Bedouin Soundclash return with joyous new single ‘Clockwork’ on Mr Bong
BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH
‘CLOCK-WORK’
NEW SINGLE RELEASED 15TH MARCH VIA MR BONGO
Press Photo credit Craig Boyko)
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After a nine-year hiatus, Toronto’s Bedouin Soundclash return with brand new single ‘Clock-Work’, released 15th March via Mr Bongo.
Recorded in the summer humidity at the mouth of the Mississippi, ‘Clock-Work’ bristles and fizzes with jangling Big Band swing-pop and hints towards a new creative peak with a heavy New Orleans influence. Calling on the iconic Preservation Hall Jazz Band to provide brass, Bedouin tap into the flamboyant tradition of brass band parades and the result is a horn-heavy, jazz-inspired track that draws from its historic surroundings.
Almost a decade on from the release of the 2010 album ‘Light The Horizon’, the band have been busy in the studio once more after a period where it wasn’t clear whether they would record any music together again. Lead singer Jay Malinowski wrote a novel and released two solo albums while bassist Eon Sinclair was busy doing session work and DJing.
“One morning I was sitting at the piano in my house and “Clock-Work” came to me,” says lead singer Jay Malinowski talking about the new single. “I thought, this is something new, I think it’s a Bedouin song—I put it on a break-beat and sampled these horns from an old big band swing record and sent it off to Eon.” Eon adds, “Jay sent me a demo and it hit me right away. The use of the breakbeat, the piano, and the horns—It still felt like Bedouin with the subtle off-beat piano but was fresh”.
The single is taken from the band’s fifth album, set for release later this year. Drawing on a wide range of influences that include New Orleans jazz, ska/reggae, electronica, pop and rock, it shows not only the eclectic post-punk-world-beat tendencies of Bedouin Soundclash but also the cities that surrounded them. Spanning two communities, the album was recorded in New Orleans with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and in Vancouver at the St. James Church with the children of the St. James Music Academy.
Formed in 2001 and named after Israeli dub artist/producer Badawi’s 1996 release, debut album ‘Root Fire’ (2001) received critical acclaim before sophomore album ‘Sounding a Mosaic’ (2004) sent the band global, culminating in a series of sold-out shows and festival appearances around the world. The album featured the smash hit single ‘When The Night Feels My Song’, produced by punk-hardcore royalty Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains, and the band went on to pick up their first JUNO Award in 2006 for Canada’s Best New Group, along with numerous accolades around Europe.
Follow-up album ‘Street Gospels’ (2007) earned a ‘Pop Album of the Year’ nomination and ‘Video of the Year’ nomination for the single ‘Walls Fall Down’ at the 2008 JUNO’s as well as three Much Music Video Award nominations for their video for ‘Until We Burn in the Sun’ in 2009.
Bedouin Soundclash released their fourth studio album ‘Light the Horizon’ in 2010. Produced by legendary DJ and Philadelphia-based musicologist King Britt, the album included the singles ‘Mountain Top’, ‘Elongo’ and ‘Brutal Hearts’ which featured French-Canadian singer-songwriter Coeur de pirate.
Bedouin Soundclash have toured all over the world and have shared the stage with the likes of No Doubt, Ben Harper, Damian Marley, The Roots, The Interrupters, Gogol Bordello, Bad Brains, and Thievery Corporation among many others.
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