JISR جسر too far away (free soul inc.006 / spirits high above series I ), by JISR جسر

JISR جسر too far away (free soul inc.006 / spirits high above series I )

by JISR جسر

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Joao Sousa Really in love with this album and this project. Amazing leadrship and composition, great musicians, true devotion and talent. Great mixture of influences that contributes to a unified world, to peace and clarity of mind. Salam

djschoiceroma best of 2020!

Dan Tanswell This got all my 5 senses going all at once! absolutely splendiferous. I am in love with this music, esp. Musaka. what a song!

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Limited Edition 12" Vinyl LP , bandcamp exclusive pre release till late 11/2020
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“ let music loosen our deafness to spirit,
play and let play“ Mevlana Rumi

Limited pre sale Edition of 100 12" Vinyl LPs, handstamped, inner & outer protection sleeves ,cover inlays plus info sheet

JISR is bandcamp weekly LP of week, إن شاء الله ! "Bandcamp Weekly October 6, 2020 Essential debut albums by Lex Amor and The Quiet Ones, plus JISR mash Munich and Morocco on our LP of the week" ♡

next shipping is on 7th December 2020 !

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JISR جسر too far away LP (fsi006) incl worldwide shipping 25,00 Euros (limited edition of 200) hard LOCKDOWN !! next shipping on 29.January 2021 !!
Record/Vinyl
“ let music loosen our deafness to spirit,
play and let play“ Mevlana Rumi

Limited Edition of 200 12" Vinyl LPs, handstamped, inner & outer protection sleeves ,cover inlays plus info sheet

JISR is bandcamp weekly LP of week, إن شاء الله ! "Bandcamp Weekly October 6, 2020 Essential debut albums by Lex Amor and The Quiet Ones, plus JISR mash Munich and Morocco on our LP of the week" ♡ Radio support from Gilles Peterspn, Kevin Beadle, Radio Krimi,BR 2 & mayn more. Record of the week on grigri. etc.

next shipping is on 29.1.2021 . We got a hard lockdown the next weeks.

Happy New Year !
tom

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“ let music loosen our deafness to spirit,
play and let play“ Mevlana Rumi

JISR جسر
too far away (FreeSoulInc.006)

Dear Listener,
Welcome to the first part of the new SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE anthology on FREE SOUL INC., a series focusing on the deeper, spiritual side of World Jazz & beyond.
Some time ago my friend and sOund vOyage partner Niko Schabel (Radio Citizen, Embryo etc.) introduced me to a band he plays for and that he produces: JISR جسر (Arabic for „bridge“).
Building bridges with music:
JISR جسر is a collective from Munich led by the charismatic linguist, singer, percussionist and Gembri player Dr. Mohcine Ramdan. He gathered some of Bavaria´s finest musicians to share his vision of an emotional Pan-Oriental sound that is deeply rooted in the tradition of his family of musicians in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Their live performance offers an unique fusion of Arabic Maqam, the polyrhythm of Gnawa music, World Spiritual Jazz & a bit of Afro Kraut and sets a new landmark in how to unite the diversity of diasporic music in Europe in a one stage set. Truly mesmerizing & a must see.
JISR جسر Band leader Dr. Mohcine Ramdan follows the path of musical exchange like a post modern Ibn Battuta of sound. The result on their debut album „too far away“ (freesoulinc/enja, yellow bird) is a ethnographic snapshot of polycultural musical traditions that breaks down boundaries, unconventionally arranged & orchestrated with a great longing for exotic athmospheres.
Modern Pan-Oriental Afro Jazz at it´s best with a strong focus set on the instruments „Oud“ (the Arabic lute) plus „Gembri“ (the North African bass) and on the ancient traditions of the Gnawa and Arabic music behind them. Healing music for the heart, mind &soul.
Band members are the Oud Virtuoso Roman Bunka (Embryo), Argentinian guitar maestro Luis Borda, Marja Burchard (Embryo, Karl Hector & the Malcouns), Wolfi Schlick (Express Brass Band, Poets of Rhythm),
Niko Schabel (Radio Citizen, sOund vOyage), Dine Doneff (ECM) and many more.

Mohcine Ramdan I daf, gembri, voice
Roman Bunka I oud, guitar
Gergely Lukács I trumpet, cornet
Luis Borda I guitar
Marja Burchard I piano, fender rhoads
Niko Schabel I saxophones, clarinets
Wolfi Schlick I flute, saxophones, sousaphone
Matthias Gmelin I drums
Vladislav Cojocaru I accordion
Ehab Abou Fakher I viola
Severin Rauch I drums
Ayman Mabrouk I tabla, daf, percussion
Dine Doneff I double bass

Feel the spirit

Tom Wieland ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

ps. SPIRITS HIGH ABOVE originally is a deep listening Jazz DJ mixtape series established back in 2005 . What started as a crate digger exchange with my Vienna vinyl lover friends Alfred, Volker & Christian soon became one of the most prolific mixtape series in the genre that is still going on strong today: soundcloud.com/freesoulinc/sets/spirits-high-above-mixtapes
Expect more goodness to come on FREE SOUL INC. in 2021

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released October 2, 2020

produced by Niko Schabel (sOund vOyage / Radio Citizen / Express Brass Band / Embryo & JISR..) & Mohcine Ramdan

soundcloud.com/freesoulinc
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Sound Voyage X Free Soul Inc. Vienna, Austria

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Tom Wieland
(7 Samurai, Panoptikum Arkestra, Trans Europa Express Radio, Weltempfänger etc..; Vienna) and Niko Schabel (Radio Citizen, Express Brass Band ,part time member of Embryo ,Munich) travel the world in search of new rhythm & sound inspirations.
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