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| Forward-looking bandleader Matthew Halsall is launching An Ever Changing View with a splashy show at the Royal Albert Hall. |
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Trumpeter, bandleader and composer Matthew Halsall announces landmark new album An Ever Changing View, an expansive, immaculately conceived project which presents Halsall’s signature blend of jazz, electronica, global and spiritual jazz influences. Released on September 8th via the Gondwana label he founded 15 years ago, An Ever Changing View will be launched at The Royal Albert Hall in London on September 21st followed by UK and EU tour dates.
Halsall has been hailed as one of the leading figures of the UK jazz renaissance yet has never seen himself as part of any one sound or scene: he builds his own sonic universe instead. An Ever Changing View finds him at his most experimental yet, once again expanding his sound and production techniques to create his unique brand of deeply meditative music.
During the album's creation, he was staying in both a beautiful architect’s house with breath-taking sea views and a striking modernist house, where he composed what he saw “like a landscape painting”. In these new environments, Halsall wanted to capture “the feeling of openness and escapism” and to approach making music again from scratch. “I hit the reset button and wanted to have complete musical freedom,” he says. “It was a real exploration of sound.”
An Ever Changing View comes in a package as striking as the music, with handmade fonts designed by Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic and the specially commissioned tapestry by artist Sara Kelly is a stunning and harmonious complement to the record's sound. Get a copy of the album in a variety of formats from your platform of choice right here: https://gondwana.lnk.to/AnEverChangingView
Check out videos for "Mountains, Trees and Seas" and the harp-enhanced "Calder Shapes" followed by an audio clip of the entire album below.
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