Music composed for orchestra and rhythm section, inspired by the sights, sounds and colours of Iceland, experienced during a visit in December 2021.
Gravity
Simon Sammut & Omar Vázquez
Covering different styles like jazz fusion, funk, latin, world through a sonorous diversity of electric, acoustic basses, fretless and upright bass, in addition to other instruments as a drums, piano, guitar, trumpet, flute, voice and flamenco cajon.
Simon Sammut and Omar Vázquez have managed to combine their ideas and interact through them,
Covering different styles like jazz fusion, funk, latin, world through a sonorous diversity of electric, acoustic basses, fretless and upright bass, in addition to other instruments as a drums, piano, guitar, trumpet, flute, voice and flamenco cajon.
Simon Sammut and Omar Vázquez have managed to combine their ideas and interact through them, generating a sonorous diversity of electric, acoustic basses, fretless and upright bass; in addition to other instruments as a drums, piano, guitar, trumpet, flute, voice and flamenco cajon.
The collaboration has produced the album "Gravity" which involves musicians from Malta and Mexico. The album covers different sonorities and styles like jazz fusion, funk, latin, world music among others. T
Music Composed by Simon Sammut and Omar Vázquez
Featuring the following musicians:
Omar Vázquez - Bass Simon Sammut - Bass Citlalli Toledo - Voice (Track 5, 6) Osiel Barrios - Guitar (Track 8) David Caspeta - Drums and cajón flamenco (Tracks 4, 6, 8) Cipriano Izquierdo - Flute (Track 4) Emilio Palacios - Flute (Track 7) Kris Spiteri - Piano/keyboards (Tracks 3, 4) Melchior Busuttil - Drums (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7) Kevin Abela - Trumpet (Track 3) Jonathan Ellul - Guitar (Track 5)
Produced and Recorded by Simon Sammut and Omar Vázquez
Duplication and printing: Reciprocal Records
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Dystopia 4:350:00/4:35
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Mar 3:120:00/3:12
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Gravity 4:550:00/4:55
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Equinoccio 5:450:00/5:45
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Horatius 3:490:00/3:49
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Mediterraneo 5:510:00/5:51
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Salida Del Sol 6:060:00/6:06
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Akmal 4:100:00/4:10
Crossing
Simon Sammut
The project is made up of twelve compositions capturing mystical, ambient dreamscapes and organic, melodic statements. The soundscapes – developed from different sources of thought, from ambient electronic, Western classical to traditional world music – are created to be textural, compelling, evocative, and meaningful.
Music Composed by Simon
The project is made up of twelve compositions capturing mystical, ambient dreamscapes and organic, melodic statements. The soundscapes – developed from different sources of thought, from ambient electronic, Western classical to traditional world music – are created to be textural, compelling, evocative, and meaningful.
Music Composed by Simon Sammut Visual Art by Anthony Catania
Artistic Associate - Tony Sammut Artistic Advisor - Kevin Abela
Co-producer/ Technical Advisor – Melchior Busuttil
Featuring the following musicians:
Tony Sammut - Piano Mark Attard - Piano Melchior Busuttil - Drums, Percussion and Programming Marc Galea - Classical & Electric Guitars Jonathan Ellul - Electric Guitars Kris Spiteri - Melodica Kevin Abela - Trumpet Ivan Borg - Tenor Saxophone Godfrey Mifsud - Baritone Saxophone Jesmond Azzopardi - Bass Trombone Marlene Sammut - Voice Angela Grima - Flute Simon Sammut - Upright Bass and Electric basses
Recording by Simon Sammut, Melchior Busuttil and Lito Galea Production, mixing and mastering: Simon Sammut
Design, duplication and printing: Reciprocal Records
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Daruma Doll 4:010:00/4:01
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Frozen Glass 2:430:00/2:43
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Bassic Attitude
Simon Sammut
Stunning new solo album from bass player Simon Sammut. A collection of compositions that are centred around the bass guitar as a solo instrument but crafted in a careful way as to appeal to a broad range of music lovers.
"Simon and his 6 Six String Bass Guitar truly become one and the same as they live, breath and produce some truly astonishing
Stunning new solo album from bass player Simon Sammut. A collection of compositions that are centred around the bass guitar as a solo instrument but crafted in a careful way as to appeal to a broad range of music lovers.
"Simon and his 6 Six String Bass Guitar truly become one and the same as they live, breath and produce some truly astonishing extended range musical sound painting. Composition lush and full by Simon playing beautiful upper register melodies which fully utilize his bass guitars sonic capacity".
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Bassic Attitude 4:340:00/4:34
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Recollection 4:000:00/4:00
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Alex's Groove 5:030:00/5:03
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Chasing the Dream 4:300:00/4:30
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Dos Hijas 5:300:00/5:30
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Second Avenue 5:120:00/5:12
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Another Song 5:450:00/5:45