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Village of the Sun feat. Binker & Moses: Village of the Sun / Ted
by Chris May
After rewiring the synapses of the British jazz scene with three feral and sublimely beautiful albums, the semi-free saxophone and drums duo Binker & Moses—tenor saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd—have been taking a break from making music as a unit. But the release of the 12" single “Village of the Sun" / “Ted" looks like those albums may not be the end of the story. Let us hope so, for the music begun on Dem Ones (2015), Journey ...
Continue ReadingBinker Golding: Abstractions Of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers
by Karl Ackermann
Binker Golding has been gathering a loyal and impressive following on the London jazz scene with comparisons to John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Dispensing with some measure of hyperbole, Golding's prestigious UK based MOBO and MOJO awards, and growing fan base lend validity to his local stature. Like Idris Rahman, Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet), Golding is part of a recent wave of exceptional saxophonists from the London area. Golding's album Abstractions of Reality Past & Incredible ...
Continue ReadingBinker Golding: Abstractions Of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers
by Chris May
None of the new, legion improviser-composer tenor saxophonists on London's underground scene are more accomplished than Binker Golding, and unlike many avant-garde players, Golding has a thorough knowledge of the saxophonists who preceded him. His originality is, in a phrase coined by Harold Rosenberg, art critic on The New Yorker in the 1970s, “emblazoned with the authority of the past." This grasp of history makes Golding not only an enfant terrible of the new London jazz, but an eminence grise, ...
Continue ReadingWe Out Here: The Fast-Forward Evolution of British Jazz
by Chris May
After a lifetime in the shadow of its American parent, British jazz is finally coming of age. A community of young, London-based musicians is forging a style which, while anchored in the American tradition, reflects the modern Caribbean and African cultural heritages of the majority of its vanguard players. The music also addresses the race, class and gender inequalities which are features of life in Britain. The new London scene is by no means racially exclusive, but it ...
Continue ReadingBinker Golding Quartet and Denys Baptiste Quartet at the London Saxophone Festival
by Chris May
Binker Golding Quartet / Denys Baptiste Quartet London Saxophone FestivalThe Jazz Cafe London May 23, 2019 The launch event for the 2019 London Saxophone Festival, which runs until June 16, featured two of the most edge-of-your-seat, high impact, kick-out-the-jams tenor saxophone-led bands in the recorded history of British jazz. The senior leader was Denys Baptiste, the heir apparent was Binker Golding. It was an event which promised much and delivered it all.
Continue ReadingBinker Golding & Elliot Galvin: Ex Nihilo
by Luke Seabright
Ex Nihilo sees the pairing of two British rising stars: Elliot Galvin on piano and Binker Golding, (one half of the acclaimed Binker and Moses) on saxophones. Communication is at the heart of most improvised music, and a duo strips this communication down to its most fundamental unit: the dialogue. Here the two converse with remarkable audacity as they experiment with texture and space. You might think there's a limit to the textural complexity that only a sax ...
Continue ReadingBinker Golding / Elliot Galvin: Ex Nihilo
by Chris May
As one half of Binker and Moses with drummer Moses Boyd, saxophonist Binker Golding has already made three keynote contributions to the London scene with the ferocious Dem Ones (Gearbox, 2015), Journey To The Mountain Of Forever (Gearbox, 2017) and Alive In The East? (Gearbox, 2018). It is impossible to overstate the significance of those albums. The 15-minute two-hander by John Coltrane and Elvin Jones on the title track of Coltrane's live album One Down, One Up (Impulse, ...
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