accidental Instagram connection between 2 musicians. Melinda Ligeti is
a composer/singer/multiinstrumentalist/arranger/producer from Serbia,
living in Italy, while Maciek Cieslak is a drummer from Poland, living
in France. It all started with Melinda's old wish to write music based
on a bare drum track. Maciek happened to have some ready, recorded
drumparts that he sent to her, and she used them to build music upon
it, using piano, synth and bass. It was an experimental approach to
composition Melinda always wanted to try, and it finally happened. The
result is 4 songs, mixing jazz, prog, fusion, chillout,
contemporary… imagined as a mini album, giving the taste of what
this project might become if developed further. 3 of them are
instrumental, and one is also involving Maciek's vocals that got
caught on microphones while recording the drumpart, a selfironic song
that makes fun of the hardship of singing and playing at the same
time, in his native Polish language. Jazz Frit is a symbolic title for
this album, for the fact that musicians involved are living in
(Fr)ance and (It)aly, but also, and so much more, for the meaning of
frit word, which by Oxford dictionary definition is the mixture of
silica and fluxes which is fused at high temperature to make glass,
plus – according to urban dictionary means intoxicating/exciting, as
well as ligthly fried.
Credits:
Melinda Ligeti – piano, synth, bass
Maciek Cieslak – drums, vocal
Mixed and produced by Melinda Ligeti, 2018
Cover photo and layout by Melinda Ligeti.
BANDCAMP: Download & stream:
https://labelnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-frit
YOUTUBE: “The Chase” (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo0yKd-D6UY
ARCHIVE.ORG (Other download options)
https://archive.org/details/03PersistenceMelindaMaciekJazzFrit