No Substitution - Sundance Vibrations (2022)

Along with the onset of the corona pandemic and the associated restrictions, the compositional work for the album "Sundance Vibrations" began in March 2020. What was initially planned as a mere distraction during the time without performances developed into an ambitious full-time occupation for Arndt Worbis. This album is the result of more than two years of creation and production process. "I am very happy that good friends and great musicians supported me with their creativity and musicality and contributed significantly to the success of this album," says the musician in the 8-page CD booklet.

Elements of jazz, funk, Latin, pop, R&B and blues unmistakably provide the basis for the album's eleven tracks, all of which were penned by the guitarist. Infectious grooves, catchy melodies, spherical pads and sophisticated horn and string arrangements form the musical backbone of "Sundance Vibrations". They run like a red thread through the entire album. Despite all stylistic diversity and contrasts, the band manages to create an independent sound without claiming to reinvent the genre

Few productions from Germany are so internationally oriented. It is clearly audible that a lot of time was taken and detailed work was done for the entire production process. "Sundance Vibrations" is the perfect companion for the sunny days of the year, which the atmospheric cover of the 66-minute long player already gives a foreboding hint.

The musicians of the band know how not to stage themselves. Rather, they always put their skills in the service of the music and impressively manage to use the momentum for themselves. The band ventures stylistically confidently into different musical terrains within the album and yet retains its overall sound. Sometimes the pieces sound loungy and chill as in the title track "Sundance Vibrations", which onomatopoeically describes the course of the sun, sometimes they shuffle almost cinematically as in "The Legal Shift", or groove as in "Funky Point". Sometimes they sound reduced like in "7th Heaven", or are strongly influenced by the blues like in "Sad And Blue". Also fans of Latin ("Nightcrawling"), R&B ("Mister Breeze"), or Pop ("Métro") get their money's worth. On the tracks "Drippin'" and "Smooth Jam" hypnotic borrowings from acid jazz are unmistakable. The lyrical jazz ballad "No One Like You" forms a counterpoint. But it also fits harmoniously and logically into the overall picture and forms the conclusion of the album.