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Luke Abbott

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 ...

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 ...

Szun Waves: New Hymn To Freedom

by Gareth Thompson
August 23, 2018

Pythagoras had this notion that the Sun, Moon and planets all emit their own unique hum. Put simply, as these orbs travel through space they produce certain sound waves. Ever wondered what that might actually sound like? Wonder no more, for this second album from vanguard jazz trio Szun Waves is surely what Pythagoras had in ...