Pierre Anckaert Trio vs MonkeyRobot - 74 Miles Away
Posted on November 26, 2010 by Julius | Share |After almost two years since the “74 Miles Away” initial recording sessions, we’re proud to announce this album. The first single “Same Dream Again” will be part of “Lefto & Simbad present Worldwide Family Vol.1” to be released on Brownswood on the 3rd of January 2011 while the full album will follow in February 2011 on Cologne based label Melting Pot Music.
The main idea behind this “74 Miles Away” project is to put the Fender Rhodes - one of the most precious electric pianos of the last decades - in the spotlight. LuiGi together with his old time friend Pierre Anckaert (who already participated on several of his productions including the “Scrabble” makeover for Jazzy Sport) and partner in crime Eric P. came along the idea to record a split LP where everything was built up around Pierre’s own compositions.
The A-side of the record contains four jazz tracks that were composed by Pierre Anckaert and performed by his electric trio. On the B-side, you’ll find the same four tracks, heavily reworked by MonkeyRobot (formerly known as Infinitskills) in collaboration with some of today’s infamous vocalists.
Here is a preview, first Pierre’s composition and then the MonkeyRobot rework:
74 Miles Away - August City Blues on Melting Pot’s Soundcloud
74 Miles Away - Same Dream Again feat. AHU & Miles Bonny on Laid Back’s Soundcloud
AHU is best known as singer of Flying Lotus’ “Roberta Flack”. She lives in London and has worked with producers like Paul White and Dimlite. Melting Pot Music artist Miles Bonny lives in Kansas City and has worked with everybody from DJ Day to Suff Daddy.
Behind the scene
Cover photo shoot by Kmeron & Maty
Studio pictures by Louis van De Leest
Design by Ali for Digital Park
Thank you to Olski (MPM) & Lefto (Brownswood) for making this possible.
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Nice! The music sounds amazing. Great concept for the project
du bon taff!
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OMG, this sound is too good to be true. Looking forward to hear the complete album. Nice work, gents!
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This is amazing concept. Beautiful photos and a beautiful sound.
Really dope.
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nice, much respect!
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