Cosmic Broken Beat Jazz From Harvey Sutherland & Nubya Garcia
Melbourne-based producer and keyboardist Harvey Sutherland teams up with London saxophonist Nubya Garcia, who is one of the most groundbreaking musicians in jazz right now, to produce a great new track “Amethyst.”
The song “Amethyst” is the title track on Sutherland’s new EP, which blends Garcia’s virtuosic playing with Sutherland’s spacey-synth lines, and broken beat rhythms by drummer Kahlil Memphis and bassist Michael Shrimpling. In his own words, Sutherland described the sound he was pursuing, “I wanted something that had a jazz feel and lightness that was still really informed by the London broken beat scene.”
On the flip, the EP features the uptempo cosmic groover “I Can See,” and a percussion heavy remix from Rings Around Saturn.
Overall, Amethyst is a great new EP that successfully fuses together London-influenced jazz and broken beat grooves. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
