Bleep

Dating back to 2008, the epic recordings of Matthew Halsall sessions with the future members of his Gondwana Orchestra are here collated in — true to its title — Oneness. The LP has meditation built into its DNA, making use of tentative tanpura drones (as heard on Alice Coltrane’s Journey In Satchidananda) as well as vivacious spiritual-jazz measures, bursting with colourful horns and percussion. What’s more, it welcomes the potential of the collective, and the possibility of a truly egoless music.