Name: New Hymn To Freedom
Brand: Szun Waves

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2018-08-31

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Szun Waves

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The Leaf Label

Szun Waves is an innovative and boundary-pushing musical collective that blends elements of jazz, electronic, and experimental music. Comprised of *Luke Abbott*, *Jack Wyllie*, and *Laurence Pike*, Szun Waves creates mesmerizing soundscapes that captivate listeners with their unique blend of improvisation and composition.

With influences ranging from free jazz to ambient electronica, Szun Waves has carved out a distinct sonic territory all their own. Their music is characterized by hypnotic rhythms, intricate melodies, and immersive textures that transport the listener to another realm.

Similar artists to Szun Waves include Sarathy Korwar, Ill Considered, Anteloper, Binker and Moses, Shabaka Hutchings, Sam Gendel, Ben LaMar Gay, The Necks, Jaimie Branch, Maria Chiara Argirò, Laurence Pike (also a member of Szun Waves), Theon Cross,and many more. If you enjoy the adventurous sounds of these artists or are simply looking for something new and exciting in the world of music,<en></en> Szun Waves is sure to captivate your ears.

Independent, UK-based record company.  Majority-owned and controlled by [a1167051].  Name variations as it appears on one or more releases:
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See also [l708357], mainly found on releases prior to the Company's incorporation in 2002.

Full legal entity name: The Leaf Label Limited
UK Company number: 04402147
Incorporated: 22 March 2002

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New Hymn To Freedom is the second album by Szun Waves. Szun Waves are prolific electronic producer Luke Abbott, Portico Quartet sax player Jack Wyllie and Australian percussion master Laurence Pike. Sometimes in improvised music there can be a distance between listener and players, a sense you’re sitting back and admiring their interplay and abstraction – but with Szun Waves’ second album, you’re right in there with them, inside the playing, experiencing the absolute joy the three musicians feel as they circle around each other, exploring the spaces they’ve opened up. The three members already have sparkling pedigrees of their own. Norfolk’s Luke Abbott is well known for his explorations of the zones between pure ambience and the leftmost fringes of club culture. With Portico Quartet and Circle Traps, Jack Wyllie has been in the vanguard of UK fusions of jazz, classical and club music. Australian drummer Laurence Pike has likewise found a unique voice in improvised and experimental music-making, whether in the bands Triosk or PVT, or as a solo artist. The trio’s musical relationship has grown naturally and steadily, and it shows. From Wyllie adding shimmering sustained sax notes to Abbott’s gorgeous ambient pieces in 2013, Szun Waves emerged when Pike was added to the mix, energising the sound but still keeping its levitational qualities. Their 2016 self- released debut album hit a natural groove, and now they’re in a place of pure spontaneity: New Hymn To Freedom is a document of six entirely live improvisations – “no edits or overdubs” – and its title couldn’t be more apt. For fans of James Holden, Floating Points, Rival Consoles, Don Cherry, Suzanne Ciani, Polar Bear, Nils Frahm, Mark Pritchard, Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Cluster, Pantha Du Prince and Four Tet.

New Hymn To Freedom

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