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MIRCAN WITH LIMBO - NUMINOSUM (CD by UCM)
Two CDs that both come in a very deluxe edition. The CDs come with a thick full color booklet with photographs, etc. They did invest quite a lot in graphics and design. Unusual if you ask me. UCM stands for Uncatalogued Music Production. It was founded in 2006 by Mircan Kaia coming from the Black Sea region and earthquake engineer from profession. In 2007 two CDs were released on this label; ‘Sala’ and ‘Ashes’ both solo-albums by Mircan. Now UCM presents two new cds. On ‘Numinosum’ Mircan is assisted by Limbo an english jazz combo with Roger Mills a.o. Mills did also the mixing and production in his Eartrumpet Studio in Bristol. With Limbo and three turkish musicians Mircan realized her latest musical dreams. All lyrics and tracks are written by Mircan, but the music came about mostly out of improvisation in the studio. The music is far from jazzy, except in ‘To take a Step without Feet’. Most pieces are dreamy, sometimes rocky songs, with much attention for an atmospheric sonic environment. Eastern influences you might expect are hard to discover. Only in the playing of the accordion-player I discovered some. Mircan sings in english with a voice that has more potential then shown on this cd. The band gives a good performance. All together they create a Kate Bush-related world that will function in your dreamy hours.