John Axon
When I got the email for this album, it said "Louis Cole (with Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley) just announced nothing", and I couldn't tell if it was a bit. Serious Laser Tag player name energy.
raphaeleagle
Was at the Wuppertal concert last year. Was hoping for a vinyl release and my wish came true. Also looking forward to Louis mix, as the house mix in this massive but beautifull hall was a bit tricky
1 x - BF146, 2LP white vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Black paper inners. Cover artwork by Louis Cole. Design by Adam Stover.
1 x - BF129, 2LP black vinyl. Includes 12” poster insert and MP3 album download. Photography by Richard Thompson III and Gary Tarud. Layout by Adam Stover.
Includes digital pre-order of nothing.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around August 9, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$55USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited edition 2LP clear/black marbled vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Black paper inners. Cover artwork by Louis Cole. Design by Adam Stover.
Includes digital pre-order of nothing.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around August 9, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$32USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
2LP white vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Black paper inners. Cover artwork by Louis Cole. Design by Adam Stover.
Includes digital pre-order of nothing.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around August 9, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$32USDor more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Gatefold softpak CD with poster. Cover artwork by Louis Cole. Design by Adam Stover.
Includes digital pre-order of nothing.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around August 9, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$12.50USDor more
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of nothing. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
Purchasable with gift card
releases August 9, 2024
$10USD or more
Louis Cole (with Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley) - 'nothing' Exclusive 2LP + 'Quality Over Opinion' 2LP Standard Edition [BFBUNDLE146-2]
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Includes:
1 x - BF146X, Limited edition 2LP clear/black marbled vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Black paper inners. Cover artwork by Louis Cole. Design by Adam Stover.
1 x - BF129, 2LP black vinyl. Includes 12” poster insert and MP3 album download. Photography by Richard Thompson III and Gary Tarud. Layout by Adam Stover.
Includes digital pre-order of nothing.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
Many still see Louis Cole foremost as a drummer. nothing, Cole's fifth album and his third on Brainfeeder – released on 9th August 2024 – is bound to change that impression. Collaborating with the Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley, he rejected the well-trodden path to orchestral renditions of his greatest hits and instead opted to compose a suite of brand new music for this project – bigger, bolder, and more expansive than ever. Yes, there are nods to his GRAMMY-nominated 2022 album Quality Over Opinion, but 15 of the 17 tracks included here are brand new. This is jazz. This is classical music. It's got that funk. You'll hear synths and loops. You'll hear a band and live drumming. There's a world class orchestra playing. Some pieces are ultra concise, whereas the sprawling ‘Doesn’t Matter’ surpasses the ten minute mark. To Cole, jazz has always been the one place where you can really let go of all expectations – on nothing, he is putting the music where his mouth is.
The Metropole Orkest proved to be the ideal partner for this endeavor. Over the course of its 80 year history, it has worked with legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny, and Herbie Hancock – exactly the kind of border-crossing mentality Cole was looking for. Add into the equation the conductor, arranger, curator and composer Jules Buckley and this really is a triple threat of epic proportions. Buckley is a unique and rare breed of artist – a GRAMMY winner who has redefined the rulebook of orchestral music and the role of a conductor.
Together, the ensemble embarked on a multi-date sold-out tour through Europe with the 50-piece orchestra, Cole's band, as well as guest stars like his long-time creative partner Genevieve Artadi. With the exception of a few vocal re-recordings and instrumental overdubs, everything you'll hear on nothing was culled from these ecstatic live dates.
This is remarkable because, almost until the very end, nothing was not actually an album. It was a collaboration, a series of concerts, a cross-over between two worlds. Cole had been eagerly waiting for an opportunity like this for years. His father had been a big classical music fan and as a kid, he'd absorbed a lot of that. Once he got the call to work on a project involving an orchestra, he instantly “went hard” with the writing. The finished recording encompasses 17 tracks and stretches across more than an hour of music – and still, a few more tracks had to be left on the cutting room floor.
Cole was looking for something very specific. The challenge was to create music that had a deep emotional impact, while also being really simple and straight-forward. Already at the earliest stages of his orchestral ambitions, he had tried and failed to achieve this ideal. It would remain an obsession for years. Even when nothing was still a live project, it didn't seem like he would be able to pull it off. And then, at the very last minute, Louis decided to give it one more go. One night, he sat down at the keyboard and instantly realised: “This is it!” He struck on the ideas and themes which would become the pivotal title track of the album.
Just as with many of the orchestral pieces, there was a clear vision of the feeling and the sound he was looking for. For “Ludovici Cole Est Frigus”, he based everything on a 30-40 chord progression at a pace of “one chord at a time”. Then, he went back in with the pencil tool and Logic, finding and weaving together little melodies. It was a slow, assiduous process. But working with an outside arranger was never an option: “It was the only way I was ever going to be happy with the results. This is my pure vision. It doesn't get blended in or mixed with anyone else's.”
Having already written and arranged the suite, Cole is also very proud of the mixing, an epic task in its own right. For a full nine months, he selected the best takes, tweaked the sonic balance and adjusted frequencies until the orchestral parts really shone. “I was sad when the mixing was over,” he laughs, “Sometimes, when I'm mixing my own solo stuff, I'll feel like a song needs a little magical dust. But mixing an entire orchestra and your own rhythm section, there's so much human energy! You don't have to add any magic. It was there the whole time.”
nothing is released on 9th August 2024 via Brainfeeder Records.
Following the works of Pedro Martins brought me here and to quite the overwhelm. The musicianship on this alongside Artadi's dream world of art pop songwriting, vocals, and key arrangements is truly magical and euphoric, from the most uplifting moments like on Visionary to the valleys of 'Change Stays'. Truly an AOTY of 2023 and a beautiful record. Infernal_Flowers
Delightfully unpredictable debut from a New York electronic producer and composer with backgrounds in psychedelic rock, jazz, and indie pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 25, 2024
A Bandcamp Exclusive, Louis Cole & Genevieve Artadi further their delightful and inventive pop stylings on their latest LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 19, 2023
