Brahja - Nebulizer (2024) [Hi-Res]

Devin Brahja Waldman is a New York saxophonist, drummer, synthesizer player and composer who leads the group Brahja. He has performed with Patti Smith, William Parker, Nadah El Shazly, Malcolm Mooney, Thurston Moore, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Charles Hayward, Luke Stewart and Yoshiko Chuma.

Waldman is also a member of NYC's Heroes Are Gang Leaders (led by poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis), of Sam Shalabi's Land of Kush, and of the Norwegian hardcore group MoE.

For his second album on the Belgian leftfield imprint Cortizona, Devin Brahja Waldman gathered a group of insanely gifted and talented musicians to start a new and highly moving musical chapter titled Nebulizer.

From the first moment the pulsating tone of Devin's synth blends with the whispering voices of Earth, Wind and Choir and the menacing bells Naima Karlsson set in motion this record you just know and feel immediately Nebulizer is a soul-searching journey, soaking you deep into an unknown and very personal musical world.

Together with Adam Kinner, Georgia Wartel Collins, Earth, Wind and Choir, Luke Stewart, Kenichi Iwasa, Naima Karlsson, Alexis Mercelo, Janice Lowe, Watson and Damon Hankoff, Devin forms a slow-burning fireball unity.

A devotional séance channelling unknown powers proving music is a healing force of the universe.

Rejoicing the Holy Jazz Spirit.

Devin B Waldman: saxophone, synthesizer, drum machine, drums Adam Kinner: tenor and soprano saxophone
Georgia Wartel Collins: acoustic bass
Earth, Wind and Choir: vocals
Kenichi Iwasa: trumpet, zen saxophones
Naima Nefertari: bells, vibraphone, piano
Alexis Marcelo: piano
Janice Lowe: flute, voice
Watson: bass clarinet
Damon Hankoff: organ
Luke Stewart: bass guitar, pedals

Tracklist:
1 Geological Drum
2 Nebulizer
3 Bushido
4 Movements of the Mind