ABOUT THE ALBUM

Iconic downtown sax player Sabir Mateen, together with up-and-coming Texan clarinetist Patrick Holmes and drum wiz Federico Ughi, celebrate the cosmic dimensions of creative music via their new album Survival Situation.

The three musicians have collaborated in the past, in New York, in different projects but never as a trio. This time they met in a recording studio in Tuscany, Italy, not far from where Sabir Mateen has been living for the last few years. They freely improvised, then took the tapes back to the studio and created this album, strongly influenced by Sun Ra, with whom Mateen played during various times throughout the ’80s until 1991. The other-worldly elements of the Arkestra’s universe are found here through the way Mateen uses vocals and plays keyboard.

Sabir Mateen also lists as major influences his work with Horace Tapscott from 1977 to 1981, where and when he grew to be the legendary player that we know and his association with Cecil Taylor’s large ensemble from 2002-2005. 

Listen to the Survival Situation album, also available in limited edition vinyl, to directly connect to a legacy of magic in sound, as it projects towards the future of creative music.

Sabir Mateen, Patrick Holmes, Federico Ughi
Survival Situation

Sabir Mateen: saxophones, clarinets, flute, farfisa Matador, voice
Patrick Holmes - clarinet
Federico Ughi - drums

Recorded in Pisa, Italy
Release: May 2020
Total LP time 39:00
Catalogue number 5811

Photo by Federico Ughi
Graphic Design by Sergio Vezzali

TRACKS:

1. Freedom of Souls 14:27
2. Souls 4:22
3. Layers of Sound 6:20
4. Clarifying 13:29
5. You Can’t Touch That Because It Didn’t Hurt (bonus track)

Beautifully designed vinyl LP with printed inner sleeve
Download card included

Also, only available from us and the artists: Exclusive limited edition of 100 hand-numbered color LPs

100% of profit from the sale of most of these albums
goes to the musicians

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