An Pierle Quartet - Ultimate Survival (LP+CD)
An Pierle Quartet - Ultimate Survival (LP+CD)
Pré-order - LP komt uit op 31 januari
Ultimate Survival is de nieuwste LP van het An Pierlé Quartet.
What a person needs in 2024, according to singer-pianist An Pierlé? "Less regret. Less fake. Less fear. And the courage to live in the now." She sings about it all with the wisdom of a woman who no longer has to be a girl. Four years after Wiga Waga, the An Pierlé Quartet (APQ) is back with Ultimate Survival, its second album already on the prestigious W.E.R.F. records.
Compared to the APQ debut, the grooves are deeper and the lyrics more confronting. That has in part to do with the turn that Pierlé's life took. The illness with a capital C was warded off and the realisation that you can best enjoy your days while you have them has been all the more urgent since. Pierlé doesn't let something so dark dominate the new album though: the title doesn't refer to that period, but was given to her as a gift by artist Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, who designed the cover. Pierlé: "He drew his inspiration from an old book about animals that take care of other animal species. We all need some of that these days."
Ultimate Survival is an experiential album that takes you along on the undulations of a tale. First single The Sting immediately sets the tone. The song is about accepting the stupid things people do, even though they know better. The album celebrates the liberation of being able to start again with a clean slate, alternating husky warmth with the virtuoso outbursts of a seasoned voice. This is not classical jazz, but it is the work of a bona fide jazz band. With keyboard player Hendrik Lasure and drummer Casper Van De Velde (together: Schntzl), APQ pretty much has the core of 'The New Wave of Belgian Jazz' in its ranks.
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New
LP+CD
31/01/2025 - WERF
A1. An Pierlé Quartet - Daybreak
A2. An Pierlé Quartet - The Sting
A3. An Pierlé Quartet - Band Aid
A4. An Pierlé Quartet - Epigenetics
A5. An Pierlé Quartet - Make Believe
B1. An Pierlé Quartet - The Lid
B2. An Pierlé Quartet - Waves
B3. An Pierlé Quartet - Simple Deep Contentment
B4. An Pierlé Quartet - Hope