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Oba Loba
Sir Robert Williams

Album 2017 on Silent Water label
Electronic, Jazz, Folk, World and (Folk, Contemporary Jazz, Modern Classical)

Includes download voucher. Originally Oba Loba is a project of Norberto Lobo and João Lobo in order to satisfy their desire to compose music for a band. Their debut album, Oba Loba, released in 2015 and critically acclaimed, has been described as a canalising music (Clive Bell in The Wire). Comparisons with Tom Zé or Jim O'Rourke were made to try to qualify a music hard to categorize. Recorded in May 2015, Sir Robert Williams is the second album of the sextet. While most of the songs are composed by Norberto and João Lobo, the influence of the other members, especially pianist Giovanni Di Domenico, is more perceptible. Mixing composed and improvised parts, the increased complicity allows the band to develop clearer atmospheres, oscillating between minimalism and dense orchestrations, gaining in dynamics without losing fluidity and nuances. More accomplished but less immediate than his predecessor, Sir Robert Williams remains faithful to what this project represents for the original duo: an area of freedom where the pleasure of playing and the desire to share are claimed.

Musicians

	Oba Loba , *2014 BE album by
	Norberto Lobo , *1982 PT acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass
	Jordi Grognard bcl, cl, fl, *1981 BE clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
	João Lobo dr, drums, sampler
	Niels Van Heertum eu, tr, *1990 BE euphonium
	Frédéric Alstadt , BE mastered by, lacquer cut by
	Giovanni Di Domenico p, ep, piano, organ, engineer, mixed by, producer
	Ananta Roosens vn, tr, BE violin, trumpet, voice
	Lynn Cassiers voc, *1984 BE voice

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