By Catalina Santos @miahush
The most powerful thing about music is that it is infinite, like a footprint in the air that transcends time and space, the truest evidence of our energetic impact on existence: Even if the musician dies, his essence prevails in sound waves for eternity. It's rightly called the language of the soul; transcendent vibrations that, more than thoughts, activate synapses of sensory memories, leading us to have an experience in each of our nerve endings. This is a particularity that I experience especially with instrumental music, that pleasure of surrendering to listening to the textures, the colors, the temperature, the entire process of integration between the brain and sounds, without naming them, Only by witnessing, and to that extent participating in, a subjective manifestation of reason. I believe it is one of the most liberating experiences for the mind and spirit., like a delightful melodic meditation.
Now in South America, for example, new sounds are emerging exponentially, and on this occasion I have been lucky enough to come across the “soulful jazzy beats” of the Argentine multi-instrumentalist and producer Gas-Lab, who a few days ago released his latest album titled Seasons. With over 11 years and 9 albums under his belt, Gas-Lab welcomes 2016 with an exquisite “compilation of beats” – as he calls it – that clearly resembles a journey through different seasons that flows with complete tranquility Throughout 12 tracks brimming with good energy and groove, he skillfully navigates a wide range of rhythms, from funk and bossa nova to jazzy hip-hop. Mental images conjure up of strolling down the streets of Ipanema on a summer night with Summer Breeze of soundtrack, and physical sensations achieved through deep and powerful electric bass, synthesizers with creamy sonic qualities similar to those of a Rhodes, Winds, guitars, crackle samples, vocals, and beats created from a stable instrumentation, which generates a kind of common thread throughout the journey, ensuring that even though inspired by winter, May its sound be like a warm embrace that conveys confidence, fulfillment, and joy.
Each track, despite having defined structures, It is abundant in spatiality and musical richness, with subtle melodic motifs, and as is characteristic of jazz, moments for improvisation. Seasons It features special guest appearances by musicians Marcelo Gallo, Héctor Mario, and Sol Liebskind (trumpet, flute, and vocals, respectively). I sincerely encourage you to listen. and share this elegant, stimulating and beautiful work by Gas-Lab.