Kobi Arad’s pioneering CD is deeply rooted in the notion of ‘Anchor Lines’

March 14 00:02 2019

Segments

“Israeli-born Kobi Arad (Grammy Awards – Claes Nobel Team Official Producer, Stevie Wonder Collaborator) is an extraordinary composer and a virtuoso pianist whose musical sensibilities defy the restrictions of any one genre, and embraces the complete spectrum of modern and traditional sounds, including jazz, world, classical, pop, and everything in between.” 
( David Akanbi, Medium Magazine 2017)

‘Segments’, Kobi Arad’s pioneering CD is deeply rooted in the notion of ‘Anchor Lines,’ (originally coined by Kobi Arad). The idea behind ‘Anchor Lines’ is taking melodic segments (which are often compositional aphorisms/microcosms) and through improvisation, unfold them into full-blown compositional entities. 

Kobi Arad Band, which has consisted of the masterful drummer Ray McNaught since 2009 – is being freshly introduced to the innovative bass lines of Henoc Bezelais Montes in this CD. The overall sound is organic, yet often leaving ways for cataclysmic eruptions within the space-time sonic continuum – to disrupt the expectational comfort within the listener’s mind. 

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Segments — Grammy Awards Winners and Noms – Reactions / Quotes: 

“Wow! ‘Segments’ is crazy, killer musicians to interpret those compositions Love it!”
— Wouter Kellerman (Multi Grammy Awards Winner & Nominnee)

“You’re nuts, and I love you for it. This is what I want jazz to sound like in 2018!”
— Emilio D. Miller (57th Latin Grammy Winner)

“The pure technicality of what is achieved in Segments is pretty marvelous! This album features some of the most complex solos I’ve heard!”
— Christopher Tin (2x Grammy Awards Winning Composer & Official Composer for Crazy Rich Asians)

“Segments is deeply funky man… your band is like fingers on a hand!”
— Twenty Third Skiddo (59th Grammy Awards Winner)

“Rhythmic compositional outlines lay side by side next to calmer songs – yet all share the unsettling creative yielding set forth by Kobi Arad’s deep and somehow anxious existential search. A search through sounds. A call to the universe through harmonic structures and balances. A deep request for a better world through a glimpse into hyper dimensional spheres – where reality is meldable, light and liquid.”
 Roger Person (Grammy Awards Member)

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