{"id":49146,"date":"2018-10-16T05:03:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T12:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=49146"},"modified":"2018-10-16T05:04:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T12:04:21","slug":"hoodna-orchestra-ofel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=49146","title":{"rendered":"Hoodna Orchestra: OFEL"},"content":{"rendered":"

OFEL, Hoodna Orchestra’s new concept album, is an immersive experience, a call to venture into the unknown, dare to feel what cannot be seen. Dive deep into the music, to the tenebrous depths where the light does not penetrate, to wrestle with the monsters and discover the dark, in all its power. Hoodna Orchestra is an ensemble of outstanding musicians, talented individuals dedicated to a process of searching and open to discovery, whether they are delving into the African sources of Western music, or following a string of thought, a musical phrase, an insistent rhythm. It is possible to discern different influences in the music, all merging together to create a distinctive, unique sound. The word Ofel in Hebrew means “dark” and the album reflects a willingness to explore the possibilities of the dark, open to discovering anything that might be out there, and searching the darkness within as well. Hoodna’s OFEL is a dark that is vast and diverse, there is humor in this album, light within the darkness, and throughout \u2013 fascinating, intoxicating rhythms. Hoodna’s Ofel is a subversive dark that insinuates itself into all the hidden places of the body and demands: dance.<\/p>\n

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There is an intimation of danger in the Intro, an invitation and a challenge \u2013 to follow the thread of melody into the labyrinth, to seek out the beast. To walk out into the abyss, confront the unknown.<\/p>\n

The title track Ofel I is a gathering of spirits, a summoning, an invocation. Opening with the deep bass tones of a seductive, insistent rhythm, to which the rising energy of the brass responds. Undulating keyboards with an exciting undercurrent of percussion join in, rising to meet the dark. There is a tension in the complex, densely textured sound cut through by something wild, a wandering wail, a battle cry \u2013 then silence.<\/p>\n

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