “Nature, Man & Woman” represents a “departure in approach for the Ensemble,” says band leader Maximilian ‘Twig’ Turnbull. “It was created by method of collage, where I repurposed previously recorded material, cutting old fragments into new loops, and overdubbing new sounds onto this sampled framework. BÉE has always been informed by sampled music in our approach, this track makes that link most explicit.”
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Out today via Telephone Explosion, Nature, Man & Woman provides a revealing glimpse of a musically omnivorous approach. The simmering new platter containing 3 songs, producing 26 minutes of dank flute-oriented atmosphere.
The A side contains 2 songs, which seem to hint at diverging future directions this eclectic combo might take moving forward. Title track “Nature, Man & Woman” closes out the side with 6 ominous minutes of mysterious provenance. Somewhere between a live performance and a collaged tapestry, the group make more explicit than ever before their affinity for beat- centric loop music. Sounding like Lonnie Liston Smith gone trip-hop for a broadcast prohibited episode of Law & Order, BÉE posit themselves here as amongst the moodiest of contemporary instrumental collectives. Little wonder that library music enthusiasts around the world have made emphatic note of the Ensemble.
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2020 will see the group returning to the studio, refining new arrangements. Until then we have a generous and unusual second helping to help us puzzle over what sounds Badge Époque Ensemble may investigate next.
MORE PRAISE FOR BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE
"The jazzy, progressive instrumental sextet are experts in groove, building each one as a vessel for adventurous melodies that snake from restless funk to wild explosions of dramatic psych"
- NOW Magazine
“Twig’s writing is sure to appeal to anyone who likes late-’60s prog from the Canterbury scene”
- Vancouver Sun
“...trippy groovefest...that takes more twists and turns than a bag of pretzels” - Tinnitist
"Will throw you back into a time when pop orchestration was king"
- Laurie Brown’s Pondercast
NATURE, MAN & WOMAN TRACKLIST
A1. Zealous Child: 5:45
A2. Nature, Man & Woman: 6:10
B1. Badge Theme: 14:39
BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE IS:
Jay Anderson - Drums & Percussion
Chris Bezant - Guitar, Electric Sitar
Alia O’Brien - Flute Ed Squires - Congas, Percussion
Giosue Rosati - Bass
Maximillian “Twig” Turnbull - Clavinet, Rhodes
BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE LIVE
Dec 12 – Toronto, ON – Lula Lounge with André Ethier
