published on
Solidude Records presents: ‘Ubi Sunt’
Release: 15th January 2021
Solidude Records / N.E.W.S Distribution Benelux
• File under: Tyft, Ben Monder, Human Feel, The Bad Touch, Car Bomb, Meshuggah, …
• RELEASE INFO SINGLE ‘TUFFE’:
Conjuring up lush minimal soundscapes intertwined with noise elements and hard as nails riff rock, reminiscent of some kind of weird mixture between a Mondriaan and Pollock painting, H A S T is mind-blowing, ear-blowing and heart-blowing, exploring extreme dynamics, pure simplicity and everything in between.
'Tuffe', the first indication of the coming EP 'Ubi Sunt', sheds light on the more unruly side of the band, with cutting riffs and wild improvisations alternating in a whirlwind from start to finish.
Recorded, produced & mixed by Koen Gisen (Nordmann, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, SCHNTZL, …) at Studio La Patrie, Ghent, BE.
Mastered by Karel De Backer.
Release single: 9th October 2020 (digital)
• RELEASE INFO EP ‘UBI SUNT’:
The EP ‘Ubi Sunt’ is the successor of H A S T’s debut album ‘Elegy’ (2019).
Conjuring up lush minimal soundscapes intertwined with noise elements and hard as nails riff rock, reminiscent of some kind of weird mixture between a Mondriaan and Pollock painting, H A S T is mind-blowing, ear-blowing and heart-blowing, exploring extreme dynamics, pure simplicity and everything in between.
H A S T, founded by alto saxophone player Rob Banken, is an instrumental band rooted in jazz, heavy rock and improvisation. Their signature sound can best be described as not shying away from exploratory intellect while still maintaining passages of stunning simplicity, rock riffs and free improvisation.
Ubi Sunt (Where are... {they}?), is part of the Latin question "Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?". (Where are those who were before us?'). This kind of questioning evolved into a stylistic figure in medieval poetry, which was mainly used in the then popular elegies (a reference to 'Elegy', the debut album of H A S T).
Originally an expression of a sense of nostalgia, it became more and more a reflection on transience and mortality. The music on 'Ubi Sunt' was written and recorded in the middle of a the coronacrisis. Ubi Sunt: “Que sont mes amis devenus. Que j’avais de si près tenus. Et tant amés? …” (Rutebeuf).
Recorded, produced & mixed by Koen Gisen (Nordmann, De Beren Gieren, Flying Horseman, Dans Dans, SCHNTZL, …) at Studio La Patrie, Ghent, BE.
Mastered by Karel De Backer.
Release: 15th January 2021 (10” vinyl)
• ACCOLADES
- Laureate STORM! Contest (2018)
- Winner Jazztract Gent Jazz Festival (2017)
- Laureate Theater Aan Zee (2016). Jury comment: “Best song of Theater Aan Zee Festival 2016”.
• LIVE SHOWS:
- Leuven Jazz, Leuven
- Ha'Fest, Ghent
- RSL Jazz Festival
- Ghent Jazz Festival
- AB | Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
…
• LINE-UP:
Rob Banken - alto saxophone
Artan Buleshkaj - guitar
Roeland Celis - guitar
Cyrille Obermüller - double bass
Elias Devoldere - drums