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Mulo Francel: Mountain Melody
by Geno Thackara
Mulo Francel turned out to be somewhat ahead of his time. He didn't need to wait for a pandemic to send everyone into isolation; he already had a habit of making music in the middle of nowhere for several years before the 2020 outbreak. His fascination with mountains (natural enough for someone who grew up in the shadow of the Alps) had him making climbs throughout Europe and Asia to find some of the most exotic recording locations imaginable ultimately ...
read moreMulo Francel: Crossing Life Lines
by Geno Thackara
Mulo Francel clearly believes in life imitating art. The endlessly versatile saxophonist is happy to demonstrate here how music reflects the wider world, but more importantly, Crossing Life Lines offers a determined reminder of how it can go both ways. The concept is simple yet expansive: while touring through parts of Europe that had been in conflict during the second World War, and aware of the ways different powers still try to turn nations against each other 75 years after ...
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