'Shuffle Bubble' - pre-order now: lydiancollective.fanlink.to/shufflebubble 

Bouncey guitar hooks and nostalgic melodies drive the first half of the track, before things ascend into a vintage psychedelic jam worthy of the finest wizard hats - and ultimately a 1970's style fade out. 

Taken from the forthcoming second studio album from Lydian Collective.

Shuffle Bubble

Shuffle Bubble - Lydian Collective (Preview)

Thirty One

Sleepyhead

Portals

Mr. Sunshine

Lydia's Dream

Loops

London’s Lydian Collective will release their second single Legend Of Lumbar on December 1st - hot on the heels of their debut release ‘Thirty One’, which Clash described as “making genre-crashing, boundary-smashing music seem effortless”. It will be available globally on all streaming and download services. 

The band have already attracted a huge online following – with 1.4 million views for their YouTube channel and a host of solo credits between them (from Roots Manuva to popular iOS game Monument Valley). Their unique combination of accessible melodies, accomplished musicianship, hypnotic rhythms and uplifting music has won fans around the world – before they have even released their highly anticipated debut album.

Thirty-One has had a huge reception on Spotify, attracting playlist additions in its first week putting it in front of over 250,000 users. As we speak, the track has been streamed nearly 70,000 times.

Drawing inspiration from Jazz, Electronica, World Music and Film, the band have had early support from key UK tastemakers like Nick Luscombe at Flomotion/BBC Radio 3 – and have played at major Central London venues such as the Festival Hall Clore Ballroom. 

Legend Of Lumbar is the second single from the debut album ‘Adventure’ (set for release in early 2018), and it shows off the band’s manifesto. The band take more of a groove-based approach than they did on Thirty-One, with inspiration from Aaron Wheeler’s electronica alter-ego Laszlo. The killer rhythm team of Ida Hollis and Sophie Alloway lead the way, with another killer melody from Aaron Wheeler and Todd Baker (keys & guitar). Todd was the brains behind the soundtrack for the recent iOS game Monument Valley – and you can hear hints of this in the new single.

Look out for another single which will drop early January, before the flawless debut LP ‘Adventure’ is set free.

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Legend Of Lumbar

Equinox

East

Cartoon Hero

Overnight

Cascades continues the series of singles by London’s Lydian Collective, which have been quietly gathering fans and appreciation since September 2017.

The new track moves in a jazz direction, allowing the band to flex their instrumental muscles and explore the outer reaches of their signature harmonies – while the winning melodies of the first two singles re-appear. 

Cascades was composed as a solo piano piece by Lydian Collective’s leader Aaron Wheeler, written on a rainy day with rain cascading from the roof of the studio.

Having experimented with complex electronic sounds with the band he wanted to go back to basics and compose something more simple and organic, making use of acoustic instrument sounds and textures. The inspiration from the jazz world is strong – and makes for a fascinating journey, with twists and turns along the way.

The band’s first two singles - Thirty-One and Legend Of Lumbar have had a huge reception on Spotify, attracting support from significant playlists around the world, driving the streams on both tracks over 200,000 plays. 

Drawing inspiration from Jazz, Electronica, World Music and Film music, the band had early support from key UK tastemakers like Nick Luscombe at Flomotion/BBC Radio 3 – and have played at major Central London venues such as the Festival Hall Clore Ballroom. A series of UK gigs are planned for 2018, including appearances in London and Leicester.

Cascades is the third single from the debut album ‘Adventure’ (set for release in early 2018). You’ll hear Aaron Wheeler’s piano to the fore on this track, backed by the killer rhythm team of Ida Hollis and Sophie Alloway, and Aaron’s co-composer, Todd Baker (keys & guitar).

Cascades

After the success of their popular debut acclaimed album ‘Adventure’, (which has generated over 1 million album streams on Spotify in just 6 months). Lydian Collective are now following this up with their new single ‘High 555’. 
The first release helped to put themselves firmly on the map of the instrumental Jazz Funk Fusion scene, which has has lead onto recent appearances at festivals such as Cheltenham Jazz, ‘So What’s Next’ Festival in The Netherlands, Cambridge Jazz Festival and plays BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction show; as well as features on Spotify’s ‘The State of Jazz’ and ‘Fusion Fest’ playlists.

