Today, The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb share their new album 'Not On The Map'. The album is out via Dangerbird Records.
The Colorist Orchestra is an avant classical music collective with eight members led by Aarich Jespers and Kobe Proesmans that uses traditional and bespoke instruments in unorthodox ways to remix the repertoire of an invited artist. Best-known for their 2016 collaboration, The Colorist and Emiliana Torrini, The Colorist Orchestra has also toured and recorded with Sumie, Cibelle, Gabriel Rios and Lisa Hannigan. New album 'Not On The Map', their latest collaboration with maverick songwriter Howe Gelb, is out today.
Until now, all of The Colorist Orchestra’s previous releases were built around meticulously rehearsed and arranged live performances of songs from their collaborator’s catalog. But 'Not On The Map' is entirely new material. Perhaps the perfect summation of the project came from Proesmans’ 11 year-old daughter, after first hearing the latter tracks. “You have Howe, and he's creating a world,” she said. “And then you guys create the ocean around it.”
Over a 30+ year career beginning with his trailblazing indie collective Giant Sand, Gelb has proven himself no stranger to experimentation and reinvention. When Jespers and Proesmans first approached Gelb, the intent was to apply the Colorists interpretive approach to Gelb’s expansive and diverse catalog, but they quickly discovered that there is little about Gelb’s creative method that involves sticking to a rigid plan.
Stream/download 'Not On The Map' HERE.
Watch The Colorist Orchestra & Howe Gelb live at AB HERE.
LIVE
- 8/11 NT Gent (40 jaar Democrazy), Gent
- 13/11 De Roma, Antwerp
- 16/11 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels