LILAMORS electronically redefine the jazz trio
Piano, vocals, and electronic treatments combine for a sonic adventure that defies genre.
Today, the Spotlight shines On the Basel-based band LILAMORS, which consists of vocalist Ana Čop, pianist Thilo Seevers, and sound artist Jaka Arh.
With their debut album, When I Am Dead, My Dearest, out on June 30th, LILAMORS is taking jazz into new territories of experimental electro-acoustic music, utilizing poetry from the last two centuries as well as original lyrics written by Ana. Theirs is a new sonic identity of surrealist collage featuring stylistic and thematic contrasts throughout.
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Dig Deeper:
• Listen to LILAMORS on Bandcamp and streaming platforms
• Follow LILAMORS on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube
• Ana Čop & Thilo Seevers - “The Great Pinewood”
• Jaka Arh on Bandcamp
• Thilo Seevers on Bandcamp
• Ana Čop’s website
• Basel Jazzcampus
• Christina Rossetti - When I Am Dead, My Dearest
• A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument
• The sonic and the electronic in improvisation
• Ambient Church Gives Electronic Music a Surreal, Spiritual Home
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LILAMORS // Ana Čop
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LILAMORS is a new project by three old friends. With their debut album ‘When I Am Dead, My Dearest’, they present a new face, a new name, and new aesthetics. Slovenian vocalist Ana Čop and her band combine poetic chants with snowflake-like piano playing and electronic sound art.
German pianist Thilo Seevers from Berlin has collaborated with Ana for several years. In 2020 they released an album together as a duo (ACTS!, Klopotec records) under the guidance of producer Uli Rennert, showing their unconventional take on traditional Jazz repertoire. “You have never heard this song played like this”, ORF, the Austrian national broadcaster, commented on their atonal rendition of “Someday My Prince Will Come”.
Having suffered the tragic loss of their mentor and friend Uli amidst the pandemic, Ana and Thilo encountered a new collaborator in sound artist Jaka Arh, already featured on their single “The Great Pinewood”, released in the autumn of 2020.
This new constellation wouldn’t be satisfied with only twisting and bending Jazz classics. Instead, they went to harvest inspiration from poetry that would touch upon the topic of death - afterlife, in-life, and anything on the edge. Taking a poetic approach to songwriting, the band would create flows and miniatures, leaving space for constant innovation and development.
In 2023, the trio presents its debut album, an innovative piece of music leading Jazz into new territories of experimental electro-acoustic music. Recorded and produced as a collective effort since 2021, the record incorporates poetry from the last two ce…
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