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Universal Citizen is the remarkable debut album of the trios around French composer and pianist David Tixier, 
who are already fairly well-known as "Rising Stars" on European stages. In addition to the Swiss bassist 
Rafael Jerjen and Lada Obradović, drummer from Croatia and both regulars of the trio, the three musicians 
could win with Mike Moreno (guitar) and Sachal Vasandani (vocals) two internationally renowned guest 
musicians for their debut.

Piano trios are like shells in the sea. The David Tixier trio, however, is to remain in the picture, a shell 
with a pearl that you have to look for a long time - the fresh new sound, the distinctive style of the 
compositions of David Tixier inevitably digs into the ear, is unmistakable. Particularly noteworthy 
is the absolutely organic interaction of these three musicians, with whom they also seamlessly integrate 
their guests Moreno and Vasandani in their band sound. Honest, complex, energetic, mutually fruitful, 
open-minded, surprising are other attributes in trying to describe the music of the David Tixier trio.

"I chose the title Universal Citizen for the album and for one of the compositions of this album, to describe 
the importance of being beyond a nationality, a religion or a community. This aspect of being open-minded 
and universal is a key for living in our world today. We are of course all different, with many many 
different habits, knowledge, opinions, but we are all looking to the same goal; life and happiness. 
Around this common goal, there is no geographic boarders that can separate people, we all want the same. 
I wrote the music of this album in this sense and I feel extremely thrilled about releasing it, because
it expresses my need to unify people through music, my passion." - David Tixier


David Tixier – piano; 
Rafael Jerjen – double bass; 
Lada Obradovic – drums;
feat. Mike Moreno – guitar; 
Sachal Vasandani – vocals.

Label: Neuklang
Release: 20.04.2018
https://www.bauerstudios.de/de/data/shop/6610/

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-08-10 10:06:00
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Analyzed: David Tixier Trio/ Universal Citizen
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7        0.00 dB    -9.90 dB      7:25 01-Far From The World
DR8        0.00 dB   -11.25 dB      5:23 02-Tokyo
DR7        0.00 dB   -10.17 dB      5:53 03-Lost Among Ghosts
DR9        0.00 dB   -13.12 dB      3:53 04-Tribute To An Old Man
DR13       0.00 dB   -18.27 dB      1:20 05-Arising Twilight
DR9        0.00 dB   -12.59 dB      4:56 06-The Fall
DR10       0.00 dB   -13.22 dB      4:04 07-Nothing's Real
DR6        0.00 dB    -8.80 dB      3:54 08-The Wayward Heroe
DR9        0.00 dB   -12.41 dB      9:57 09-Universal Citizen
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Number of tracks:  9
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate:        88200 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2846 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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