Event description
Opening music event of the festival campaign "Šiauliai Nights XIV", presenting - Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble's RAVENJAZZ album. The event is intended to celebrate and make happy all those who can enjoy dance music with brass instruments and rave rhythms, and that is why the motto of "Šiauliai Nights XIV" - "You know where my shaknikes are" - is supplemented with one more phrase - "MANA TAI ČE", which will be used as a motto during all the festivities! The evening may not end with one artist, because Šiauliai Nights always has surprises in store, so hurry up and be part of it... ABOUT RAVENJAZZ It just so happens that technology is transforming the sound of the Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble and the RAVENJAZZ album is inspired by sensory percussion and the latest in instantaneous sound processing (loop stations).Thus, the Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble, founded by Jievas Jasinski, presents its shocking 4th album, RAVENJAZZ. Here, 11 renowned Lithuanian jazz musicians invite you to dive into a musical world where it is not clear where one genre begins or ends. Bright melodies, active rhythms and pulsating energy prevail here. The album's composers (Simonas Šipavičius, Jievaras Jasinskis, Domantas Razmus) argue that technology today can radically change the sound of music, even in the jazz genre. Jievaras said that "just when we started talking about music, Dom mentioned Sensory Percussion technology". "Sensory Percussion technology," Domantas said, "was of interest even before the idea of RAVENJAZZ, but there was always some kind of push to acquire it". "Besides, I knew that it wasn't enough just to buy sensors; you had to learn how to use them and, most importantly, have an idea of how and where to use them. It's not the same as buying a new drum kit; the sensors are far from universal, they don't fit everywhere, just like the traditional drum sound wouldn't fit on this album," the drummer said of the technology that is radically changing the sound of the album. When asked what the new drums sound like, the developers say they sound different. "Once, in a hotel in Poland, I recorded the sound of a wheel of fortune spinning," says Jievaras, "and I passed it on to Dom, and now he's playing the drums and replicating it. And that's not all. Simas, with his vast experience in electronic music, adds his own hand and everything changes even more. And if I wasn't on stage with the trombone, no one would believe that what we hear is coming from this instrument", assures the album's co-author, Jasinskis. Filled with dance rhythms, rave and electronica, this album is truly surprising. Fostering the genre of traditional jazz, the musicians made their debut with American Stories (2022), soon followed by their second acoustic album Saxcess, an album of five saxophones and one trombone, and their second vinyl album, which focuses on the vocal music of the young generation of vocalists, the winner of the Lithuanian Voice, Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė. Meanwhile, RAVENJAZZ is moving far away from everything the ensemble has been doing so far. However, the authors claim that the jazz ensemble is united not only by the music they play, but also by the musicians themselves. Currently, the Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble includes 13 composers. "So far I can only say that I know what the next album will be, after RAVENJAZZ, but I have no idea what they will come up with in 2025, because when you have so many composers in one big cauldron, you can't plan it, it still won't turn out the way you hoped," says Dorotėja Būdaitė, the manager of the ensemble. Having participated in exclusive projects such as Vilnius Poker, Young as Vilnius and Anti Robotic Dance Music, the members of the ensemble are constantly gaining new experiences and taking on musical challenges, and this is certainly reflected in their new album. "We have experimented and surprised ourselves", say the authors. S.Šipavičius is not only the author of the compositions, but also the producer of the RAVENJAZZ album. When asked if this is the best album he has ever recorded, he said that if he didn't enjoy working in the studio, all his albums would have failed, because this profession requires attention, patience and the will to do it. "I don't make that kind of judgement about who's the best and who's the worst. I like music in general, I don't stick to one genre or another, but I really enjoy it, and I pass the judgement on to the listeners". Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble portfolio Album "Ravenjazz" https://open.spotify.com/album/60kTk6JaVUcR5UwVzuZGcS Album "American Stories" https://open.spotify.com/album/53BFYufRPWPKdyYle9IzKj?si=bHKpis1LRWOuW1nTyvwCzw Saxcess https://open.spotify.com/album/4mMmvA9PaxiUk76UH03w3I?si=Ij2HpnSqSLu5e4mfvhFk-Q Deadly Dance https://open.spotify.com/album/1bxes4yqnqNpGjSi5B4iZy?si=aWw_0iP2Q5O9dvuDnE1FOQ Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble live https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/1013713497/dziazo-vakaras-lithuanian-jjazz-ensemble?time_start=29 Digital profile: TINKLALAPIS www.vilniusjjazzensemble.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/VilniusJJAzzEnsemble INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/vilnius_jjazz_ensemble/ YOUTUBE @vilniusjjazzensemble https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5IfhXAWOxZ1m_WYbAAYeNQ SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/artist/0SrfGxSAOS6Tzd5X3Kir62 Good and strong emotions! ORGANISER: Public Institution "Remigijus akcija" company code 145825257 VAT payer code LT458252515 ticket within 1 min. Buy ticket