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Hill Collective: Tonal Prophecy

by Adam Nolan
June 15, 2024

Improvisation meets The Wizard of Oz. Sun Ra meets a community choir vibe. Saxophone, trombone, and trumpet shake the ceiling, and the electric bass takes us into some kind of rhumba. Hill Collective from Brighton, UK, has something to tell us. There is a hip vibe to this. Accessibility is visible, as is the accuracy of parts played. The house is eerie yet still interesting and inspiring enough to enter the door to a land of forgotten dreams. ...

Album Review

Hill Collective: Tonal Prophecy

Read "Tonal Prophecy" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
June 3, 2024

The eight-piece Hill Collective hails from deep space via Brighton, a town an hour's train ride from London on Britain's south coast. In the contradictory way of many so-called collectives, it appears to have a leader, the alto saxophonist and composer/arranger Pete Piskov. But Piskov is there to marshal the madness not to repress it. Tonal Prophecy is the ensemble's first studio album. It comes with resonances of Charles Mingus, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman and the long gone ...