Review: Some artists sit on their albums forever, tinkering around the edges of 'em for years. And then there are the likes of Greg Foat, who's released no fewer than 19 long-players, either solo or in collaboration with various others, since - wait for it - 2017, mostly on Athens Of The North. This latest offering, though, is his fourth for Blue Crystal and is a live set that showcases his eclectic style perfectly, ranging as it does from the near-ambient synth doodlings of 'Pool Side' parts 1, 2 and 4, to futuristic jazz excursions ('Pool Side Pt 3'), experiments in deep, acidic house ('Dining Table Grooves') and lush jazz-funk ('Sunset Part 2'). And if you like what you hear, suffice to say there's plenty more where that came from!
Review: Still reeling from the Linkwood & Foat self-titled collaborative LP released on Athens Of The North earlier this year, Greg Foat, a versatile mainstay in the UK jazz scene, brings in bandmates Moses Boyd, Art Themen, Clark Tracey and Phil Achille to create Symphonie Pacifique. Ebbing and flowing between ambient soul and liquid jazz in the live and improvised "After The Storm", there's lounge time flamenco in "Pointe Venus" to pastoral acid in "Man Vs Machine". Amid cinematic scores and library music you'll find heavy piano chords in the album's hit "Yonaguni" alongside dedications to the late Duncan Lamont ("Lament For Lamont") and 20th century French painters (Henry Valensi) in the cover art. Magnifique!
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