Danny Keane has released ‘Time To Go’, the third single from his upcoming album Kinesis, due on the eve of assumption 14 August via MVKA.
The Grammy nominated, Anglo Irish multi-instrumentalist keeps the setting stripped back. He plays with Jon Thorne of Lamb renown on double bass, and Sarathy Korwar the tabla player known for his great run of work on the Gearbox label on drums. The trio settle into an acoustic, understated sound.
Closing track
‘Time To Go’ closes Kinesis. The album moves between contemporary jazz idioms, broader fusion touches. This piece brings a quieter, more direct ending.
“I lived in a ‘music house’ for twenty years with a lot of my best mates,” says Danny. “It was crazy – endless parties. We all played together, toured together, and wrote together. It was an amazing time in my life, but eventually, it became dysfunctional. I realised I had to leave that place.”
Keane has worked with Mulatu Astatke, Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney, Damon Albarn. He joins Astatke at the Royal Festival Hall on 17 June as part of Harry Styles’ Meltdown.
I loved Roamin’ back in the annus horribilis otherwise that was 2020. He was soukin’ diesel in gulps on that and successfully get the motor running. Read a marlbank mention above by clicking on the graphic & the album is below.
What to look out for on the new ‘un
The six-track album centres on ideas of movement, musical, personal. Alongside the core trio, Keane brings in England trumpet icon Byron [brother of classical composer, Errollyn] Wallen, who teaches on the same Swiss faculty as Tom Arthurs and Django Bates. Byron was also on Roamin’. Ruth Goller from Let Spin; James Arben, also a Mulatu head; and Adnan Joubran whose oud figures on ‘Cathartic Chaos are also on Kinesis.
You must be logged in to post a comment.