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New album by Michael Baird & friends expected in March '25
Fri Nov 1st 2024 Some themes, collective improvisations, space and freedom. At the beginning of September this year, Michael Baird took some top improvisors into the brand new Le Roy Studio in Amsterdam, which has wonderful natural acoustics, and Mikel Le Roy expertly recorded the two sessions in two consecutive days. Yes, with Michael Moore (USA) on clarinet/bass-clarinet/alto sax, Jon Birdsong (USA) on cornet/cornetto, Hans Hasebos (NL) on vibraphone/soprano sax/percussion, Henk Raven (NL) on tuba/euphonium/tenor sax, and Michael Baird (ZAM/GB) on drumset/percussion,...
More...New release double-CD 'Danceables' coming up
Wed Mar 27th 2024 The most danceable tracks by Michael Baird from 1987-2022. Release date May 1st! Zambia-born drummer/composer/producer Michael Baird was an ‘Afro-futurist’ way before the World-Music Scene and the Hipper than Hip ever came up with that name! This compilation of tracks from between 1987 and 2022 shows that beyond any doubt. But musically he always felt himself just a plain ‘Pan-Africanist’ – aside from his home country Zambia, we have here beats inspired by rhythms from Rwanda, Senegal, Congo, as well as influences from Jazz...
More...New Release - 'Resonance Vibration Frequencies'
Wed Sep 20th 2023 SACD album - 96kHz/32bit + surround sound + 44.1kHz/16bit. Release date November 3rd. 68 minutes of fascinating but warm music - Michael Baird plays metal objects and instruments, recording in a special way, capturing every last vibration. Indeed, science tells us: "The resonance theory of consciousness suggests that resonance is at the heart not only of human consciousness but of physical reality in general. All things in our universe are constantly in motion, vibrating. Even objects that appear to be stationary are in fact vibrating, oscillating, reso...
More...New Digital Release - 'Banana Login'
Sat Apr 22nd 2023 Single track - digital release only The track 'Banana Login' was recorded back in 2016. We decided to release it as a 'single' now in April 2023 - to celebrate this new season of spring. And to get you feeling spritely and give you happy toes! With wonderful mastering by Zlaya Hadzic. A percussion duet with 2 log drums (sometimes also called slit drums). Ton van Dort plays the low drum and Michael Baird the high one. You can download the track as a high quality 48000 kHz/ 24 bit flac file, or wav, or mp3 - downloadable via https://swprecords.bandca...
More...New CD and digital release March 1st!
Tue Feb 22nd 2022 SWP 067 'Thumbs on the Outside'. Always with one foot in Africa and one foot in Europe, Zambian-born drummer/composer Michael Baird continues along his own contemporary path of African abstractions and deep grooves. With guests Lilo (NL) - vocals, Pino Basile (IT) - tamburello, Marianne Noordink (NL) - alto flute & flute, Rémi Charmasson (F) - guitars, Michael Moore (USA) - clarinet & alto sax. About the album title: as any bush-driver will tell you, never have your thumbs on the inside of the steering wheel, as a hidden pot-hole can sudd...
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