Yom - The Empire of Love '2014

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An inveterate thrillseeker, with his latest album The Empire of Love, the
innovative klezmer clarinetist Yom launches himself into a new space-time
continuum where French house, cyber-klezmer, and sci-fi jazz converge…
Surging forwards with supercharged rhythms, threaded with shimmering strings and
futuristic vocals, captivating melodies erupt from the acoustic purity of the
clarinet to create music that is indefinable. Balkan Turbo Folk? Middle Eastern
Dance Music? New wave Lyrical Electro? All that and more no doubt, contribute to
an avant-garde musical manifesto that is held together by an impressively rich
soundscape, a sublime hymn to love as much as a fantastical psychedelic trip; we
stand on the cusp of a brave new world. 

Legend tells that he discovered his vocation by listening to Prokofiev. A
deliberate choice, despite of his very young age at the time. At a young age and
exceptionally gifted at the clarinet, Yom also discovers different musical
horizons, and distinguishes himself from his little mates at the conservatory.
But only later, at around 20, he feels the need to integrate other influences
(Brian Eno, Radiohead, Massive Attack…) to his classical and klezmer
repertoire. After several experiences in different musical groups, Yom launches
a solo enterprise and practices by recording a homage to the master Brandwein.
The controversial reputation of the artist allows him to respect tradition, and
to leave it behind. A wise and beneficial decision! By dedicating his next
album, “Unue”, to another Klezmer legend, Giora Feidman, Yom wanted
to thank his elder to have opened Pandora’s Box for him. With his latest
album “With Love”, Yom exposes himself and draws us into a universe
of comics, at the confines of trip hop and the Balkans, of post rock and Turkey,
of electronics and Romania. An explosive cocktail which will certainly disturb
the fussy purists he could not care less about. 

Tracklist:
01. Yom - Rising (4:28)
02. Yom - The Unknown (3:18)
03. Yom - Rebirth & Party (3:27)
04. Yom - Angel (3:31)
05. Yom - Pink Eternity (4:59)
06. Yom - Fallen (3:57)
07. Yom - Odyssey (3:25)
08. Yom - Burning (4:43)
09. Yom - The Empire (3:32)
10. Yom - The Crossing (3:21)
11. Yom - Frozen (3:34)
12. Yom - Endless (1:54)

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