Experimental Jazz

hverjfall is about moments in special, beautiful spaces that help us understand who we are. 

The track is based on a live improvisation between Jack and Jamie, which aimed to highlight Jamie's unique style and ability to travel time. The aim of the early part of the track is to give the drums the "melodic" function, while allowing room for "atonality" within this. 

The live recording was then developed at Lost Oscillation, with Passmore adding lush synths, which create the same feeling of spaciousness and clarity as standing on the side of a volcano in Iceland, as well as harmonic depth. 

Harry then blessed the track with layers of guitar electric guitar, including an incendiary talkbox solo (tracking with Harry is so hard as there are so many fkn great takes and you can only keep one!). 

It was an incredible pleasure for me to work on this music with these incredible musicians. I hope that you enjoy it and that the music brings you peace & clarity. x

Hverfjall (w/ Passmore, Harry Higgs & Jamie Black)

glassworks opener (ambient cassette)

This EP was made in collaboration with violin player and composer Emma Lloyd. It features four tracks of textural, ambient and evocative improvisation. 

Emma is an incredible improviser and it was my privilege to get to make this with her. I play electric guitar, and an effected nylon strung Spanish, while Emma played violin and viola d'amore. 

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it. 

J x

one for granddad

driving in the highlands

hungry ghosts

dead mall

This is the debut release from Slow Karma, and features the otherworldly harp of rising star DARA DUBH.
 
Inspired by spiritual jazz, Irish folk music & dub reggae, this magical soundscape holds a deep groove, and hopes to transport the listener to a dreamy place of peace and inspiration.
 
A lack of lyrics does not equal a lack of meaning. Slow Karma wrote this track with the following thought in mind: "Sometimes, after difficult times, still being here at all is enough. Sometimes, we find a place to be just be still and this is what we need. Sometimes this quiet refuge is in music. This can be a blessing and an offering."

Still Here (feat. Dara Dubh)

Bloodline

Feeling It

Fast Money

Ptaki Polski

Strzyżyk

Gare de Lyon

Scruscru and Los Protos hook up on the former's ever-reliable label for some more funk-fuelled and sample-heavy madness. This eight-tracker draws on the best of Library, jazz, hip hop and soul and collides elements of all of those together with some raw, and what sounds like, MPC beats, all tapped out with a lovably loose vibe. Some like 'Local Sugar Diggers' look up towards a sunny, cloudless sky, others like 'Dreams Of Sonora' are swaggering broken beat workouts with sensuous sax lines setting a steamy tone. 'Por Do Sol Em Shelekhmet' is another highlight with its aloof, angelic vocal tones.

Pre-order LP

Scruscru, Los Protos - Smoke On The Volga

Debut release from Lost Nights, the subsidiary label of Lost Oscillation studios.

partyavoider - being alone together

partyavoider - contains alcohol

JoyList & partyavoider - can't fall Upwards

Slow Karma are out here: live, free & playing for keeps.

Having formed in 2024, Slow Karma are making waves in the buzzing Scottish new jazz scene, with their monthly releases gaining increasing hype.

Having recently gained favourable comparisons with Snarky Puppy and corto.alto, as well as collabs with some of the UK’s most exciting musicians, the buzz around the band continues to grow.

Slow Karma have just announced their debut headline show for 29 March 2025. This will be a spectacular event, showing out a 13 piece band, quadraphonic audio and live visuals.

More than anything, Slow Karma is an expression of the belief that diverse talents working together and pushing upward in love and understanding will yield blessings.

FFO: Bonobo, Snarky Puppy, Tycho, Yussef Dayes, BADBADNOTGOOD, corto.alto.

DJ. Event Producteur. Raver. Traveling by sunflower fields and inside the mind.

Fast Money

Slow Karma

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