Dishwasher_ / Flock

Dishwasher_ (album release)

Two and a half years after Dishwasher_'s self-titled debut album established them as one of the standard-bearers of the latest jazz and groove wave in our country, the trio is releasing their long-awaited second album on Sdban Ultra in October '25.

The new album deepens and colours their unmistakable electronic foundation: more synths and the use of effects on saxophone, bass and drums predominate, while never losing sight of their jazz background and continuing to experiment with influences from ambient and improvisation. Expect tunes somewhere between cinematic, retro-futuristic and neo-noir danceable atmospheres.

Dishwasher_
Werend Van den Bossche (sax, keys), Louise van den Heuvel (bass), Arno Grootaers (drums)

Flock - Flock II (album release)

“UK jazz supergroup tap into the ancient spiritual vibrations emanating from Pembrokeshire’s mythical Druidstone. Ten Seriously levitational jams are the result.” - Uncut

“A curious mashup of noisy improv, messy minimalism, electronic manipulations and Afrobeat rhythms.” - The Guardian

Flock brings together five virtuoso voices from British jazz and experimental music. On their new album 'Flock II' you will hear trance-like, pulsating soundscapes. They invite you into a very personal listening experience, with an atmosphere that ranges from hypnotic to intense.

Whereas their debut album was recorded in a single day, this time the five virtuosos retreated for a week to Studio Owz, a converted church in rural West Wales. There they developed unique starting points for each track - from diagrams of repeated patterns to stroboscopic light installations.

The result is a deeply layered record where free improvisation and collective composition merge, free of genre and relying on the intuitive power of five musicians who trust each other blindly.

Flock
Bex Burch (percussion - with solo record with International Anthem), Sarathy Korwar (drums, electronics), Tamar Osborn (saxophone - Collocutor, Dele Sosimi, Unknown To Known), Danalogue (synths - The Comet Is Coming / Soccer96), Al MacSween (keys - Kefaya)

An organisation of Ha Concerts and Democrazy
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