The Leaf Lab

On Montauk Variations, pianist Matthew Bourne has reinvented his approach by stripping away the clutter and quirkiness characteristic of previous work. Fragility and romanticism have now become key focal elements in highly personal performances that still carry the Bourne hallmarks of unpredictability and elliptical intensity.

"In Each And Every One" är Polar Bears femte album och det första nya sedan 2010 års storsäljare "Peepers". Plattan är producerad/mixad av bandledaren Sebastian Rochford och är ett nytt kapitel i Polar Bears framfart som ett av de mest spännande och progressiva banden i sin generation.

Pike Laurence: The Undreamt-Of Centre [CD]

"Same As You" är uppföljaren till det Mercury Prizenominerade albumet "In Each And Every One". "Same As You", även det på bolaget The Leaf Label, är mer tillgängligt än det mörkare förra men med samma lekfullhet och experimentlusta. Inspelat av Rochford i London och mixat<br/>i Mojave-öknen med Ken Barrientos.

Following his celebrated moogmemory project, Matthew Bourne returns to the piano for Isotach. Once again, spontaneity is the keyword where Bourne is concerned, catching on tape that pregnant moment when a piece begins to form. Skeletal piano motifs, an aching use of space and sparing cello arrangements are deployed to devastating effect. Recorded in his rural Yorkshire home, Bourne&rsquo;s piano placed to overlook the moors while he works, the album title is a nod to the weather, which played a part in its creation. The recordings took place during what Bourne describes as &ldquo;extreme weather&rdquo;. If you listen carefully you can hear the wind and rain picked up on the microphones, the sparse instrumentation providing the calm in the eye of the storm.

Distant Early Warning is the debut solo album by Australian drummer, percussionist and composer Laurence Pike. For the best part of two decades Pike has operated at the cutting edge of the electronic and jazz music worlds, releasing albums to critical acclaim and touring the world with his bands PVT (formerly Pivot), Triosk and Szun Waves, and featuring on numerous albums, tours and soundtracks as a collaborator. On Distant Early Warning he carves himself a moment of reflection. The calm in the eye of the storm. An ominous portent as the rocks appear on the horizon. Originally conceived as a technological and spiritual jazz suite for drums, Distant Early Warning is a series of solo performances for kit and sampler recorded live in a single day. &ldquo;For a long time I&rsquo;ve been feeling there&rsquo;s a central part of my musical voice that didn&rsquo;t have an outlet,&rdquo; Pike says. &ldquo;So this album is definitely a product of inner necessity.&rdquo;

Szun Waves: New Hymn to Freedom [CD]