"Through historical allusions, acidic electronic howl, webs of gossamer bass textures, Nite Bjuti spins a swan song for Black feminist champions and reveals themes of liberation and self-determination through the music, narrative and movement." "Spirit, conjure, necromancy and memory seem to be some of the grounding ideas behind “Nite Bjuti,” the eponymous debut album from a new collective trio (pronounced “Night Beauty”) featuring the vocalist Candice Hoyes, the turntablist and percussionist Val Jeanty and the bassist Mimi Jones." Nite Bjuti is a captivating jazz record, honouring the traditions of musical improvisation and which is deeply respectful to the subjects and narratives it takes inspiration from – an important new entry to the jazz canon. We are making sure there's a future for these stories, ensuring there's a future for these histories and legacies through our individual talent and our collective voice,” explains Hoyes. “We are moving into a more expansive exploration of who we are right now and we’re revealing many aspects of history that have been displaced or subjugated. Every track on the album is a singing bone. Every track and the space between is an improvisation on the spot.
Singing Bones’ closes the album and derives from a folkloric Haitian tale where a young woman snuffed out by her family returns in spirit, reinhabiting her bones to reclaim her life’s memory. The album opens with ‘Mood (Liberation Walk)’, a lyrical meditation on the first days of Black womanly divine which builds subtly in intensity with Jeanty’s sequences reassuringly underpinning the track’s consuming inertia. The results from this purely improvisatory approach, along with the musicians’ individual skills and contemplative methodology is an inimitable soundworld realised in a record rooted by Jones’ and Jeanty’s basslines and rhythms, with Hoyes’ cerebral vocal lines skilfully cutting through. I think that’s what’s special about Nite Bjuti.” I love that vibe, just very fearless and pushing the boundaries. I’m always getting encouragement from Candice and Mimi. “We’re also bringing the Black woman perspective, but from three different perspectives,” adds Jeanty, “we’re very bold.
#NIGHT MOODS SONGS FULL#
When we when we finish our set, all three of us are completely full to the brim.” We give ourselves completely over to the experience. Even if it's not the same story, you can relate to that and be empathetic and know how that feels because our feelings and emotions are universal.” Hoyes continues, “when you're in this sustained creativity and sustained liberatory improvisation, it does foster people to ask more of their own creativity. “We're also inviting the listener to tap into their own mind,” says Jones, “maybe you're going through something that has a similar vibration. Pure improvisation is so reliant on connections that I don't think there's anyone who will miss the connection between the three of us.” “It's an invitation to listen,” continues Hoyes, “it's an invitation to connect. “As we support each other, we're supporting our listeners - popping into their vibe,” explains Jones. The tracks were recorded after discussions and reflections between the musicians, nurturing a supportive and deeply creative environment for music making. “The sound is completely authentic and we’re actually making it on the spot,” explains Jeanty. Intentionally, the trio choose improvisation and all 11 tracks on this album are entirely improvised. This performance revealed a powerful chemistry that led to extended studio improvisations and an invitation to Mimi Jones - a fellow Berklee professor with Jeanty. The trio was formed in 2018 after Hoyes performed an Afrofuturism concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center where she is a lecturer, inviting Jeanty to play and collaborate. Nite Bjuti (pronounced night beauty) is a US-based, Afro-Caribbean, woman-led improvised experimental trio of vocalist Candice Hoyes, GRAMMY-nominated sound chemist Val Jeanty and bassist Mimi Jones - who weave together multiple strands of storytelling using voice, bass, electro percussion, turntables, Haitian drums, dance and visual projections.
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