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Description du produit Vula Viel bedeutet soviel wie 'gut ist gut' in Dagaare, der Sprache des Stammes in Upper West Ghana, wo Bex Burch die letzten Jahre lebte. Jetzt ist es der Name ihrer Gruppe, bestehend aus Londons besten jungen Musik-Talenten: Dan Nicholls (Bass Synth / Tasten), George Crowley (sax) sowie den beiden Schlagzeugern Simon Roth und Dave De Rose. Ihre intensiv-rhythmische Musik ist eine fesselnde Mischung aus afrikanischen und minimalistischen Einflüssen und Electronica. Critique Learning hand-to-hand triplets on the djembe before studying classical percussion at the Guildhall, the Yorkshire-born Bex Burch had set off at a very young age on her diversely intriguing path exploring music for percussion... Her arrangements of traditional Dagaare music's invigorating polyrhythms (the music has a strong association with dance and funerals) contrasts with the more tranquil, ambient cross-rhythms of minimalism drawn from Steve Reich, while the excellent keyboardist Dan Nicholls adds some quirky electric jazz moments. The highly percussive, buzzing resonance of Burch's gyil is an invigorating listen all of its own. Ridiculously danceable though not without its more elusive moments, Good Is Good is really very good - **** (Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise, October 2015)A highly rhythmic, almost orgiastic, barrage of brilliantly performed jazz. The album is grounded in functional local tradition: four of the tracks are based on funeral music while the other three are recreational. It is during Ghanaian funerals that the gyil, made from the sacred Iliga wood, finds its principal performance platform. Despite, or perhaps partly because of this, the entire album has a joyous, celebratory and explosive quality. Vula Viel have taken possession of something very special and created an album that sounds new and vital - **** (Martin Sinnock, Songlines, November 2015)