Wed 30 Jan 08, 8:00pm GILAD ATZMON & THE ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex, Colchester Expect hard hitting, edgy, urban electro-acoustic jazz from Atzmon’s superb ensemble. Combining bebop with middle-eastern influences, new music and electronica, Orient House create a musical landscape like no other outfit around on the UK jazz scene today. Drawing on jazz, electronica, Arabic music and the sounds of the city, the new album is a potent melting pot of 21st century sounds taking the listener to a space beyond words. Shifting from jazz noir and Arabic flavoured grooves to heavy metal bebop it's music for the heart and the head and is the sound of a band running full steam into the future. Gilad Atzmon saxophones, clarinet  and electronics, Frank Harrison keyboards and electronics, Yaron Stavi double  & electric bass  and Asaf Sirkis drums. "...this is his band's finest album to date and one that best captures the spirit and vitality of their live shows.” **** Jazzwise Magazine, October 2007 "...The individuality of the music is extraordinary." **** Alan Brownlee, Manchester Evening News, August 07 "..Deeply felt and strongly melodic." **** Mike Hobart, Financial Times, October 2007 "...the OHE is finding its voice in an increasingly subtle blend of East and West, that’s brutal and beautiful." Kathryn Shackleton, BBC Music Tickets: £12 / £7 concs Box Office: 01206 873261 www.wegottickets.com

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