"Yôkai is a Japanese word that refers to the surreal world of demons or genies, strange and protean entities, often humorous and sometimes frightening, who interact with humans, particularly in their dreams, to draw their attention to the hidden dimension of things." A Brussels-based group founded in 2011, Yôkai is now composed of eight multi-instrumental musicians from the jazz, rock, and improvised music scenes. Their music invites the listener into a tapestry of finely crafted compositions, hypnotic grooves, and wild improvisations, displaying a resolutely contemporary blend of jazz, ethnic music, and rock with psychedelic accents. "Sentinelle" - a new EP consisting of four unreleased tracks from two distinct recording sessions in 2018 and 2020 - marks a transition between the musical universe deployed in their first album and the new, more electronic and cinematic musical directions that form the foundation of their next album, due out in autumn 2021." Difficult to categorize, Yôkai's music is at the confluence of Ethio-jazz, the film scores of Ennio Morricone and François de Roubaix, while cheerfully drawing from 70s rock, all while maintaining profoundly modern sonorities." "Yôkai makes jazz, psychedelic rock, kraut, and a whole host of other elements collide, which, when intertwined, give meaning to the work. And a good deal of depth." --- MUZZART ---
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