New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Acclaimed bassist/vocalist Casey Abrams will release a new album, Put A Spell On You, on March 16, 2018 on Chesky Records. The album showcases both Abrams frenetic energy, as well as the unique nature of his creativity as a songwriter and performer. Songs include the originals "Let's Make Out," "Robot Lovers," and "Cougartown" as well as his compelling takes on a few classics such as "I Put a Spell on You," "Georgia on My Mind," and "Nature Boy."
Abrams explains the album, "I wanted to put a spell on the audience with the new record," he affirms. "I'm mixing a lot of covers that fans have heard live with originals that they've never heard before. It's been fun to write songs about the new and cover things that are old. No matter what though, everything should put you in that kind of wonderful trance."
Last Fall Abrams retreated to a decommissioned church in Brooklyn (The Hirsch Center) to track Put A Spell On You. During a two-day marathon session, he was joined by the members of his trio—Jacob Scesney [saxophone, cajón] and Taylor Tesler [guitar, vocals]—David Chesky in the producer's chair, and a "mannequin microphone." Put A Spell On You is a part of the Chesky Binaural + Series, all recorded with a single microphone. The new music showcases the spacious, lush and multi-dimensional recording.
"The church was amazing," Abrams adds. "There was a natural reverb that you can't get digitally. We recorded using this mannequin with microphones in it. You're singing to this thing like an audience member and getting real stereoscopic sound. As time progressed, my sound has gotten more live and dirty. It's more like you're sitting in my living room now. It's very spontaneous and rugged. That's the beauty of this."
All around musical wunderkind, Casey Abrams, has built a strong following through the years with two album releases (Casey Abrams and Tales From the Gingerbread House). Casey spent the last year touring internationally as part of the renowned collective Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox between launching his own nine-piece "funk orchestra" via select FunkHaus gigs. Abrams will play more of these special shows this month in Los Angeles at Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles on January 19 and 26th.
Put A Spell On You Track List:
1. Robot Lovers
2. Meet the Flintstones
3. Cougartown
4. I Put A Spell On You
5. Lost and Looking
6. Let's Make Out
7. Nature Boy
8. Never Knew
9. Georgia on My Mind
10. High Drunk Love You
11. Have You Ever Seen the Rain
12. Moon Song
13. Take The A Train
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David Chesky who had the personal insight to recognize that standard audio albums lacked the subtle nuances of live performance, and that the human ear hears much more than modern stereo techniques reproduce. Enlisting the help of his brother, Norman Chesky, the business partners formed the NY-based label with one simple philosophy: to create the illusion of live musicians in a three-dimensional space--to capture and produce "music FOR your ears."
Home to multiple GRAMMY® award-winning recordings and artists (including Macy Gray, John Hammond, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Mann,
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