ABDULLAH MINIAWY – Peacock Dreams – LP – Vinyl [AUG 29]

LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl.

After the resounding success of his project Le Cri du Caire, whose eponymous album was awarded a Victoire du Jazz in the World Music Album category, Abdullah Miniawy returns with Peacock Dreams, the first opus of his new trio formation released on the label PPL Songs, Aghani Al-Khalq.

Accompanied by trombonists Robinson Khoury (2024 Django Reinhardt Prize from the Academy of Jazz) and Jules Boittin, Abdullah Miniawy presents an unconventional combination of three tenor instruments. The lyrical depth of the voice of the Egyptian poet, singer, and composer merges with the bold expressive capabilities of the two trombones, allowing him to explore unprecedented sound ranges that connect Western and Eastern musical traditions.

The Trio performs Abdullah Miniawy’s latest musical compositions, as well as adapts former work stemming from the Egyptian revolution and his previous formation Le Cri du Caire, while highlighting collaborations by inviting trumpeter Erik Truffaz, flamenco singer Nio de Elche, and danish-indian producer Hvad on some tracks.

Peacock Dreams engages the audience in a unique musical experience that freely combines baroque and operatic influences, Sufi and Coptic themes, and musical motifs from the Arabian Peninsula, infused with the jazzy cacophony of Egyptian traffic jams, once more revealing the transcendental and communional power of Abdullah Miniawy’s music.

A peacock dreams of being a poet. It ponders, trying to shed its colours, turning its feathers into a gradient of flesh. On the other side, a poet longs for the peacocks colours; a galactic blend of earth, forest, sea and sky, as seen from a vantage point.
The poet can close their eyes and absorb the knowledge of the finite. Yet, trapped in a monotone concentration, eyebrows plucked down to 111, they miss much. The peacock, dipping deep into the ink of the poet’s pen, sails through a tube into the poet’s body. A fluttering storm erupts, reversing the roles: the peacock finds itself under arrest warrant While the poet, his utterance collapsing into a cry; haunting, like a peacock’s wail struggles to describe the world.

Tracklist:

A1. Danza Del ventre
A2. Signature
A3. Poem of the poems
A4. Memory Drops
A5. Memories Drops (reprise) Ft. Hvad
A6. Fearless Paradise

B1. Kneel for Truth Ft Erik Truffaz
B2. Million years, Papa
B3. She Guy In Chicago
B4. Peacock dreams (Rves de Paon Ft Erik Truffaz
B5. In this world – Live at CTM Festival
B6. Moon of ghazals Ft Nino De Elche & Erik Truffaz