Hyperjazz Vinyl & CDs

Review: Hyperituals Vol 2 is a compilation curated by Khalab (Raffaele Costantino, HJ's founder and head of A&R), featuring rare and unreleased tracks from the Black Saint music world. Black Saint was an Italian label that, since the 1970s and throughout the 1980s, established itself as one of the most important imprints for international jazz. The album features some of the brightest names in creative jazz or the 'avant-garde' of the era; including Sun Ra Arkestra, Archie Shepp, Muhal Richard Abrams Octet and World Saxophone Quartet. The selection is focused on rhythms, grooves and Afrocentric traditions, blending moments in which the rhythmic aspect is powerfully explicit, with others in which the kinetic aspect dialogues on different levels with African-American cultural contexts. In their own words, Hyperituals Vol. 2 is a philological investigation that delves deep into the wellspring of influences that gave birth to a transnational sound.