“LUPA” is Ritvars Garoza (synths and keys), Valters Sprudzs (bass), Davis Jurka (sax) and Andris Buikis (drums). Their debut analogue jazz/fusion vinyl recording “Sequences and Consequences” was released on July 2019 to critical acclaim – nominated for Latvian Music Awards Best Jazz album, AUSTRA Album of the year and placing Top 3 on TVNET yearly music critics list.
New album “SKETCHES OF TREES // KOKI” was released on February 25, 2022 on Jersika Records.
Acacia // Akācija
Ash // Osis
"Lupa blends styles to great effect, from the warm, vintage sounds of the Rhodes and saxophone to the sharp, fizzing synthesisers and drum machine. As well as this, electronic effects are used throughout the album, adding a diverse and vibrant texture"
Jazz Journal, Elliot Marlow-Stevens
"(..)The colors of the instruments, found and adapted to the album, made me remember some interviews with the world’s elite string quartets where musicians change their instruments until they find a balance which would best meet the completeness.(..)"
JazzIn Journal, Dāvis Eņģelis
..a new page has been turned in Latvian Jazz..
Jānis Žilde, TVNET.LV
Jazz Journal, Elliot Marlow-Stevens
"(..)The colors of the instruments, found and adapted to the album, made me remember some interviews with the world’s elite string quartets where musicians change their instruments until they find a balance which would best meet the completeness.(..)"
JazzIn Journal, Dāvis Eņģelis
..a new page has been turned in Latvian Jazz..
Jānis Žilde, TVNET.LV
KOKI // SKETCHES OF TREES is the second album by modern electric jazz / neo - fusion band LUPA.
This time around, saxophonist Davis Jurka, bassist Valters Sprudzs, keyboardist Ritvars Garoza, and drummer Andris Buikis show even deeper and more sophisticated compositional, recording and post-production skills to offer a very adventurous musical journey.
LUPA is the Latvian answer to such modern jazz bands as THE COMET IS COMING, BABADNOTGOOD, ELEPHANT9, or Bugge Wesseltoft’s New Conception of Jazz. However as references, one can hear DREAM THEATER, early MIKE OLDFIELD and even Latvian / Soviet classic space disco band ZODIAC.
This time around, saxophonist Davis Jurka, bassist Valters Sprudzs, keyboardist Ritvars Garoza, and drummer Andris Buikis show even deeper and more sophisticated compositional, recording and post-production skills to offer a very adventurous musical journey.
LUPA is the Latvian answer to such modern jazz bands as THE COMET IS COMING, BABADNOTGOOD, ELEPHANT9, or Bugge Wesseltoft’s New Conception of Jazz. However as references, one can hear DREAM THEATER, early MIKE OLDFIELD and even Latvian / Soviet classic space disco band ZODIAC.
Davis Jurka
alto and tenor saxophones, flute, clarinett
Ritvars Garoza
keyboards and synths
Valters Sprudzs
bass
Andris Buikis
drums and analog drum machine
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alto and tenor saxophones, flute, clarinett
Ritvars Garoza
keyboards and synths
Valters Sprudzs
bass
Andris Buikis
drums and analog drum machine
Read more here ︎
Valters Sprūdžs, bass
Ritvars Garoza, keys
Dāvis Jurka, sax
Andris Buiķis, drums
