The Empire of Love Yom

• 1 Rising 04:28
• 2 The Unknown 03:18
• 3 Rebirth & Party 03:27
• 4 Angel 03:31
• 5 Pink Eternity 04:59
• 6 Fallen 03:57
• 7 Odyssey 03:25
• 8 Burning 04:43
• 9 The Empire 03:32
• 10 The Crossing 03:21
• 11 Frozen 03:34
• 12 Endless 01:54
• Total Runtime 44:09

Info for The Empire of Love

An inveterate thrillseeker, with his latest album The Empire of Love, the innovative klezmer clarinetist Yom launches himself into a new space-time continuum where French house, cyber-klezmer, and sci-fi jazz converge… Surging forwards with supercharged rhythms, threaded with shimmering strings and futuristic vocals, captivating melodies erupt from the acoustic purity of the clarinet to create music that is indefinable. Balkan Turbo Folk? Middle Eastern Dance Music? New wave Lyrical Electro? All that and more no doubt, contribute to an avant-garde musical manifesto that is held together by an impressively rich soundscape, a sublime hymn to love as much as a fantastical psychedelic trip; we stand on the cusp of a brave new world.

Legend tells that he discovered his vocation by listening to Prokofiev. A deliberate choice, despite of his very young age at the time. At a young age and exceptionally gifted at the clarinet, Yom also discovers different musical horizons, and distinguishes himself from his little mates at the conservatory. But only later, at around 20, he feels the need to integrate other influences (Brian Eno, Radiohead, Massive Attack…) to his classical and klezmer repertoire. After several experiences in different musical groups, Yom launches a solo enterprise and practices by recording a homage to the master Brandwein. The controversial reputation of the artist allows him to respect tradition, and to leave it behind. A wise and beneficial decision! By dedicating his next album, “Unue”, to another Klezmer legend, Giora Feidman, Yom wanted to thank his elder to have opened Pandora’s Box for him. With his latest album “With Love”, Yom exposes himself and draws us into a universe of comics, at the confines of trip hop and the Balkans, of post rock and Turkey, of electronics and Romania. An explosive cocktail which will certainly disturb the fussy purists he could not care less about.

Yom
started learning the classical clarinet in Paris, culminating his studies in an exploration of the tradition of Eastern European klezmer music. For Yom’s first album, 'New King of Klezmer Clarinet' (2008) he slipped into the garish costume of his idol, the influential klezmer clarinetist Naftule Brandwein.

Leaving Brandwein’s mantle behind him, Yom then ventured into more personal territory with 'Unue' (2009). 2011 marked a turning point in Yom’s career, with the birth of his group the Wonder Rabbis. At the same time, Yom continued his collaboration with Wang Li, resulting in the album Green Apocalypse (2012). Whilst continuing to pursue new creative outlets with a diverse range of musicians, Yom released his latest solo album 'The Empire of Love' in 2013.

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