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IKEことアイザック・マーティン率いるエレクトロニック・ジャズ・プロジェクトによる第2弾!! '19にシンガー・ソングライターで女優でもあるというセラ・カロとのコラボレーションを始めたことが制作の契機となっており、セラのソウルフルでメロディアスな歌声と、多様性を包含した現行UKジャズにも通じるフューチャリスティックなジャズが見事に融合。また多くのサントラ/ライブラリーもの復刻を手掛けるFOUR FLIESからのリリースということもあってか、どこかサウンドトラック的な壮大なサウンドスケープを描くインストゥルメンタル・トラックもありと、アルバム通じての完成度も高し!

The music of Isaac de Martin, aka IKE, blends jazz and electronic influences into warm, smooth, and often cinematic soundscapes. A certain eclecticism is not surprising considering that the Berlin-based composer, producer and guitarist was born in Italy into a musical family with British roots, studied classical guitar, graduated in jazz and went on to develop his personal style through creative experimentation, live touring and collaborative work with artists from a variety of disciplines and countries.

The Great Escape, his second album under the moniker IKE, is a collection of songs and instrumental pieces that have a common theme: the escape from – or possible antidotes to – our present techno-scientific society. It is an invitation to take courage, look into ourselves, and go back to our inner child, seen as the guardian of a world of freedom, imagination, spontaneity and natural rhythms.

The concept for the album first came to IKE in mid-2019, when he started collaborating with American singer-songwriter and actress Sera Kalo. Not only did Sera’s soulful melodies, powerful vocals and heart-felt lyrics beautifully complement IKE’s elegant nu jazz compositions, but the songs they penned together unlocked a specific creative vision. IKE went on to explore and capture it over the next year or so, getting on board great musicians from the US, UK, Scandinavia and, of course, Italy.

Recorded in various locations by IKE himself, the album was mixed by Nene Baratto at Big Snuff Studio, Berlin, and mastered by Fabrizio De Carolis at Reference Mastering Studio, Rome. The stunning artwork is by Italian graphic designer Franz Longhi, who, in line with the album’s concept, created an analog feel by hand painting on Xeroxed photographs.