“Blue Road” vinyl offers a selection of songs that have only been available, mostly on CD, as well as unreleased grooves that have proven popular in clubs and dancehalls the world-over. Chosen by our fans, record store owners & media. There is also a selection of tracks from the “Mexican Sessions” CD album, released in February 2007. This album topped World Music Charts & USA Radios like, DMX, CMJ, KCRW, KEXP, MTM, WHRC, Woman’s Radio etc…
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1 Istanbul´s Secrets with Sevval Sam All violin played by Neriman Günes / Vocals by Sevval Sam Side 2 City
Breakers
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Release after release is filled with magical and genre-less inspiration. Blending sounds from around the world with a sense of modernism that feels as though it must have been mystically understood by the ancients.
This is the road UB&O hope that listeners will
follow. It’s a fun road, magical and a colourful one.
‘Blue’ offers strong imagery, foremost is the feeling of positivism;
seeing a clear sky by day or night, Midnight Blue being the perfect background
to a starlit sky (I think of great Indian miniaturists). Then, the water’s
eye at the springs, the world’s oceans, the sparkling blue in the ice
flowers and glaciers, the silver-blue back of the king of the ocean, the swordfish.
Yet, there is also the more undefined moment when feeling blue (many will think
of Miles Davis) – we all pass through this blue door from time to time,
finding abstract loneliness, uncertainty and melancholy. This moment is said
to stir the artist we all have in us. The ‘blue note’ is the odd
addition, nearly an accident, awakener, a something special that changes the
feel. It takes the composition further, stretches the canvas beyond its physical
boundaries and becomes infinite in the listener’s mind.
There is no question that UB&O engage the listener; there is an openness
and room for everyone. You are never taken down a one-way road with a conclusion.
So, for people who prefer clarity and classification, this sound will be confusing
as it also rejects the de-mystification of our modern time. However, if you
cook your meals with an eye for taste and colour, with a little haphazardness,
add a few spices and a love for life – then you are getting closer.
It is a 12” vinyl album that should be considered a real gem that crosses many borders, speaks many languages and is, thus, reflective of the modern world we live in.
Written by Rupert Mould, writer, arranger, producer, musician from UB&O
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