Karthago, by Ilaria Capalbo

Karthago

by Ilaria Capalbo

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iluï Deep, powerful music that has a way to speak to the listener's soul. Favorite track: Belóved.

Jazzfuel Brilliant album that we had the pleasure of working on! Favorite track: Karthago.

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1.	Belóved 05:52	buy track
2.	Part I: Ab radice 08:49	buy track
3.	Karthago 07:29	buy track
4.	Mare Nostrum 02:39	buy track
5.	Scintilla 06:15	buy track
6.	Moth 04:48	buy track
7.	Part II: Ago Radices 05:25	buy track
8.	What Remains Of Those Days 05:39	buy track

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Ilaria Capalbo's first work as a leader is inspired by the story of Karthago, a powerful city founded on the southwest coast of the Mediterranean by a legendary queen and doomed by its closeness to the colliding empire of Rome. The lingering motives in this tale, part ancient history and part myth like many of the stories that the Mediterranean tells, are the courage, resiliency and vulnerability needed to grow in the light of uniqueness, to pursue a vision and to stand by it — regardless of odds — not to be forgotten.

The band is a quintet featuring Ilaria on bass alongside Thomas Backman and Fredrik Nordström on reeds, Andreas Hourdakis on guitar and Fredrik Rundqvist on drums. It occasionally grows into a septet with the addition of Tobias Wiklund on cornet and Mats Äleklint on trombone. Together, they give life to music with a narrative depth, as though outlining a story: ample room is given to the imaginative force of some among the most creative musicians on the Swedish scene, whose different personalities create a powerful and original balance under the steady guide of a leader from the rhythm section. The tunes are crafted at the intersection between free improvisation, rock riff-building and echoes of contemporary classical repertoire: the band delivers them through a cohesive and fearless sound.

Bluenord Records 2022

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released January 14, 2022

Bluenord Records, 2022

LINEUP:

Ilaria Capalbo: bass & compositions
Thomas Backman: alto sax, clarinet
Fredrik Nordström: tenor & baritone sax
Andreas Hourdakis: guitar
Fredrik Rundqvist: drums
Tobias Wiklund: cornet (on Belóved)
Mats Äleklint: trombone (on Belóved)

Recorded at BAS Bandhagen on April 25-26, 2021 by Mats Äleklint
Mixed and mastered at Bluenord Studio by Fredrik Nordström
Artwork: Gabriele Cernagora
Photography: Klaudia Rychlik
Design: LOUP Studio

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Ilaria Capalbo Stockholm, Sweden

Acclaimed Italian bassist/composer, Capalbo is equally at ease building hard-swinging lines and improvising on the whole spectrum of the instrument. Based in Stockholm, she leads her own bands and collaborates with many musicians in Europe. Her playing has been described as “bold, visionary, architectonic”. She is also a composer with a nuanced musicality and a special gift for storytelling. ... more

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Karthago

Jan 2022
Averno

May 2023
Back Home

Nov 2019
Invisible Atlas

Nov 2018

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