Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:31 minutes | 959 MB | Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Spiritual Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gondwana Records

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.

An Ever Changing View will be released on September 8th on Gondwana Records (the label Halsall founded 15 years ago) ahead of a landmark show at The Royal Albert Hall in London on September 21st and UK and EU tour dates.

Halsall who has been hailed as one of the leading figures of the UK jazz renaissance 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.

Tracklist:
01. Matthew Halsall – Tracing Nature (01:11)
02. Matthew Halsall – Water Street (08:18)
03. Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View (06:32)
04. Matthew Halsall – Calder Shapes (07:08)
05. Matthew Halsall – Mountains, Trees and Seas (05:06)
06. Matthew Halsall – Field of Vision (01:16)
07. Matthew Halsall – Jewels (06:37)
08. Matthew Halsall – Sunlight Reflection (01:23)
09. Matthew Halsall – Natural Movement (05:09)
10. Matthew Halsall – Triangles in the Sky (06:47)

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