Album Notes

Asia Jazz Project and Hip-Hop fusion duo Molina Soleil & Aju have joined together to release a unique blend of music--experimental jazz musicianship paired with male and female spoken word vocals. Titled Sacred Paths, the 55-minute project explores themes of life rituals and transformation, love and distance, environmental destruction and human spirituality. Asia Fajardo-Wright’s smooth and buoyant sax style tastefully balances the reflective and influential words of Molina Soleil & Aju.

The album also features the work of seasoned producer and magician Will Ross--an underground music renegade who has recorded and produced dozens of DIY projects, ranging from Hip-Hop to Rock to Bluegrass and now Jazz. On Sacred Paths, Ross flirts with a variety of production styles, from earthy to industrial, creating a distinct mélange of sounds that constantly teeters between concrete and metaphysical realms.

Rounding out the talent on Sacred Paths are musicians Antwon Owens and Luis Chavez on percussion and Lewis Mitchell Neeff on keys. The first printing of Sacred Paths will be released independently by the Wyoming-based arts collective CHiTT Productions, which has been supporting independent musicians since 2005.

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Molina Soleil & Aju are pure fusion. The groundbreaking genre-bending duo blends cultures, languages, and artistic styles, pairing masculine and feminine energies, fire and water. With the fall 2009 releases "Sacred Paths" and "Soulaju" with DJ Icewater, the duo will have released 5 albums in 15 months, including a benefit CD for Papers--a film about undocumented youth.
http://www.soulaju.com
http://www.myspace.com/soulaju
http://www.sonicbids.com/soulaju

Asia Jazz Project features the eclectic sound of Asia Fajardo-Wright. Ms. Fajardo-Wright is a 25-year old saxophonist and composer who draws inspiration from her work as a traditional Aztec dancer. Sacred Paths is her first album release. Asia is also set to release another album this fall with her Latin/Reggae group Mono Verde.
http://www.myspace.com/asiajazz

Visit CHiTT Productions online at http://www.chittproductions.com