ABOUT the album

La BOMBA is the first bold statement as a bandleader from Italian-born bassist, composer, and producer Luca Curcio, based between Berlin and Copenhagen. The album began as a set of compositions and improvisations before being sampled, chopped, and reassembled in post-production. The result is a bass-driven sound world where acoustic interplay collides with electronic production: grooves fracture and reform, horn lines twist and dissolve, micro-rhythms propel the pulse, and forms remain fluid and unpredictable.

The project mirrors Curcio’s artistic and personal journey across Europe. Recorded in Denmark with a powerhouse ensemble — including fellow Italian Francesco Bigoni alongside Nordic musicians Erik Kimestad, Sölvi Kolbeinsson, and Simon Olderskog Albertsen — the material was later produced and reshaped in Berlin, which served as Curcio’s creative laboratory.

Radical yet accessible, La BOMBA stands firmly in the jazz lineage while pointing far beyond it. Improvisation remains its core engine, while electronic production methods become equal partners in the creative act. More than just a debut, La BOMBA is Curcio’s manifesto for a contemporary jazz that is rhythm-forward, urgent, and alive.