At a glance, some might mistakenly classify it as jazz/electronica mainly due to Phil Slaters soaring trumpet (reminiscent of Miles Davis circa Bitches Brew) in combination with Dave Millers subtle electronics and Laurence Pikes untethered drumming. Regarding its formal aspects, you could argue that Near Misses was a Jazz album in the truest spirit of the word. The musicians used chance and error as their modus operandi, inviting the unknown and then manipulating it with design. But, as the a... Read more >>

At a glance, some might mistakenly classify it as jazz/electronica mainly due to Phil Slaters soaring trumpet (reminiscent of Miles Davis circa Bitches Brew) in combination with Dave Millers subtle electronics and Laurence Pikes untethered drumming. Regarding its formal aspects, you could argue that Near Misses was a Jazz album in the truest spirit of the word. The musicians used chance and error as their modus operandi, inviting the unknown and then manipulating it with design. But, as the album progresses and the interplay between the three musicians reaches a strong intensity and all barriers dissolve and all attempts at categorizations fail. This music never stands still. In the course of the album, it metamorphoses from Cool to Free, from Abstract to Electronic.......