Swedish multi-instrumentalist Gustav Horneij, under his one-person Organic Pulse Ensemble alias, has recently released an incredible new spiritual jazz album, titled A Thousand Hands on the Spanish label 2 Headed Deer.

This superb 7-track recording, which has a strong improvisational approach, blends together spiritual and meditative modal jazz grooves, layered percussion, saxophone and flute solos, driving bass lines, Ethio-jazz and Eastern music influences. The album sounds moody, beautifully uplifting, adventurous and reflective all at the same time. 

Horneij, who also represents 1/2 of the equally superb jazz-funk duo project Duoya with Dimitrios Karatzios (who originally also performed in Organic Pulse Ensemble), remarkably performs all the music on the session. Throughout the recording, he explored the progression of each track, building from it’s foundation and embracing any self-proclaimed musical imperfections and rawness as an opportunity to create an organic resonating sound.

Brilliant from start to finish, A Thousand Hands is definitely one of this year’s best jazz recordings. With limited vinyl quantities available, this is one that you’ll want to snatch up on wax immediately!

Organic Pulse Ensemble — ‘A Thousand Hands’
(2 Headed Deer)

1. For All The Other Places
2. The Damn Thing
3. 7 Outta 8
4. Dimma
5. A Thousand Hands
6. Searching For The Sushi
7. The Beckoning

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• Cosmic
• Jazz
• Spiritual Jazz