The Mental Traveller

by Noa Erni

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1.	The Mental Traveller Takes Off 01:06	info	buy track
2.	The Mental Traveller Theme (feat. Nardo Says) 05:05	info	buy track
3.	Train Ride (feat. Miles Bonny) 03:21	info	buy track
4.	Seeds of Labor (feat. Shamir of WOLM) 03:14	info	buy track
5.	Microsleep 03:09	info	buy track
6.	Longitude (w/ S. Fidelity) 04:13	info	buy track
7.	Calmility 02:41	info	buy track
8.	Second Nature of the Beast (feat. Count Bass D) 01:54	info	buy track
9.	Square (feat. Nardo Says) 02:07	info	buy track
10.	Uncertainty 02:58	info	buy track
11.	Shapes 02:33	info	buy track
12.	Damn it's Sunny (w/ Robot Orchestra) 04:33	info	buy track

about

If music can take our mind to any imaginable place, on endless individual journeys, Noa Erni’s “The Mental Traveller” is the infinite soundtrack. A soundtrack for mental wandering and soul searching, a blend of rap, jazz and hip-hop beats. “The Mental Traveller”, an album assembled like a literary anthology, offers musical arrangements and unique narratives where epilogue and prologue of each track merge seamlessly. Far beyond the horizon of compiling single tracks, “The Mental Traveller” is a journey of sound and unity. Inspired by David Axelrod and William Blake, Ahmad Jamal and Flying Lotus – just to name a few – this work aims to be a tribute to these legends’ legacies of past, present and future, detached from trends, norms and classical narrative structure. Swiss-born producer and computer conductor Noa Erni has been crafting obscure jazz and hip-hop behind closed curtains (a.k.a. his flat in Berlin, Germany) for years – free from external pressure and as an adjunct to his day jobs as sommelier and co-owner of local fine wine store “Friedenauer Weinhandlung”. While the album sounds like it was played by a jazz outfit with years of stage experience, the truth surprises and is even more exciting: Noa crafted the songs in countless hours of experimenting with a midi keyboard, various instrument plugins and perfected reverb settings. It was not one and the same band but one and the same person. Just a few tracks include actual live instruments.

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released April 30, 2021

All tracks composed, played and produced by Noa Erni

[2] Vocals by Nardo Says, Drums & percussion by Max von der Goltz
[3] Flugelhorn by Miles Bonny
[4] Vocals by Shamir of WOLM
[6] Co-production by S. Fidelity, Bass by Roman Klobe
[8] Vocals by Count Bass D
[9] Vocals by Nardo Says
[10] Drums & percussion by Max von der Goltz
[12] Co-production by Robot Orchestra

Mixed by S. Fidelity & Noa Erni at Manolo Purple Studio
Mastered by Mark Pfurtscheller at Chin Chat Studio
Designed by Benedikt Luft & Dominik Keller

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Noa Erni Berlin, Germany

Noa Erni has been crafting obscure jazz and hip-hop behind closed curtains (a.k.a. his flat in Berlin, Germany) for years – free from external pressure and as an adjunct to his day jobs as sommelier and co-owner of local fine wine store “Friedenauer Weinhandlung”. In 2021, Kommerz Records released Noa Erni’s debut album “The Mental Traveller” followed by a collaboration with jazz trio Triorität. ... more

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