Artist: Nguyên Lê
Album: Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 58:50
Total Tracks: 15
Total Size: 1,16 GB

Tracklist:

01. Nguyên Lê – Speak to Me (01:56)
02. Nguyên Lê – Inspire (02:54)
03. Nguyên Lê – Breathe (02:33)
04. Nguyên Lê – On the Run (02:41)
05. Nguyên Lê – Time (09:51)
06. Nguyên Lê – Magic Spells (02:20)
07. Nguyên Lê – Hear This Whispering (02:01)
08. Nguyên Lê – Great Gig in the Sky (02:16)
09. Nguyên Lê – Gotta Go Sometime (03:14)
10. Nguyên Lê – Money (06:12)
11. Nguyên Lê – Us and Them (07:51)
12. Nguyên Lê – Purple or Blue (02:53)
13. Nguyên Lê – Any Colour You Like (05:17)
14. Nguyên Lê – Brain Damage (04:13)
15. Nguyên Lê – Eclipse (02:34)

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Nguyên Lê is a magician; his art reveals itself not only in his own compositions but also in his celebrations of the music of the past, where his approach to the latter resembles sculptures made of new clay. Remember Purple, his tribute to Jimi Hendrix, or more recently his Songs Of Freedom and its evocations of rock’s greatest moments. He’s a flamboyant guitarist and, while he shows courteous deference to his source material, he has always expressed the full diversity of an imaginary world engendered by his own history, that of a nomad, self-taught virtuoso: his music feeds on influences embracing all continents, and is painted with colours drawn from jazz, rock, and a kind of world fusion permeated with light. Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon demonstrates that the imagination of Nguyên Lê has indeed risen to power; it is no simple tribute to a record which made history. It fervently expresses the re-creation exempt from all imitation of a score which you can hear in filigree. Lê produced and arranged the album, and adds five tracks of his own, interspersing the Pink Floyd material. Korean singing sensation Youn Sun Nah adds dramatic vocals and Michael Gibbs provides the orchestration.March, 1973… A quartet known for its psychedelic inclinations delivered a fortress of an album: ‘The Dark Side of The Moon’ was a musical UFO featuring the most advanced technology of the period, a stratospheric record which mirrored society and our errant human ways. Pink Floyd was about to write an essential chapter in Rock history and enjoy planetary fame; even today, their album is still one of the greatest sellers of all time.

The idea behind a new reading of it came from ACT-director Siggi Loch and NDR producers Stefan Gerdes and Axel Dürr, whose radio Big Band is no secret for Jazz fans. Their idea may have been a bold initiative, but the project implied an orchestra capable of linking tradition with today, and it looked to have every chance of succeeding because it would involve not only Michael Gibbs – composer, arranger, old friend, but also, joining forces with them, Nguyên Lê, a guitarist known for jumping stylistic borders. The whole idea, finally, seemed a very good one indeed.

‘Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon’ demonstrates that the imagination of Nguyên Lê has indeed risen to power; it guides us down other, more personal paths, and is inhabited by that musical ‘brotherhood’ which has never left him all these years. It’s as if the ecumenism of song was part of his creative DNA.

‘Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon’ is no simple tribute to a record which made history. It fervently expresses the re-creation – exempt from all imitation – of a score which you can hear in filigree. This is a palimpsest. The writing can still be (re)read, with warm hues forged by respect for the original matrix and the multiple expressions of its identity. Like a principle of life.