The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble is on the rise once again with Celestial Suite, a brilliant set of spiritual soul-jazz, with a righteous energy in the mode of some of the best work on independent labels such as Strata East or Tribe back in the day, though updated with a fresh current vibe.
With the blend of electric piano, sax, trumpet, bass and percussion presented here, the quintet has refined the searching, soaring quality of their sound, capturing to tape, over the course of two days in the studio, an inspired session worthy of the skybound promise of the album's title.
November 20th, 2023 - Goodnight Irene
The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble is performing their Celestial Suite Ottawa album release show this Friday, October 24th, at Irene's Pub (885 Bank St.) Show starts at 9PM, and tickets are only $15 plus fees,
available online from Ticket Tailor. We're almost sold-out of the initial pressing of 500 vinyl LPs, so snatch one fast
if you want one! We're currently undertaking a repress for another 300 units. Plenty of humble CDs left too!
October 27th, 2023 - Out now!
Atlantis Jazz Ensemble's Celestial Suite is finally out today! For those of you in Ottawa, The Record Centre (1099 Wellington Street W.) has the
vinyl LPs for sale, that's your best bet if you're local. Oh, and the band will have plenty of vinyl LPs and CDs for sale at the
album release party happening tomorrow, Saturday October 28th, at Minotaure (3 rue Kent, Gatineau).
October 20th, 2023 - ... Music Is My Life
So only a week to go until the new Atlantis Jazz Ensemble album Celestial Suite comes out!
Music Is My Sanctuary over in Montréal was keen to give you guys a sneak preview of what's to come, and did the exclusive premiere of the vibey, soulful bossa-jazz tune "Enlightenment", check it out...
October 13th, 2023 - Oneness
The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble is releasing one last single before the full album drops in a few weeks, an uptempo, ethereal, pharoanic tune called "Oneness"... Enjoy!
September 29th, 2023 - Rise Up
So Atlantis is dropping a new single today, a hypnotic modal jazz opus entitled "Breaking Dawn", featuring soaring solos from hornmen Ed Lister and Zakari Frantz, backed by an infectious bassline from
double bassist Chris Pond...
September 15th, 2023 - New Atlantis on the horizon!
The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble will be releasing their first new album in over seven years, Celestial Suite, an inspired set of spiritual soul-jazz recorded over two days in Metropolitan Studios.
You can check out the first single, "Joyful Noise", a soulful down-home groover, or pre-order the album right now from Bandcamp.
March 1st, 2023 - Atlantis Repress Alert
The Atlantis Jazz Ensemble's debut LP Oceanic Suite is finally back in stock, and now on thicker high-quality 170g vinyl, with colour labels too. The original was first released in 2016, and has since become a bit of a modern modal jazz classic, have a listen...
February 3rd, 2023 - It's out!
Cinephonic's Visions is finally out today! It just happens to also be Bandcamp day - all proceeds from album sales go directly to the artists -
so it's a great time to pick up the vinyl LP or CD from them. Now for those of you in Ottawa, The Record Centre (1099 Wellington Street W.) has the
vinyl LPs for sale, that's your best bet if you're local. Oh, and the band will have plenty of vinyl LPs and CDs for sale at the
album release party happenning at Minotaure (3 rue Kent, Gatineau) this Monday, February 6th, 9PM.
January 27th, 2023 - Fiyah
There's one last Cinephonic single out today before the album release next week, a powerful coltranian spiritual jazz tune called "Le Feu", featuring the mighty Petr Cancura on tenor sax, perhaps one of the top jazz saxophonists in the world today -
there we've said it.
January 20th, 2023 - Trials and...
So there's a brand new Cinephonic single out today, a dramatic orchestral jazz-funk opus entitled "Tribulations". The tune
is based on a simple medieval melody, popularized during the Black Plague -
makes for an interesting parallel with what we've been going through during the last few years. Oh, and the track features
stellar performances from Ed Lister on trumpet and Mike Essoudry on drums, keep an ear out for those guys...
January 12th, 2023 - The Battle
Whoa, check out this new comp of some of NYC's best breaking crews battling it out down in the subway, set to Cinephonic's new tune "Le Combat" ("The Battle")...
January 6th, 2023 - Tunnel Visions
Cinephonic's sophomore album, Visions, comes out on February 3rd! You can preview the first single on YouTube,
a dark, psychedelic, organ-driven baroque funk opus entitled "Le Combat", or pre-order the album right now from Bandcamp.
October 3rd, 2020 - Worldwide
DJ Gilles Peterson featured Cinephonic's "Béton et Ferraille" on his BBC Radio 6 show
just now - the whole set is straight-up fire, showcasing some of the best tunes that
came out during the last few months of lockdown, check it out.
