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Broodmen: 'Liminality'

If you haven't heard jazz using an accordion, I invite you to check out 'Liminality', the new album from Serbian trio Broodmen. This is a mash-up of jazz and hard-hitting rock, led by longtime collaborators guitarist Dragan Alimpijević Pik and drummer Zoltán Simon. If anything can get you up and dancing, this is probably it.



Broodmen came together in Novi Sad, Serbia and this latest album combines influences from across Europe and musical genres with a punch of energy. Their debut album from 2017 - Secondary Emotions - is followed by this exciting and stimulating collection of compositions. Alongside Dragan Alimpijević Pik (guitar) and Zoltán Simon (drums), Liminality features the accordion of Lazar Novkov and saxophone from Vasa Vučković on the effervescent Amsterdam which concludes with a percussive moment from Simon's drums.

The energy obvious throughout Liminality perhaps emanates from the recording process - live in a single, unbroken session. Alimpijević and Simon describe the album as a journey into uncharted territory, an uninhibited exploration of their collective voice: "This is a road into the unknown: a road on which we explore emotions hiding under the rational surface. It’s an attempt to leave behind knowledge and experience and step into a new, unexplored area."

It may be unexplored, but listeners will almost certainly enjoy the journey of exploration.

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