Maurice Louca and his band Elephantine's album 'Moonshine' shines brightly with a live, raw, collective sound. Maurice Louca's band is incredible: double drummers Tommaso Cappellato and Özün Usta, Piero Bittolo Bon on alto, Daniel Gahrton on baritone, Isak Hedtjärn on clarinet, Rasmus Svale Kjærgård Lund on tuba, Rosa Brunello on bass, Els Vandeweyer on vibraphone and Louca on guitar/lap steel/synth. As Asher Gamedze puts it in his essay: "Abstract territories of freedom, always grounded, expansive, multiple, internally differentiated, and elephantine." All music composed, arranged and produced by Maurice Louca. Genre: Arabic, jazz, world. RIYL: Sun City Girls, Tortoise, Nadah El Shazly, Amirtha Kidambi, Don Cherry, Jaubi, Pharoah Sanders, Sunil Ganguly. Limited red/black vinyl version.