Fertile [CD]

The key is their powerful and adventurous sound, which is geometrical yet visceral: so intense that there is no need for words. Both the concept of ‘fertile’ as ‘life-giving' and the revolutionary impuls-es of the Arab Spring and the Indignants protests in Barcelona provided inspiration for this latest work from STEARICA, Examples of this fertility are also seen in the artistic collaborations with the musicians who contributed in different ways to the gestation of the album: fellow travellers of the independent international underground, including Scott McCloud of Girls Against Boys, who provid-ed the vocals for ‘AMREEKA’, Ryan Patterson of Coliseum (vocals on ‘NUR’) and groundbreaking saxophonist Colin Stetson (brass orchestration on ‘SHĀH MĀT’).