After the intricate and rhythmically complex Adventure album, they have now shifted gears on this single with a hi-octane stomping four to the floor danceable fun and funky groove, lead by a phat distorted synth bass line! 
High 555 takes the listener through the usual compositional twists and turns that have made Lydian Collective tunes so popular, but this time the focus is on a solid groove to get the body moving!  

This single is due to be released on 30th November and will be part of an EP, which is due to be released in Spring next year.

Lydian Collective - High 555

Lydian Collective - High 555 (2min preview)

Lydian Collective are releasing a series of backing tracks and sheet music for their debut album 'Adventure', allowing guitarists, drummers, bassists and pianists to play along with the tracks using the official score. 

The first in the series - for Drummers - will be released July 3rd 2020 exclusively on Bandcamp and LydianCollective.com. Here's a preview of 'Thirty One' - the first backing track on the album.  

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Adventure - for Drummers

Thirty One - drumless backing track (30sec preview)

The magical new track ‘Out Of The Woods’ is the first single from L/C’s forthcoming second album, and features the ancient Scandinavian instrument - the nyckelharpa - played by Lucie Treacher. Taking the L/C’s trademark jazz-fusion sound, and marrying it with celtic/scandi folk vibes, creates a mystical journey full of energy and wonder.

Out Of The Woods

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Instrumental jazz/fusion 4-piece collective. Debut album ‘Adventure’ available to buy/stream now. New album 'Return' - out 27/05/22. Featured on Ustwo Games' Monument Valley 2 OST.

With 4 million Spotify streams and 1.3 million views to date on their YouTube channel, a host of solo credits between them (from Roots Manuva to Monument Valley), London’s Lydian Collective are an exciting new musical voice who are about to make their mark in the UK and beyond. The band brings together Aaron ‘Lazslo’ Wheeler (keys), Todd Baker (guitar), Ida Hollis (bass) and Sophie Alloway (drums) – four musicians with individual success under their belts, who have found a collective voice through the band’s music.

The Lydian Collective sound is a unique combination of accessible melodies, accomplished musicianship, hypnotic rhythms and an uplifting vibe, which has already been drawing in audiences from around the world. A unique combination of jazz musicianship, melodies that catch the ear and the heart, and infectious rhythms is brought together to winning effect on their first single release “Thirty One”.

The millions who follow the band’s online channels include fans from as far afield as the USA, China and Japan – with a healthy following on home ground as well, through early support from the likes of Nick Luscombe at BBC Radio 3 and Tom Robinson at BBC6Music – as well as gigs at the London’s Royal Festival Hall, Clore Ballroom and Soho Pizza Express.

An early cameo appearance for the band was on the soundtrack album to Monument Valley 2 - www.monumentvalleygame.com. MV2 is a major game release on the iOS platform, developed and marketed by ustwo, with millions of users around the world.  Todd Baker, the band’s guitarist, wrote the entire soundtrack to the game, and the recording of his track “Child” is a key moment on the soundtrack.

Aaron Wheeler and Todd Baker are the creative minds behind the band’s sound. Both have found success as commercial composers, but they first met at college – where a love of music was their bond.  Aaron’s electronica work as Lazslo also has a successful life of its own, with his track “Mr Sunshine” currently sitting at over 600,000 plays on Spotify (you can check out a version of this track on Lydian Collective’s album). The compositions played by the band arose out of a difficult period in Aaron’s life when a back injury confined him to his sofa for many months. The pure and playful melodies which arose, and appear in the band’s music were part of his long recovery.

Sophie Alloway is one of London’s most in-demand drummers, and she is first call for a host of high profile artists. She toured for 2 years with Roots Manuva, around UK, Australia and New Zealand – appearing with him at festivals, on TV and at awards ceremonies. Her other credits include Afrobeat legend Tony Allen; pop/punk singer Hazel Thomas and UK jazz star Jason Rebello.

Ida Hollis - Ida studied Jazz at Birmingham Conservatoire and has played alongside some of the UK's finest musicians including Gwilym Simcock and Tate Britain artist in residence Tim Whitehead. She has performed at prestigious venues such as Ronnie Scott's, the 606 Jazz Club, Birmingham Symphony Hall and at Glastonbury, Latitude and Cheltenham Jazz festivals.

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