For his debut album as O.H. Krill, Max Brennan joins forces with James Nye, Paul Butler and Tom Vernon to form a part-man, part-machine space collective. Seamlessly amalgamating sampled & sequenced parts with live instrumentation, the group move through an array of genre-splicing themes, giving 'The Krill Papers' a simultaneously unique and progressive ambience. From the laid back lounge of 'Reaching up' and 'Back room shuffle' to upbeat orchestrated funk (Riding High & Yesterday's Hero), diverse musical ideas and influences are pulled together by the consistent presence of eastern themes and use of devotional instruments such as tablas and tambouras. Additionally, percussion heavy Latin influenced jams such as 'Dusk till Dawn' and the double bass driven 'Broccoli Head' add yet more diversity. Brennan and co. present an album that the extends the boundaries of experimental jazz further out into the aether
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