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Sold out. International music group Sex Judas feat. Ricky returns to Optimo Music with Night Songs. The eight track LP draws inspiration from the night and features Malian percussionist Sidiki Camara, jazz clarinetist Andreas Røysum, and noise rocker Linn Nystadnes. The group make their own blend of disco, post punk, and African music. "Black Cat In A Black Room" begins proceedings, taking the form of a psychedelic six-minute offering packed full of tribal drums and desert-like percussion. "A Man Without Purpose" comes next with its African-inspired vocal, before "Hab Mich Lieb" soon arrives. The six-minute cut is hypnotic, trippy, and relaxing all in one, as is "Slow Down" (featuring Linn Nystadnes). Taking on more of a funk-rock feel, there's plenty of groove in the guitar-laced bassline, whilst in "Cold Clementine", Sex Judas tells the sad tale of rave casualty over a dark and funky groove. You're taken down a spiritual path on "The Light You Saw Was Not For Real", as Andreas Røysum's clarinet solos sit underneath shamanic vocal offerings that open neatly into "The Night Within The Night". A slow-burning cut, riffs and hats serenade us before "When You Wake Up Everything Will Be Fine" brings proceedings to a close. Dream-like chords wrap us in a warm and glowing hue, with the harp-like sounds from Sidiki's ngoni, leaving you in a starry-eyed state to finish. The calming nature of the album is a nod to the band's influences: they were inspired by the great meditative records of the past, setting off on a musical trip that saw them record the whole release at legendary Norwegian studio Athletic Sound. This happened during lockdown and whilst the LP was never meant to be comment on the pandemic, there remains a brooding intensity to each track because of it.
Sex Judas feat. Ricky originally began life as the solo project of Tore Gjedrem (Ost & Kjex) but has since grown into a steady six piece involving the talents of Sidiki Camara (djembe, ngoni, balafon), Ivar Winther (guitar, keys), Tracee Meyn (vocals), Tore Brevik (drums, percussion), and Kristian Edvardsen (bass). Center stage is also illustrator and comic artist Sindre Goksøyr, this time portraying each character as they paddle their way into the sunset and uncharted territories. Malian-born, Norwegian-based percussionist Sidiki Camara has played a pivotal role in promoting Night Songs to world music circles. He has helped bring West African rhythms into Norway's jazz scene since 2006.
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It's the return of the sexual vigilante Sex Judas and his trusted sidekick Ricky. This time in full-album mode. Norwegian producer Tore Gjedrem of Ost & Kjex fame, channels his love of comix, bohemia, and fascination with human vice, the unspoken, the red light districts, the alleys of the mind into his alter ego. Sex Judas is no bad character but certainly says what it's author cannot. "I wanted to create a world where any musical idea is possible, wound together by the world and word of Judas, the ultimate sinner, reborn as a child of Venus." Inspiration ranges from Africa to '80s New York City, from Bohannon to Quasimoto, from Norwegian new wave to acid house. With contributions by friends in the Oslo scene as hometown legend DJ Pål Strangefruit Nyhus, composer Ole-Henrik Moe, jazz pianist Bugge Wesseltoft, Sidiki Camara from Mali playing that beautiful Ngoni, and multi-instrumentalist Ivar Snuten Winther, the album touches anything from blues, funk, disco, and post-punk to IDM, acid house, and electronic explorer music.
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