With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the associated restrictions, compositional work for the album "Sundance Vibrations" began in March 2020. What was initially intended as a mere distraction during the time without performances developed into an ambitious full-time project for Arndt Worbis. This album is the result of a development and production process spanning more than two years. "I am delighted that good friends and great musicians supported me with their creativity and musicality and contributed significantly to the success of this album," the musician states in the eight-page CD booklet.
Elements from jazz, funk, Latin, pop, R&B and blues provide the unmistakable basis for the eleven pieces of the album, all penned by the guitarist. Intoxicating grooves, catchy melodies, ethereal pads, and sophisticated horn and string arrangements form the musical backbone of "Sundance Vibrations." They run like a common thread through the entire album. Despite all the stylistic diversity and contrasts, the band manages to create a distinctive sound without claiming to reinvent the genre.
Few German productions are as internationally oriented. It's clearly audible that a great deal of time and attention to detail went into the entire production process. "Sundance Vibrations" is the perfect companion for the sunny days of the year, as the atmospheric cover of the 66-minute long player already hints at.
The band's musicians know how to avoid putting themselves on the spot. Instead, they always put their talents at the service of the music and impressively manage to use the momentum to their advantage. The band ventures confidently into different musical terrains on the album, yet maintains their overall sound. Sometimes the pieces sound loungey and chilled, like the title track "Sundance Vibrations," which onomatopoeically describes the course of the sun; sometimes they shuffle downright cinematically, like in "The Legal Shift," or groove, like in "Funky Point." Sometimes they sound stripped down, like in "7th Heaven," or are heavily influenced by the blues, like in "Sad and Blue." Fans of Latin ("Nightcrawling"), R&B ("Mister Breeze"), or pop ("Métro") will also get their money's worth. The hypnotic influences of acid jazz are unmistakable on the tracks "Drippin'" and "Smooth Jam." The lyrical jazz ballad “No One Like You” forms a counterpoint, but it also fits harmoniously and logically into the overall picture and forms the Conclusion of the album.
01 Sundance Vibrations
02 Drippin'
03 The Legal Shift
04 Metro
05 Funky Point
06 7th Heaven
07 Sad And Blue
08 Nightcrawling
09 Mister Breeze
10 Smooth Jam
11 No One Like You
