WOLF MULLER MEETS THE NILE PROJECT / ウォルフ・ミューラー・ミーツ・ザ・ナイル・プロジェクト / WOLF MULLER MEETS THE NILE PROJECT / レコード

重要トロピカル専門レーベルの一つ SOFRITO の兄弟レーベルとなる NOUVELLE AMBIANCE 最新作。
ドイツ、ドュッセルドルフ SALON DES AMATEURS を中心としたモダン・クラシカル・シーンを牽引する天才 JAN SCHULTE こと WOLF MULLER と、ナイル川沿岸地区の伝統音楽を現代に蘇らせる音楽家集団にして非営利組織 THE NILE PROJECT による共同企画が2016年に録音したという鬼作がなんとLP化。
ヒプノティックなパーカス、ケニヤのルオ族の民族楽器であるニャティティ、ヌビア語のボーカル、チープなドラムマシーン、アナログシンセが混在する唯一無二の音楽性は、ワールドミュージックどころの話ではなく、むしろテクノ~ハウス~バレアリックとの親和性を強く感じてしまう。
最近リイシューされ話題を集める JEAN-PIERRE BOISTEL & TONY KENNEYBREW や NAKARA PERCUSSIONS などが、ある種現代クラブミュージックを通過した質感とも言え、個人的には超ドンピシャ。
ラテン鈴木



Kasiva Mutua: Percussion
Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno – Nyatiti & Vocals
Adel Mekha – vocals
Jan Schulte – Synths, Jaw Harp & drum programming.

In January 2016 arts and music organisation Santuri East Africa invited guest producer Jan Schulte to join the Nile Project gathering in Aswan, Egypt – an intensive two week musical experiment featuring musicians drawn from all around the Nile Basin that functioned as both a creative cauldron for cross-border collaboration, and a forum for artists and cultural activists to discuss the issues affecting the Nile river.
Wolf Müller aka Jan Schulte has been a resident of Dusseldorf’s era-defining Salon des Amateurs for many years, releasing wildly inventive and dance music under various monikers - from his birth name to Wolf Müller, Bufiman and his Young Wolf collaboration with Young Marco. Schulte’s feel for off kilter sounds and rhythms and a playful approach to the sometimes po-faced world of dance music have resulted in some incredibly well received releases (Instrumental Musik Von Der Mitte Der World and the compilation Tropical Drums of Deutschland being prime examples).
 Santuri East Africa is an organisation set up to connect musicians and producers from around the globe, a process of co-collaboration that has led to some highly well received releases on Soundway (Msafiri Zawose) Sofrito (Auntie Flo’s Soniferous Garden) and On the Corner (Makadem and Mugwisa).
Clocking in at a shade over 15 minutes, A-side “Mabomba Dance” gradually layers Kasiva Mutua’s needle-sharp percussion over a deep analogue bass pulse, building into a hypnotic dancefloor workout.
The B-side sees erstwhile Owiny Sigoma Band collaborator Rapasa Nyatrapasa showcase his Nyatiti harp before delving into an almost Afrobeat-esque slice of afro-minimalism. The EP rounds off with Adel Mekha’s stellar vocals over traditional Nubian percussion.