European Album Release Tour
Hi everyone,
I hope this newsletter finds you all well?
Time passes quickly and my next album is about to be released in May 2024: STATES! This album has been written during the pandemic in 2020/2021.
The word 'States' has more than one meaning. State comes from the Latin status meaning ‘condition of a country’. The word 'States' mostly gets associated with the United States of America. In what 'state of mind' are the 'States' currently finding themselves in? On this record I explored word play, political tension, different states of mind in order to express my findings through sound.
Will sound alone be able to transform my intentions to an audience? I went back to the roots of music, which is simply voice and drums, and used these two textures as the core elements for my compositions. I took advantage of the fact that a vocalist can make music with words, but I paid just as much attention to work on the playful side of writing compositions with words that have no meaning (gibberish).
Where and what will our States be in 2024 (in Nov 2024?)? 2028? In 2030?
All music and lyrics have been written by Gabriela Martina. Exceptions are the intro of 'Alpha Bird' where I recomposed Franz Schubert's 'Erlkönig' that is based on the poem of Goethe. And 'Dreams’, which is a re-composition from 'Dreams' by The Cranberries, written by Dolores Mary O’Riordan and Noel Hogan.
SAVE THE DATE
Thursday, May 23rd
Zeughaus Abusitz Brig-Glis (Switzerland)
Saturday May 25th
Kulturpunkt Flawil (St.Gallen) (Switzerland)
Sunday, May 26th
Kulturmühle Horw (LU) (Switzerland)
Monday, May 27th
Kantonsschule Musegg (LU) Nachmittag (Switzerland)
Maxim Lubarsky (p) & Gabriela Martina (v)
Monday, May 27th
Villa Irniger Zürich, Abend (Switzerland)
Tuesday, May 28th
Baumfigurenkabinett Steinen, Schwyz (Switzerland)
Maxim Lubarsky (p) & Gabriela Martina (v)
Wednesday, May 29th
Reigen Live (Austria)
Saturday, June 1st
Jazzcafé Dizzy’s Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
FULL CIRCLE
Full Circle is a piece about climate change, a high conflict. It is about being together on this planet earth and about the fact that we all have to pitch in in order to make ends meet. There’s no time left. We have to act now. Finding peace would be a first step in order to be able to find a common ground – quite literally speaking. We only have one planet that we all share together. So let’s get on this before it’s too late.
The spoken word section is written and performed by Khrys Williams. Music and lyrics are written by Gabriela Martina.
I'm happy to introduce you to the incredible musicians, that will appear on this record:
GABRIELA MARTINA (CH/US/NL) – voice & composition & arrangements
VANCIL COOPER (US) – drums & percussion
KYLE MILES (US) – acoustic & electric bass
JUSSI REIJONEN (FI/US/NL)– electric & acoustic guitar
MAXIM LUBARSKY (UA/US)- piano & keys
BEN ROSENBLUM (US)– accordion
Guest musicians:
JASON PALMER (US) - trumpet & flugelhorn
KHRYS WILLIAMS (US) - spoken word
NASEEM ALATRASH (Palestine) - cello
Thank you all a million for all your support.
I’m already looking forward to greet you hopefully at one of my next live concerts.
Have a great weekend everyone and hopefully until very soon :-)
Gabriela