a percussive skeleton on which he hangs ambient swathes and microdosed machine noise that transports the listener

The first three albums were all impeccably selected, avoiding the jazz compilation cliches and this is more of the same black belt curating.

adding some smooth jazz horn emotion to the shimmering ambience and undulating synth pads that chart unhurried course

All I know is that it flows like Yusef Lateef, swings like Elvin Jones, trips like Timothy Leary and searches like Albert Ayler.

just kick back and sink into these beautifully crafted, cinematic, jazzy and funktified interpretations

It's one of the freshest jazz LPs you'll hear this year and I highly recommend you get with the Finnish space program.

The LP is nothing less than sonic shock and awe, the tracks threaded with metal guitar

The three singles suggested the LP would be some sort of cosmic acid-folk affair, so I wasn’t anticipating this wild ride

join the dots between Americana, jazz, the softer side of AOR, blues and good natured singer songwriting

They're admirably focussed on bringing the golden age of twentieth century orchestra crooning & silky blue eyed soul into the 20th century

It really is a stunning rendition of this centuries old song and a wonderful counterpoint to Raae's playing.

which encouraged Hennig to adopt a textural approach Harris to get his pedals out and Baldwin to swirl with these lighter than air exchanges

Devereaux runs absolute stylistic riot veering between bedroom pop, madcap synth abuse, weirdo outsiderism and jazz futurism

with its late night dirge and low tempo insistence that pulses through the speakers and makes it hard to multi-task whilst listening.

they’re unfailingly accompanied by otherworldly sonic detailing that make their familiarity fantastical.

The album is all sorts of ambient jazz shades and I highly recommend you beam aboard.

There's something in the water in Finland, or perhaps it's just the long dark winters that encourage indoor pursuits like practising your...

Well ignore what I just said about her progressive tendencies, this is gloriously classic harp music - pure and simple.

From ambient jazz soundscapes to spiritual swingers, modal meditation to library cinematic numbers it's all there rubbing shoulders.

enabled by the trio’s telepathy and considerate, minimal approach, culminating in as serene an LP as you’ll hear this year.

blissful spiritual jazz, anchored by a deeply soulful, almost horizontal grooviness and soaked in new age radiance for good measure.

Roseboro started popping out some pretty idiosyncratic singer songwriting in 2021, which on quick appraisal is remarkable for its lack...

I might have mentioned my fondness for ambient jazz before, why there isn’t more of it keeps me up at night. So big thanks to Kjetil...

Together they style themselves as NYC dream jazz abstractionists and who am I to disagree?