Results for "Laurence Pike"

Laurence Pike

Jack Wyllie: Eternal Spring

by Maciej Stasiowski
September 7, 2026

Starling murmurations are an amazing sight and a wonder illustrating swarm intelligence. How come none of the birds collide with their peers? Decoded by computer modeling, emergent behavior in complex systems unveils patterns that go well beyond single-component contribution. It is tempting to hear out flocking behavior that transforms individual instruments into a rich tapestry--a wall ...

Lophae, Atmospheric Trio, Sasha Berliner, Jeremy Stein & Mitchell Shiner, Kasan Belgrave, & More

by Tony Poole
January 17, 2025

An eclectic hour of cutting-edge jazz sounds from around the globe. Join Tony Poole as he explores the freshest worldwide jazz grooves, showcasing all-new releases and captivating rhythms that redefine the genre. Playlist Richard Baratta “I Feel Good" from Looking Back (Savant Records) Atmospheric Trio “Green Chimneys" from Following Polaris (Adhyaropa Recordsl) Kasan Belgrave ...

returning, dream

By Jack Wyllie

Label: Gondwana Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: A Morning in the Near Future; returning, dream; Python; Tide; Crossing; Nowhere, Home; Night Search; End, Setting.

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, ...

Earth Patterns

By Jack Wyllie

Label: The Leaf Label
Released: 2022
Track listing: Exploding Upwards; New Universe; Garden; In The Moon House; Be A Pattern For The World; Willow Leaf Pear; Atomkerne.

Electric Fusions: Worldly and Wild

by Geno Thackara
September 12, 2022

As always, there are as many kinds of fusion as there are people to fuse things. This electrifying half-dozen from around the globe all bring a lot of electricity to jazz and rock and other things, though all in very different ways. Oli Astral From the Astral Multiple Chord Music 2022 ...

Szun Waves: Earth Patterns

by Gareth Thompson
August 10, 2022

The second Szun Waves album, New Hymn To Freedom (The Leaf Label, 2018), was a critical smash that united fans of Radiohead and Pharoah Sanders alike. Media types drowned in a torrent of adjectives such as gleaming, sparkling and rippling, as if the combo of brass and electronics could produce anything else. Unless, of course, it ...

Holy Spring

By Laurence Pike

Label: The Leaf Label
Released: 2019
Track listing: Mystic Circles; Daughter Of Mars; Dance Of The Earth; Transire; Drum Chant; Holy Spring; The Shock Of Hope; Taught By Spirits; Rites.

Laurence Pike: Holy Spring

by Gareth Thompson
May 9, 2019

Most artists in any medium have a need of sunlight, or at least the promise of it. Percussionist Laurence Pike is one third of Szun Waves, a jazzy crossover act whose emergence has been widely acclaimed. On his second solo album Pike is in thrall to spring, the harbinger of summer, though it feels as much ...