Ulaan Enji
- 1 Zuud 04:33
- 2 Taivshral 03:07
- 3 Duulnaa 03:02
- 4 Temeen Deerees Naran Oirhon 03:42
- 5 Vogl 04:20
- 6 Ulaan 03:30
- 7 Libelle 02:38
- 8 Picture / Three Shadows 05:21
- 9 Encanto 01:33
- 10 Uzegdel 04:25
Info zu Ulaan
Boundary-busting vocalist combines traditional Mongolian singing, global rhythms and deep jazz infusions on second album of singular world-spanning cross-fertilisations.
Following up on her amazing 2021 album Ursgal, Mongolian singer Enji Erkhem dives further inward on her latest offering on Squama Recordings. Filled with spoken monologues, soaring melodies, melancholic dreams, and personal stories, Ulaan is a deeply introspective journey through Enji’s past, present, and future lives as she forges a singular musical path far from home. “I have to remember who I am,” she says, explaining her choice of spoken monologue in the album’s opening moments. “It empowers me.”
Enji’s journey so far has been characterized by change. Born in Ulaanbaatar to a working-class family, she originally intended to become a music teacher before a chance audition for the Goethe Institute led her to a career as a jazz soloist. After moving to Munich, a connection with Squama Recordings’ Martin Brugger sent her down another path into composition and writing. “I never write music. I can’t do it,” she had originally said to Brugger. On her latest full-length album Ulaan, Enji continues her seemingly exponential growth as she steps into a bandleader position, bringing together an international quintet featuring her original trio along with two renowned Brazilian musicians: jazz drummer Mariá Portugal and experimental clarinet player Joana Queiroz.
The sound of the group is both otherworldly and familiar. Mongolian folk melodies meet subtle Latin rhythms. Virtuosic clarinet weaves through delicate beds of jazz harmony. Khalkha spoken word dances over bowed string bass. With no exaggeration, the music is quite unlike anything we’ve heard before and seems to be exploring uncharted territory — a sort of borderless contemporary jazz with deep roots in traditional music.
Enkhjargal Erkhembayar, vocals
Mariá Portugal, drums
Joana Queiroz, clarinet, bass clarinet
Paul Brändle, guitar
Munguntovch Tsolmonbayar, bass
Matthias Lindermayr, trumpet (track 2)
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