DJ V From CHICAGO
These guys, along with Super Soul, are mos def putting the German modern soul scene on the map. Truly talented individuals doing real things. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.
Favorite track: Ammoniak.
Christian Lam
All three instruments are played brilliantly to create a superb soundscape. You can tell the trio is having nothing but a good time on all three tracks. Can't wait for future releases.
Favorite track: Ammoniak.
Enjoy 3 guys jamming 3 tracks together as Lemonade’s 3rd release, played on 33rpm.
For almost a year now, our main man serving the drinks Arno Lemons has been relocated from Antwerp to Berlin, where he lives and works for OYE Records. After a few months of wack adventures into the rich culture of Berlin’s nightlife, Arno got around, made friends and was introduced to some very magical hombres …
For the next release on his Lemonade imprint, we have to go to a mythical place called Darmstadt. Darmstadt is a city in Germany, literally translated from Belgian-Flemish slang to English as “Drunk city’. According to Mr. Lemons, it would’ve been impossible to not have great stories made there.
And gladly enough, he was right; the city is sleazy & jazzy as hell, baby.
After the Jazz-storm hit Los Angeles, USA, and bursted into (South) London, UK, it has now struck Germany, right in this little, mysteriously interesting city, in the southern part of the Rhine-Main area.
Meet Triorität: a mesmerising threesome co-responsible for this fresh movement in D-town.
With Gerrit Ebeling on keys and synths, Grégoire Pignède on bass and Alexander Hoffmann on drums, you have no idea where you’ll end up. With amazing self-composed, long duration tracks full of moodswings and jams, it knows how to surprise and catch you with its uplifting drums, dancing tones and dreamy melodies.
The trio started with Gerrit and Alex, who grew up in a musical environment.
As cousins they started jamming on their fathers’ drumkit and keyboard since they were little.
In 2012, they met their third companion Grégoire at a party, drinking really bad Gin Fizz out of a plastic bottle.
After this life changing moment, Grégoire joined the duo, which reformed itself into a musical threesome full of crazy adventures. With deep influences from the 70s fusion and disco scene, as well as modern electronic genres like Hip Hop and House, Triorität pursues to push a fresh and new sound which will represent the German city in the upcoming history of jazz, thus enriching the global jazz scene and expand its different varieties of styles within the genre.
It was time Lemonade made some “Priorität”, which it now does with the amazing band called Triorität, all the way from Darmstadt!
A1. Josef Der Kamel
(A2. Hidden Track)
B1. Ammoniak
B2. Aquaboarding
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Recorded at Lui Hill Studio in Darmstadt
Produced and Mixed by Lukas Lehmann
Mastered by Markus Broy at DTL
Keys: Gerrit Ebeling
Bass: Grégoire Pignède
Drums: Alexander Hoffmann
Distributed by Oye Records
Manufactured by R.A.N.D MUZIK
Released with love by Lemonade
Design by Charlie Van Beeck
A&R by Arno Lemons
Triorität are – believe it or not – a trio, who have sought to synthesize their talents on the back of a broad base of
influences. Their sound, which builds light components into something full-bodied and rich, pulls from 70s fusion and disco, as well as modern house and hip hop developments. The outcome? Moody, crafty jams along the lines of dancefloor jazz....more
Great album! A crossover jazz-r'nb-african trip from continent to continent. London does it again. Nyubian Twist with more jazz overtones. John Woodward