A Square of Sky

With its subtle rhythms, spacious playing and rich textures, the music on this album takes its time to develop and embrace the listener. The band features highly regarded players from a fascinating blend of jazz, pop and classical backgrounds, including Tony Buchanan and Adam Simmons (winds), Imogen Manins (cello), Robin Gist (guitars), Barnaby Gold (drums), Alexander Nettelbeck (piano, Rhodes) Lisa Schouw, Christine Sullivan and Simone Gill (vocals), along with Gordon Harvey on bass, keys and treatments, and many other wonderful players. The diversity of the tracks, ranging from jazzy grooves to spare, beautiful ambient soundscapes and delicate, atmospheric pop, belies its unity. This is a proper album, best listened to from beginning to end.