Cerulean, by Merveille & Crosson

Cerulean

by Merveille & Crosson

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1.	Intro - Almost Raw 04:05		buy track
2.	Acid Pal 11:35	info	buy track
3.	Even Tides 10:03	info	buy track
4.	Quadra 09:06	info	buy track
5.	Arp 08:49	info	buy track
6.	Asleep At The Wheel 08:19		buy track
7.	Life In The 80's 07:11		buy track
8.	Nordic Bummers 07:04	info	buy track
9.	MCYH 09:34	info	buy track

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Merveille & Crosson return to Visionquest with their second long player, entitled ‘Cerulean’ and featuring nine original compositions from the duo.

2012 saw the release of Cesar Merveille & Ryan Crosson’s critically acclaimed inaugural long player ‘DRM’, seeing the pair veer their output into abstract realms and embrace a more eclectic left on centre production style. Here five years later the pair return with their second album ‘Cerulean’, again tipping the focus over to a modern classical, jazz, ambient and abstract aesthetic, featuring collaborations with Juliard trained classical pianist Julien Quinten, No Regular Play’s Greg Paulus on trumpet, Wareika’s Henrik Raabe on guitar, Yonathan Levi on double bass, Moritz Baumgartner adding additional drum work and Berlin’s Signum Saxophone Quartet.

Across the ‘Cerulean’ project Merveille, Crosson and all involved offer up an amalgamation of sounds and styles from the freeform jazz odyssey styles of ‘Even Tides’ and ‘Nordic Bummers’ to the ethereal ambience of ‘Intro (Almost Raw)’ and ‘MCYH’ whilst subtly nodding towards their minimal roots with ‘Acid Pal’ and ‘Quadra’. The pair also radiantly display their love for the New Age modular synth style with ‘ARP’ and ‘Life In The 80’s’ with intricately programmed, dynamic melodies throughout, all in all resulting in a truly unique and forward thinking project from an array of talents.

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released January 2, 2022

w/p by Ryan Crosson, Cesar Merveille

Appearances by:
Yonatan Levi - Double Bass
Signum Sax Quartet - Saxophone
Greg Paulus - Trumpet
Moritz Baumgartner - Drums
Henrik Raabe - Guitar
Julien Quentin - Piano

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Ryan Crosson Brooklyn, New York

A Motor City, Berlin, London hybrid, Equal parts energetic, down to earth Detroit native and ultra-refined, musical aesthete. Co-founder of Visionquest, Visionquest Special Editions, Brachtune.
Founder of NFI Recordings.

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Theoretical Speed
Birds & Souls
Visionquest
Merveille & Crosson
Sweatshop Boys
Berg Nixon ... more

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