Blueblut - Lutebulb (2024) [Hi-Res]

Lutebulb is an album of highly inventive, polystylistic avant-prog by Austrian-based trio, Blueblut. Blueblut's highly unusual line-up brings together three musicians acclaimed for exceptional contributions to their respective spheres in experimental jazz, electronica and rock: American theremin player Pamelia Stickney (who has performed and recorded with many artists including David Byrne, Yoko Ono, David Garland and Seb Rochford), Chris Janka (guitar, loops, samples) who is head of the experimental sound lab at the University of Art and Design in Linz, and drummer Mark Holub (of Mercury Music Prize-nominated Led Bib). Lutebulb is the band's fifth album release - a culmination of the trio's past decade of collaboration Lutebulb is the fabulous culmination of ten years of intensive touring, with the Vienna based trio socking it to global audiences with an international polystylistic musical language which takes in improv, jazz, avant-rock, ska, folk and Krautrock among other elements. They are as funny and as serious as your life - these tracks generally kick off in deceptively jaunty mode, sketchy, infectious shuffles which then build to a sky-kissing intensity. They love to shape shift - they are a constant tale of the unexpected in motion. Blueblut's dedication to pushing musical boundaries is showcased across Lutebulb, only made possible by the confidence gained from nearly a decade of collaboration. In their ten year history, they have wowed audiences across Europe, Japan and South America on their relentless touring, being described as "...the most effective wake-up call you could ever experience" by taste-maker blog Louder Than War and picking up praise across the pond with the Brooklyn Rail(U.S.) declaring "Most of these tunes come across like highly abstracted, well-executed cover versions of pop songs that never were." As well as featuring on the 'German Record Critics' Award' quarterly 'Critics Choice' list, "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik". "I love this band for its energy and irreverence as well as for its undoubted musical skill." - The Jazz Mann. "Blueblut have a groovy and wide-open sound, with a pioneering approach to performance." - Jazz Journal. "Garden of Robotic Unkraut...what a glorious mouthful of a title that is not at all let down by the trio's remarkable sound." - Marlbank.

Tracklist:
1-1. Blueblut - Cocktail (05:06)
1-2. Blueblut - Clarinot (05:59)
1-3. Blueblut - Aumba (07:27)
1-4. Blueblut - Arrobark (14:19)
1-5. Blueblut - Tuna (01:37)
1-6. Blueblut - Kaktusgetränk (04:01)