Bill Laurance & Michael League - How Does It Feel (Official Video)
’For us to take a common project and drive it forwards to-gether is an affirmation of who we are: we’re just good friends and we’re celebrating that with this album.’ - Bill Laurance
Bill Laurance and Michael League’s new duo album, ’Keeping Company,’ is at the opposite end of the spectrum from all the extraversion, large scale and sheer oomph of Snarky Puppy; the focus here is on a shared inner perspective. That much is apparent immediately from the choice of instruments. Laurance has cast aside electronic keyboards and concentrates on piano, acoustic in sound although the piano strings have been occasionally and lightly prepared. Michael League chooses a fretless acoustic bass guitar and the oud. An extreme contrast to the pure groove of Snarky Puppy, here he goes for a trans-parently sparse but atmospherically rich sound.
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