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NICK SCHOFIELD’s BLUE HOUR

“a quiet mystical space at the boundary of jazz, rock and ambient music” – Uncut“Soothing ambient jazz where spiraling trumpet swirls in billowing clouds of synth” – Bandcamp Blue Hour is Nick Schofield’s first foray into ambient jazz music. An ambient ode to Miles Davis’ In A Silent Way, the album opens up Schofield’s sonic palette to introduce his childhood instrument, drums,…

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CHARBONNEAU / AMATO Drop Surprise Soundtrack

For many years now, Montreal’s Mathieu Charbonneau and Pietro Amato have been engaged in an unfolding musical dialogue. While the multi-instrumentalists, producers and composers have been acquainted since their school days, the electronic minimalism of 2018’s Synth Works Vol.1 and 2022’s Vol.2 marked their first recordings as a duo. The pair’s newest collaboration comes in the form of a commissioned soundtrack to Burning Man:…

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Nick Schofield Releases Glass Gallery

“gorgeous” – KEXP“meditative” – Ottawa Citizen“the perfect mid-winter listen.” – CBC Music“beautiful and stately…truly inspired work” – Tome To The Weather Machine Stepping into an altogether aerial, blue segment of slanting light. You are arriving, you are aware. The second album from Montreal-based composer Nick Schofield draws the listener into a state where texture, form and gesture unfurl in federation. – listen // order 180g LP, CD // watch…

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