Sam Ospovat - Blight Music (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Blight Music, the third album by drummer and composer Sam Ospovat as a bandleader, is an uncompromising statement that bridges the ecstatic freedom of avant-garde improvisation with the rhythmic vitality and melodic tension of the 1970s loft jazz scene. The album doesn't just nod to history–it vibrates with it, reimagining past energies for a chaotic present.

Recorded in a burned-out, graffiti-covered waterfront warehouse in Brooklyn's Bush Terminal, Blight Music captures more than just music. It captures atmosphere. Concrete pillars, soaring 20-foot ceilings, and the industrial remnants of New York's past created a reverberant environment where the city's monumental history, volatile present, and uncertain future all seemed to collide. That tension lives in every note–raw, alive, unfiltered.

The music itself is a high-wire act. It veers between exuberant melodic lines and unrelenting intensity, often suspending time through intricate polyrhythmic layers. Each composition is executed with fiery conviction by a transatlantic supergroup of improvisers–musicians known for their adventurous spirits and distinct voices.

Sam Ospovat, drums, gongs, electronics
Tim Dahl, fretless electric bass
Rieko Okuda, piano
Olli Hirvonen, guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8)
Raoul Björkenheim, guitar (track 7)
Jeremy Viner, tenor saxophone
Michael Attias, alto saxophone, tenor with effects (track 7)
Nick Lyons, alto saxophone
Davy Lazar, trumpet (track 7)

Tracklist:
01. The Sower
02. Blight Music
03. The Sky above the Port
04. Salvador Dahl
05. Bison
06. Schu-Schu
07. American Talent
08. Deep Contractions


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