Gordon Hyland and Adam Hindle wanted to make a jazz album that could be danced to. The two musicians, along with Ian Docherty (the main trio behind Disaster Pony), have come up with this eponymous debut album in which they conjure up a few wiggles reminiscent of Amon Tobin, The Herbaliser and The Future Sound of London, as well as funk, blues, hip hop and EDM. Hyland, on sax, launches into post-bop flights that occasionally flirt with free jazz, before returning to more elegiac or downright pop lines, accompanied by Docherty’s guitar and Hindle’s drums. The canadian trio refine this already respectable whole with a full orchestration. There’s refined electro overdubbing (Acote), FX pedal-driven bass (Andrew Roorda), cello, violin and double bass (Vivienne Wilder). The result is a record that’s easy to take in, thanks to a heartfelt, resolutely urban groove that grabs you right from the start and doesn’t let go until the end.
