![]() ![]() The b-side sets a much darker and more spiritual tone, kicking off with the epic Diminishing Returns - an exploration of the different harmonic sounds thrown up by the symmetries of the diminished scale. Featuring a stand-out solo from Sam Healey on alto saxophone. The main riff to the song came to Nick whilst travelling in that region, after a few years of playing around with it and experimenting he managed to use it as the basis for this extended composition.īe Seeing You rounds up the a-side - inspired by the classic 60s tv show The Prisoner, an attempt to write a piece with a similar sense of energy, drama and excitement that could accompany an action scene from the show. Named after a beautiful region in Eastern Ghana bordering Togo. Volta Region continues the vibrant start to the album. Walters’ lofty trumpet takes the lead, conducting the 11 piece band along a catchy hook, brought to a head by the excellent Richard Foote on Trombone. The album kicks off with The Underdog - a sprightly tribute to Charles Mingus, inspired by his classic album 'The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady’. ![]() The artwork by Lorna Robertson ( is specially commissioned - a Kandinsky inspired abstract representation of the 11 musicians involved.Īlbum preview here: /d-o-t-records/nick-walters-the-paradox-ensemble-implicate-order-album-preview 'Implicate Order' follows up the band's highly acclaimed 'Awakening' released on 22a in January 2019, and their debut EP 'Entanglement' released of Efpi Records in 2013. The 11-piece band continues to break the mould of big band jazz, combining spiritual and eastern jazz moods with West African rhythms and a fusion of electronics. 'Implicate Order' is the third album from Nick Walters' Paradox Ensemble, and the first release on new label D.O.T. ![]()
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