empa nada by ali dada
Grüezi gorgeous!
There’s just something about stringed instruments that touches our shaken souls, embraces them, lifts them up and tosses them around until we lose track of time and space. Some people experiment with psychedelics to reach that effect, you really just need ears though. Not to say they won’t subsidize, but that’s a matter for another time.
Put those strings into context, give them space to breathe, support them with a rhythmic backbone, throw in a metaphorical surfboard and they will call themselves “ali dada”.
The swiss/intergalactic formation consisting of Orlando Ludens, mfjaeger and Max Licht join our little trip sitting outlet with their soothing “empa nada” EP.
Reminiscent of surf rock and shoegaze from the golden days, taken into the future with some modular goodness and further musical machinery, the trio delivers four timeless pieces of cosmic proportions. Nothing seems rigid here, rules don’t apply, a sense of improvisation hangs in the room, even after the last bar fades. Music for melting into your couch, or getting your first sunburn of the season, as well as putting another log into the fireplace.
Timeless, as I mentioned earlier.
And if that wasn’t enough, we’ve added four ingenious takes on those originals, ranging from even dubbier shores right onto the dancefloors. The bands own mfj goes first with a mind bending extension of “lauf”, handing the torch over to beat breaking Chewlie who deconstructed “empa nada”, followed by a weird house take on “sofaul” from our dearest Fereinwonung Koratien, who contributed the wildly trippy artwork as well, finished off with a definite stomper twist of “late” by IroniMo who wouldn’t take any chances.
Ten artists, eight songs, one task left for you: Press play and get washed away.
Forever yours,
D r o sss e l
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ali dada:
https://linktr.ee/alidada
Chewlie:
https://soundcloud.com/juicy_chewlie
https://www.instagram.com/chewliea
https://juicychewlie.bandcamp.com
Fereinwonung Koratien:
https://soundcloud.com/fereinwonung-koratien
IroniMo:
https://soundcloud.com/1ronim0
Tracklist
| 1. | empa nada | 5:12 |
| 2. | sofaul | 4:48 |
| 3. | late | 5:18 |
| 4. | lauf | 5:08 |
| 5. | lauf (mfj dub) | 7:43 |
| 6. | empa nada (Chewlie Remix) | 5:16 |
| 7. | sofaul (Fereinwonung Koratien Dusche) | 6:46 |
| 8. | late (IroniMo Twist) | 6:03 |
Credits
Written & produced by Orlando Schneider, Rulla Sutter, Michael Dieterle
Remixed by mfj, Chewlie, Fereinwonung Koratien & IroniMo
Mastering by Tilmann Eimicke (Haunted Water)
Artwork by Fereinwonung Koratien
License
All rights reserved.
Psychedelic guitars, lazy drums and soothing ambiences: ali dada subtract essences of surf rock, slow jazz, lofi-beats and ambient and build their own style out of it. In 2020 their debut-album was released on leveldva, followed by small flowers either self-released, on urban cosmonaut radio or drosssel. The following releases will be much different again, but still unmistakably ali dada.