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Paradise Cinema: returning, dream

by Geno Thackara
September 21, 2024

Was this made in a studio or beamed in from a jungle on some faraway planet? Perhaps a little of both--Jack Wyllie's saxophone does often find some alien- sounding contexts, as often shown by the futuristic electro-jazz-ambient sound sculpting of Portico Quartet or the wilder psychedelic fusion of Szun Waves. When it comes to Paradise Cinema, the sound is closer to the ground in more ways than one--its self-titled debut (Gondwana, 2020) came from some time soaking in the sounds ...