We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY SURF FILM

by ALAIAS

supported by
Chris W
Chris W thumbnail
Stephen James
Stephen James thumbnail
EdB
EdB thumbnail
Toby
Toby thumbnail
xlupica
xlupica thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £7.99 GBP  or more

     

  • 180g heavyweight vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve with ocean blue coloured vinyl. Comes with download of the album also. *For all true audiophiles*

    Includes unlimited streaming of MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY SURF FILM via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 1 day
    Purchasable with gift card

      £15 GBP or more 

     

1.
STRANGER COASTS 04:35
buy track
2.
INEVITABLY 04:11
buy track
3.
NIGHT HAWK 03:47
buy track
4.
SUBMERGED 03:43
buy track
5.
HANDY CAM 05:10
buy track
6.
ROADER 04:06
buy track
7.
MINDFUL 05:44
buy track
8.
SUNSET SESSIONS 04:06
buy track
9.
SURFICAL 00:58
buy track

about

Alaias - music for an imaginary surf film

Stranger coasts / Inevitability / Night hawk / Submerged / Handy cam / Roader / Mindful /
Sunset Session / Surfical

Dan Messore - guitars
Dan Moore - hammond and moog
Matt Brown - drums and percussion


A concept album about surfing could be a hard sell if it didn’t sound like this.
Guitarist, composer Dan Messore and his trio have created something special, a suite of music that is engaging, thrilling, at times beautiful and never smooth.

In an instrumental setting players with this much facility tend to solo and solo and solo, usually one after another, the whole affair being sandwiched by as little composition as they can get
away with. People this ain’t like that. On Alaias (pron. I-Lie-Us) guitars, moog, hammond and tasty drumming bring a tight sequence of surprising compositions and soundscapes to life.
If Mike Oldfield could swing and knew when to stop his music could have sounded like this.

We’ve all sat on a beach squinting at a pod of surfers performing seemingly effortless acrobatics. “I wonder what that feels like” we think to ourselves. Listening to this music with your eyes closed might go some way to answering that question.

Dan is best known on the UK scene as a jazz guitarist and like many modern players his influences are the holy trinity of Pat, Bill and John. As far as we know Metheny, Frisell and Scofield don’t surf, Dan Messore does.

Oh and by the way track 8, Sunset Session, is almost certainly one of the most beautiful pieces of music you’ll hear all year.

credits

released September 25, 2019

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Babel Label image

Babel Label London, UK

Babel Label was founded in 1994 by Oliver Weindling. It primarily records and releases jazz albums from UK artists.

contact / help

Contact Babel Label

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like MUSIC FOR AN IMAGINARY SURF FILM, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now