9dw - 9dw

Taking electro-fusion jazz to the next dimension is no easy job. But Tokyo-based futurists 9dw (Nine Days Wonder) aren’t afraid to gaze beyond the limits of the Milky Way, riding on a celestial quest toward a world where the atmosphere is analogue and the beat of a neon ocean washes against a beach of synthesizer sand. Building their sonic landscape on an arsenal of vintage instruments and technology, the music of 9dw is a refreshing mix of jazz instrumentals, skilled guitars, fresh breakbeats, and funky keys. With an ear to the past and their eyes on the future, this band heralds a return to the 1970s heyday of jazz originality and flavour. Not since pioneers of the likes of Bob James, Herbie Hancock, or Joe Zawinul has jazz-fusion sounded this good. Although 9dw’s self-titled debut has been available in Japan for sometime now, it has yet to see any form of international release, thus Wax Poetics Records now bring 9dw into the global soundscape with a limited 180g double vinyl run of 1500 hand-numbered copies. Until now, Wax Poetics Records has strictly about reissuing rare albums from the past, but this is their first venture into a contemporary album worthy of the Wax Poetics seal of approval.

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