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afro latin vintage orchestra - pulsion - ubiquity - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Kagemusha
2. Pulsion
3. Rituel
4. Resurrection
5. La Traque
6. Homo Analog
7. Audio Synthese
8. La Blanche
9. Complot
10. Shaman
11. Drama
12. En Sursis
13. Chroniques Marxiennes
14. French Connexion
15. Code Panthera
16. Kung Fu

Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra’s (ALVO) new album Pulsion delves deeper into spiritual jazz, library and film music. The result is a heavier, more progressive and darker sound albeit with their signature funk and groove remaining intact as the foundation.

As a collective with a rotating cast of members and ranging
in size depending on the project, the core musicians on
this record are the same as their previous effort “Last
Odyssey” with the addition of a string quartet. Their
designated ring leader Masta Conga remains the driving
force behind the group, and cites library music by Vladimir
Cosma, Michel Colombier, and Francois de Roubaix along
with French progressive acts Magma and Zao as the main
influence for the album especially in terms of the groove.
Their spirituality is derived from the east with works by Yuji
Imamura, Hozan Yamamoto, Masabumi Kikuchi and Hino
Terumusa lending the more esoteric flourishes to the
complexity of Pulsion’s sound. Contemporary classical
music by Pierre Boulez rounds out the list of inspiration
listed by Masta Conga in terms of constructing song
structure and composition. Describing the album in his
own words:
“On this fourth album, we tried a new approach by
including various inspirations such as library music,
spiritual and electric jazz funk, abstract hip-hop, with a
touch of european groove and contemporary music. Always
willing to create new and original rhythmic forms, we hope
that it will satisfy you!! - Masta Conga”