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Asaf Sirkis
& The Inner Noise,
We Are Falling - KONNEX
KCD 5150 - 2005, UK
...
''an attractive luxuriousness of texture, some
sensational drumming and inventive soloing...
Great playing from three contemporary performers''...
John Fordham, The Guardian
Friday CD Review, June 2005
''All
in all another fine album from Asaf Sirkis that
places him firmly amongst the UK's hottest properties
not just just as one of the musical drummers, but
also a composer and bandleader of some. It is therefore
with eager anticipation, that I look forward to
continue following the career of this most enterprising
and imaginative of musicians''.
Nick Lea, Jazz
Views web-site, July 2005
Featuring:
Steve Lodder, Keyboards
Mike Outram, Guitars
Asaf Sirkis, Drums
& Keyboards
Tracks
are:
1.
Another Being Listen
2. Life Itself Listen
3. Galactic Citizen (Part 1) Listen
4. Galactic Citizen (Part 2) Listen
5. We Are Falling Listen
6. The Bottomless Pit Surounding You Listen
7. Spirit Listen
8. Ida & Dactyl (and Ghost of Dactyl) Listen
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Asaf
Sirkis & the Inner Noise,
Inner Noise - KONNEX
KCD 5113 - 2003 UK
Featuring:
Steve Lodder, Keyboards
Mike Outram, Guitars
Asaf Sirkis, Drums
''...
audiences have been accustomed to bands experimenting
with new sounds and pushing back the boundaries
of contemporary music, but this trio has certainly
come up with something different....''
James Griffiths, The
Guardian, Feb 2004
''... Asaf Sirkis & The Inner Noise boldly
go where fusion only hesitantly put out the odd
foot before, and where prog rock could at best
dream of going had it dared to. The music is vibrant,
vital, exciting and fresh and even manages to
surprise. One of these surprises is its wonderful
accessibility and immediacy. "Inner Noise"
has to be essential in any modern jazz and modern
classical collection at the very least. Grab the
original issue while you can as it's almost guaranteed
to become a prized collectible''.
© 2004
Renaissance Man/Rainlore. All rights reserved
Tracks
are:
1.
Lucidity 7:46
2. Three Ways 4:59
3. Hope 8:30 Listen
4. Floating 6:53 Listen
5. Inner Noise 8:45 Listen
6. Desert Vision 11:19 Listen
7. The Only Way 9:12
8. Questions 3:06
9. White Elephant 12:05 Listen
Asaf Sirkis Trio,
One Step Closer - released indipendently - 1997,
Israel
featuring:
Kobi Arad, Keyboards
Asaf Sirkis, Drums
Gabi Mayer, Electric Bass
This band was
formed by Asaf Sirkis in 1994 in Israel and was
his first solo project. In 1996 the band recorded
the album "One Step Closer" and toured
Israel extensively playing in many of the major
festivals and venues in Israel.
Tracks
are:
1. Losing You
(Sirkis)
2. Zombies Loneliness (Sirkis)
3. Hitgaloot (Sirkis)
4. Desert Vision (Sirkis)
5. One Step Closer (Sirkis) Listen
6. Stone Bird (Sirkis)
7. One With Kobi (Sirkis/Arad)
8. Jibrill (Sirkis/Meir)
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About
Kobi Arad (Piano, Keyboards)
Pianist
/ composer Kobi Arad has performed in his native Israel
at the Tel Aviv Museum and Israeli Parliament ("Knesset").
He has performed in Boston at Jordan Hall, and most
recently at the New York Knitting Factory, the New Jersey
Performing Arts Center and at Bostons Virgin Megastore.
Mr. Arad, a multi-faceted musician, works in a wide
range of musical genres, including jazz, pop, world,
and classical. Previous season in the Boston area Mr.
Arad performed with Bob Moses and Cecil McBee, presenting
Indian and Pakistani songs in Jazz trio settings. The
concert, on the Harvard campus, was sponsored by the
Sufi Studies Organization. Mr. Arad has also performed
as an orchestral pianist and celesta player with the
Israeli Philharmonic orchestra. With the orchestra,
Mr. Arad appeared on the televised event, "The
Music of Ravel," broadcast from Tel Aviv.
Mr.
Arad's compositions have been performed on Israeli National
Radio, at Jordan Hall, Boston and at the Jerusalem Performing
Arts Center. He has written works for voice and orchestra,
chamber groups,
Jazz Big Band and solo piano solo. Mr. Arad draws his
musical inspiration from an eclectic mix of influences,
including Mingus, Schoenberg, Monk, Stevie Wonder, as
well as Beethoven, Brahms, and Berg. Kobi Arad also
uses world music traditions, particularly Sufi music
of India and the Middle East and the classical music
of India.
Mr.
Arad currently arranges and transcribes Pop songs and
Jazz Solos for Warner Brothers and Hal Leonard publication
companies. In Israel, Kobi Arad worked for two seasons
as arranger, transcriber and Musical Director for the
Israeli Army bands. For the bands, he arranged dozens
of pop, folk, and jazz songs for vocal ensemble with
synthesizer. Mr. Arad's arrangements were performed
at army bases, universities, and concert halls throughout
Israel. In 1996 Mr. Arad was commissioned
to do a re-orchestration of Hindemith's "Wir Bauen
Ein Stadt" for the Israeli Chamber Orchestra. The
arrangement was performed at the Tel Aviv Museum main
performance hall.
Mr.
Arad is working on his Doctorate at New England Conservatory,
where he got his Master's Degree in Contemporary Improvisation
from New England Conservatory of Music. His primary
studies include Lee Hyla, Bob Brookmeyer, Ran Blake,
Peter Row, Joe Maneri and Paul Bley. Mr. Arad has also
participated in composition master classes with Gunther
Schuller, Clare Fischer.
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