pasquale gentile
Cammini. Voli. Ti guardi intorno. Pensi a te stesso.
Sei spensierato.
Sei riflessivo.
Sei al mare. Sei in montagna.
Stai ascoltando questo album.
Favorite track: STATIC.
AVA.LUC
Hazard of the web brought me there, and the surprise was intense, this is what music means to me: a journey between atmospheres and moods that brings to me joy and creativity when i create. That's a gem. Thanks Shane.
We're extremely proud to present HAPPENSTANCE, a sprawling jazz-concrète project produced by Johannesburg composer and double bass player Shane Cooper. Approached in 2020 by interdisciplinary arts space The Centre For The Less Good Idea to create audio work, Cooper drew on his network in the thriving South African jazz scene, bringing in Bokani Dyer (piano), Cara Stacey (bows), Daliwonga Tshangela (cello), Gontse Makhene (percussion), Jonno Sweetman (percussion) and Micca Manganye (percussion).
Two days of free-flowing composition, improvisation and investigative recording followed, with the results captured on a vintage reel-to-reel tape machine. This tape was fractured and reassembled by Cooper, bringing into surreal focus tiny ecosystems of sound, like curls of static clasped from the air and brought under the magnifying glass. The results - two long, standalone pieces - are dizzying, weightless; musique concrète melding with jazz-schooled virtuosity in a dubbed out bricolage of interludes and u-turns.
Recommended for fans of Abdullah Ibrahim, Tony Allen, Floating Points and Daphne Oram.
Digital download contains whole LP side edits, as well as individual track downloads (radio edits).
Incubated and Commissioned by | The Centre for the Less Good Idea
Founder & Co-Director of the Board | William Kentridge
Founding Animateur & Co-Director of the Board | Bronwyn Lace
Animateur for the Centre | Phala Ookeditse Phala
Artwork by Sam Bristow. Vinyl mastered by Sam Annand.
Shane Cooper is a South African bassist, composer and producer. He lives Joburg.
He is one of the artists pushing the
sound of South African jazz forward. You can listen to his sextet MABUTA, with their most recent album Finish The Sun. .. Shane also works with artists like Thandi Ntuli, Bokani Dyer, and Sisonke Xonti. He played with the late Zim Ngqawana.
Magic in its purest form. I love Floating Points, I love Pharoah Sanders, I love The London Symphony Orchestra. It's a match made in heaven, and the result is absolutely gorgeous. I have loved this record since its release, and realized I don't own it for some reason. So its time to change that. 9.5/10 honestly could become a 10/10 on an indepth vinyl relisten. angrypizza98
Finally received the record three months after ordering it and after having Bandcamp help move things along. Great record, poor communication. Kikazaru 🙉
Johannesburg-based new-wave jazz artists MABUTA are back with more tracks that push the boundary of South African jazz. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 6, 2020
On “Finish the Sun,” Shane Cooper & MABUTA explore the many musical influences that make up their native South Africa. Bandcamp New & Notable May 16, 2022
This could’ve been my album of the year if I’d noticed it. Hell.
2020, feeling like shit and then this musical balm appears. Live recording on one mic. Just bass and harp. Awesome. It swings like a pendulum do!
Big shout out for Dezron’s love of coffee. I now have 2 of his albums and he’s proselytising on behalf of coffee on both. Damn right ☕️ Crinklechips