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Bob Brozman Orchestra - Lumière
Lumière is the culmination of guitar virtuoso Bob Brozman's musical memories formed over a lifetime of travelling and playing music with others. His years of absorbing influences from cultures worldwide is expressed through the establishment of the Bob Brozman Orchestra - a unique concept where Bob intricately plays each instrumental part, building layer upon layer to formulate the tremendous sound of an extensive orchestra. He revisits the influences drawn from previous collaborations with artists such as Debashish Bhattacharya, René Lacaille, Djeli Moussa Diawara and Takashi Hirayasu to reflect on the profound imprint travel has had on his life. Bob Brozman picked up a guitar at the age of 5 and even at that young age was showing a fascination with repeating melodies and their subtle progressions of rhythm and timbre. Aged 12, Brozman's interest in blues lead him to discover the National guitar and he subsequently launched a quest for any music made on the instrument, discovering Hawaiian music and a variety of jazz styles in the process. The National produces a loud acoustic sound and huge dynamic and timbral range that is very sensitive to the touch of its player. This instrument has remained key to Brozman's work throughout his life. Lumière is the first album in which his orchestra concept has been realised. He works with friend and co-producer, Daniel Thomas, and the construction of each piece begins with recording a small solo instrument. The subsequent parts are then improvised and recorded in reaction to the previously recorded parts, with arrangements being conceived as they are performed, and so the piece is made up of layers of intricate rhythms. The album reflects the vast range of Brozman's influences, adopting various different instruments along the way – the kantele (ten-stringed Finnish harp), the chaturangui (twenty-two-stringed Hindustani slide guitar), the tiny Greek baglama, the ten-stringed Bolivian charango, and of course the National. He explores the rhythms of tango, the slide-guitar sounds of Hawaii , the maloya and sega rhythms of Réunion Island , inspired by his friend, René Lacaille and the African rhythms learnt from his work with Malian master kora player, Djeli Moussa Diawara. In several of his compositions he pays tribute to friends and heroes, including Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya , Takahasi Hirayasu and his Hawaiian musical hero, Tau Moe. Lumière is a musical journey; an exploration which Bob himself describes as ‘ living muscle-memories that convey emotions and places; burning curiosities pursued with vigour'.
Tour Dates 20094-6 September Blues in Hell Festival, Norway 25 September Les Automnales Festival International de Guitare, Ballainvilliers (Paris), France 28 October Kulturhusm, Narvik, Norway 30 October Smeltedigelen, Mo I Rana, Norway 31 October Smeltedigelen, Mo I Rana, Norway 4 November Rootslag, Langesund, Norway 5 November Drammen, Norway 13 November Turku, Finland 14 November Helsinki, Finland 19 November The Boardwalk, Sheffield, UK 20 November The Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK 21 November The Customs House, South Shields, UK 22 November The New Roscoe, Leeds, UK 24 November The Half Moon, Putney, UK 25 November The South Holland Centre, Spalding, UK 26 November The Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham, UK 27 November Colston Hall, Bristol, UK 28 November Dave King Acoustics, Reading, UK 29 November The Castle Hotel, Barry, UK Rootslag, Langesund, Norway
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