Qantar

[Machine Translation] QANTAR, the latest project of Israel's two greatest bassists, Omer Avital, has launched! QANTAR is a super band formed by a group of New York-based friends, Ofri Nehemya (Dr), Asaf Yuria (Ts/Ss), Alexander Levin (Ts), and Eden Ladin (p&key), young musicians who are currently active at the forefront of the New York scene. The band is composed of young musicians at the forefront of the New York scene today: Yuria (Ts/Ss), Alexander Levin (Ts), and Eden Ladin (p&key), and they deliver an energetic performance that could only have been possible at this moment, with not only exotic Middle Eastern melodies but also sophisticated, urban harmonies and groovy bass intertwined. Man's Night" ( 1 ), a ballad with a melancholy melody "Beauty and the Beast" ( 4 ), "Turkish Coffer Blue" ( 7 ) with an impressive Middle Eastern melody, and the only 4-beat song on the album "Know What I Mean? ( 9 ), the only four-beat song on the album with a raging walking bass.

Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

イスラエル2大ベーシスト、オメル・アヴィタルの最新プロジェクトQANTAR始動! ニューヨークで活躍する同郷の盟友たちで結成されたスーパー・バンド。Ofri Nehemya (Dr)、Asaf Yuria (Ts/Ss)、Alexander Levin (Ts)、Eden Ladin (p&key)という現在ニュー・ヨークのシーンの最前線で活躍している若手ミュージシャンで構成され、中近東のエキゾチックな旋律はもちろんのこと都会的な洗練されたハーモニーとグールーヴィーな低音が絡み合いこの瞬間でしかなしえなかったエネルギッシュな演奏を収録。2管のフロント疾走感溢れる「One Man's Light Is Another Man's Night」 (1)、哀愁の旋律が沁みるバラッド「Beauty and the Beast」 (4)、中東風旋律が印象的「Turkish Coffer Blue」 (7)、怒濤のウォーキング・ベースが印象的なアルバム唯一の4ビートの曲「Know What I Mean?!」 (9)など収録。