Various Artists - Magic Moments 11 (ACT MUSIC 2018)

Presenting the 11th edition of ACT's popular Magic Moments series. This CD presents sixty-seven minutes of the best of current jazz. Thoughtful moments sit alongside pure joy and entertainment. With Michael Wollny, David Helbock, Vincent Peirani, Iiro Rantala, Joachim Kühn New Trio, Ida Sand, Lars Danielsson & Paolo Fresu et al.With ACT-releases of 2018: 01 David Helbock’s Random ControlAfrican Marketplace 02 Andreas Schaerer / Luciano Biondini / Kalle Kalima / Lucas NiggliPlanet Zumo 03 Jin JimHouse Of The King 04 Benjamin Schmid & Andreas M. HofmeirConcertino vom Lande - Beim Fernsehen 05 Laila BialiQueen Of Hearts 06 Lars Danielsson & Paolo FresuAmigos 07 Vincent Peirani / Living BeingEnzo 08 NESAhlam 09 TonbruketDig It To The End 10 Emile Parisien Quintet / Vincent Peirani / Michel PortalLe clown tueur de la fête forain...

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Michael Wollny, Nils Landgren, Ida Sand, David Helbock, Iiro Rantala, Jin Jim, Benjamin Schmid, Andreas M. Hofmeir, Laila Biali, Lars Danielsson, Paolo Fresu, Vincent Peirani, NES, Tonbruket, Emile Parisien, Michel Portal, Joachim Kühn, KUU!, Julian Wasserfuhr, Roman Wasserfuhr, Jörg Brinkmann, Andreas Schaerer, Kalle Kalima

1 African Marketplace ( Abdullah Ibrahim) 04:23

2 Planet Zumo ( Kalle Kalima) 03:43

3 House Of The King ( Jan Akkerman) 04:31

4 Concertino vom Lande - Beim Fernsehen ( Christof Dienz) 01:59

5 Queen Of Hearts ( Laila Biali) 04:55

6 Amigos ( Lars Danielsson) 02:50

7 Enzo ( Vincent Peirani) 04:27

8 Ahlam ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Leïla Guinoun) 04:41

9 Dig It To The End ( Dan Berglund) 04:05

10 Le clown tueur de la fête foraine III ( Parisien, Touéry, Gélugne & Darrifourcq) 03:59

11 Barcelona - Wien ( Joachim Kühn) 03:50

12 Thank You Iceland ( Kalle Kalima, Frank Möbus & Christian Lillinger / Jelena Kulji?) 04:15

13 Hello Dave ( Michael Wollny) 04:06

14 I Have Nothing Left For You ( Ida Sand) 04:34

15 Cello Bello ( Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr) 04:08

16 Tears For Esbjörn ( Iiro Rantala) 06:01

Curated by Siggi Loch

Cover art by Jiri Geller: Sugar Happy, 2012

with the kind permission of the artist

NES - Ahlam (ACT MUSIC 2018)

Three languages, three instruments, three artists. One unified musical identity. NES can't be tied down to a specific location. Their music is between traditional Arabic and world music, jazz and pop. "Ahlam" means "dream" in Arabic. The long-held wish of the three NES musicians was to make an internationally released album - a dream which has now quite literally come true.

Nesrine Belmokh / voice & cello (on 3 & 7)

Mathieu Saglio / cello & vocals

David Gadea / percussion

1 Ahlam ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Leïla Guinoun) 04:47

2 You Made It Hard For Me ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:38

3 Houzni ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 04:59

4 Bye Bye ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 04:28

5 Allouane ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Leïla Guinoun) 04:55

6 Laisse-Moi Entrer ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:19

7 The World Is Blue ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 04:47

8 Le Temps ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:42

9 Happy NES ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:05

10 Prière ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh)

Music composed by Belmokh & Saglio

Produced by NES

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nicolas Baillard

at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes les Fontaines, France, June 2017

Except cello loops recorded at Cut Records, Valencia, Spain, in January 2017 by Rafa Sánchez

Cover art by Philip Taaffe: Asuka Nimbus, 2013, ACT Art Collection, Berlin