"the jam session meets soothing psyche rock meets shoegaze meets space rock of “orbital decay” as the boys once again lull you into a false sense of psychedelic security before testing your lysergic limits"

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.

It's a fierce, impassioned tune that takes no prisoners and exactly the sort of militant, saying something jazz that we need to wake people up to how f*^ked the world is

he decamped to London to get a different perspective on the recordings and the result is this transcendent, cosmic electroacoustic fusion.

A spiritual sax intro plumped on an organ cushion prises open your doors of perception before the electric piano starts to twinkle its light

slowly but surely the free flowing jazz licks add some welcome consciousness raising thermals to help your thoughts ascend to higher plains

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

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

In 2024 I want new generation twists, oddball blends in this golden age of fusion and electronic experimentation.

"Stax eschews 20th century cliches for a forward looking, leftfield leaning jazz vibe"