New Hymn To Freedom, by Szun Waves

New Hymn To Freedom

by Szun Waves

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Phospheressence Thanks to Portico Quartet for suggesting Szun Waves.. wonderful multilayered sound building and falling, chaotic with resolutions mingled with rhythmic harmonies. A mixture of Pink Floyd, late Beatles, Soft Machine and Hawkwind ...

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2.	Fall Into The Water 06:52	buy track
3.	High Szun 07:05	buy track
4.	Temple 06:51	buy track
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6.	New Hymn To Freedom 12:17	buy track

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Sometimes in improvised music there can be a distance between listener and players, a sense you’re sitting back and admiring their interplay and abstraction – but with Szun Waves’ second album, you’re right in there with them, inside the playing, experiencing the absolute joy the three musicians feel as they circle around each other, exploring the spaces they’ve opened up.

The three members already have sparkling pedigrees of their own. Norfolk’s Luke Abbott is well known for his explorations of the zones between pure ambience and the leftmost fringes of club culture. With Portico Quartet and Circle Traps, Jack Wyllie has been in the vanguard of UK fusions of jazz, classical and club music. Australian drummer Laurence Pike has likewise found a unique voice in improvised and experimental music-making, whether in the bands Triosk or PVT, or as a solo artist.

The trio’s musical relationship has grown naturally and steadily, and it shows. From Wyllie adding shimmering sustained sax notes to Abbott’s gorgeous ambient pieces in 2013, Szun Waves emerged when Pike was added to the mix, energising the sound but still keeping its levitational qualities. Their 2016 self-released debut album hit a natural groove – it was a “proof of concept” as Abbott says – and now they’re in a place of pure spontaneity: New Hymn To Freedom is a document of six entirely live improvisations – “no edits or overdubs” – and its title couldn’t be more apt.

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released August 31, 2018

Luke Abbott - synths
Laurence Pike - drums
Jack Wyllie - saxophone

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