"a boundary nudging ambient jazz transmission that refreshingly doesn't sound like too much else around"

"And so the song continues for six, all too short minutes, a heart wrenching window into Ellis' childhood and his gospel and jazz roots."

"the most spiritual jazz sound bath since Alice Coltrane’s ashram years. It’s a deep, meaningful listen, pull up a chair."

"It's as good a slice of oh so nice nu-soul as you'll hear this year. Now for that album."

" the crew have attained quite the spiritual/psychedelic (delete as applicable or choose both) soulful jazz-funk state."

"the horns in sweet unity repeating a pleasingly restrained refrain that synergises with the repeated minimal guitar motif that acts as the tracks ever present driving force"

"It's a warm slice of cosmic Afrobeat which should be all over global and open minded dance floors this summer and well beyond."

"the former spending half that time in an ambient trance before communing with the ancestors via an easy Afrocentric groove"

there’s a distinctly lounge music vibe running throughout, albeit a cosmic kitsch one

easy grooving, bossa nodding, smooth AOR winking, yacht rocking, warm and uplifting, soulful jazz

his selfless approach leaves the focus on Åsbakk, whose voice rings pure and true from the instrumental gloom, deftly traversing centuries and breathing new life into these songs

If you need some jazz tickled celestial chillout for your summer inactivity then look no further.

Kicking off with some minimal yet fluid drums and bass - both from the man himself, that anchor the ambient atmospherics, the low gravity sax of Julien Fillion drifts in from a happy place

Jazz fans get straight over to this album, it’s like the good old, bad old days all over again.

Sahko Recordings deserve a long service achievement award for outsider electronica over the decades and you have to admire their continued vision in getting these three boundary nudging artists to align.

drops the dance floor designs for a lovely warm Sunday morning vibe, even daring to venture north of the border on “Favela“ to pay respects to the care free bossa sounds of their neighbours.

With both percussion and horn set to transcend, the only thing to do is go with the cosmic flow and contemplate that there just might be more out there

the LP with a bang and an insistent groove, with Garwood’s one man jazz funk horn section, haunting guitar atmospherics and spoken words conjuring a swampy, noirish jazz blues vibe, something of a recurring theme

The album is a start to finish meditative joy, a welcome return from Guidry and an auspicious start to her label.

Mayraz for his part has got his synths set to vibe, content to sit back and ride the compelling riddim, embellishing the groove with his succinct phrasing, cosmic chords and astral jazz vibes

but man and machine soon start to swirl and synergise, weaving cosmic patterns that slowly unlock your doors of perception so you too can see the light

This is cultured, jazz licked minimal dance music for the head as well as the hips that will also look great on stage and I like it.

introducing his new found guitar chops with some thoughtful picking that sets a warm tone before introducing some cosmically inclined ambient synths and sax to make smooth jazz cool again

Calibro 35 tend towards the if it ain't broke don't fix it approach with their music, but still manage to give this classic a bit of a microdosed Milanese makeover.