SHAHZAD ALI ISMAILY & NIELS VAN HEERTUM - Sea Legs / Hum Back LP Basecap revealing Anika’s determination to confront

revealing Anika’s determination to confront the complexities of our current moment

an album released on short-lived South London label Dyscfunctional in 1999

overloaded with layered melodies

Curran and Giacinto Scelsi

You won"t understand or get the full picture until the artwork is completed

SHAHZAD ALI ISMAILY & NIELS VAN HEERTUM - Sea Legs / Hum Back LP Basecap revealing Anika’s determination to confrontBelgian label Aspes Edities brings us an interesting split album by American multi instrumentalist Shahzad Ali Ismaily who has played for Tom Waits, Ceramic Dog and Laurie Anderson and Belgian euphonium player and improviser Niels Van Heertum, who is having his second release on the label. The deep blue is the common denominator on this LP. On the first side entitled Sea Legs Ismaily offers one long and sparse composition that prominently features