Following closely on the heels of his ravishing solo album Tomorrow is Too Late, Stockholm-based synthesist and improviser John Chantler switches gears to unleash the stunning second album by his trio with saxophonist Seymour Wright and drummer Steve Noble, Atlantis.
John Chantler — synthesizer
Steve Noble — drums
SeymourWright — alto saxophone
This recording shares music from the first time public concert of a new trio formed by John Chantler — best known for his solo synthesizer recordings and work with pipe organs — and two of the most instantly recognisable voices in the scene loosely associated with London’s Cafe OTO — drummer Steve Noble and saxophonist SeymourWright.
Recorded 7 May 2017 at Cafe OTO by Shaun Crook. Mix/edit by John Chantler. Mastered by Stephan Mathieu.
CD comes in Old-Style,Tip-on Jacket.
Cat # 1703—2 / 1703 Skivbolaget.
Release date: 30 October 2017 pre-order now
My latest LP Still Light, Outside is now available for pre-order. Orders come with an instant download via bandcamp.
I’m expecting to ship the vinyl no later than the 7th of September. CDs are in stock. Continue reading
The folks over at FACT magazine are streaming the first track from my forthcoming LP/CD ‘Still Light, Outside’. Continue reading
ROOM40 CD/LP (2007)
“New Days … could easily be one of the best drone/audio sculpture works I have ever heard. Restrained, dynamic and melodic while also at times totally blissed-out, the work is proof that John Chantler and Carina Thoren (the duo who are For Barry Ray) have done their homework. The grasp of minimalism and tonal exploration that this duo possess raises the bar for others producing in this vein…
Regardless of what type of music you enjoy, New Days is an example of just how sonic exploration and song craft can be controlled and interwoven while allowed to exist in a relaxed, natural state. The quality of Carina and John’s work far outweighs anything this writer can possibly say to describe just how inherently enjoyable and utterly listenable this album actually is. Instrumental, experimental music rarely gets better than this – 9/10? Foxy Digitalis
“Hypnotic without the head-lulling stuff and sincere to the bone, “New Days” is a treasure of the best anti-climactic proportions” GAZ-ETA.
“Unique, bizarre and incredibly rewarding … some of the most beautiful psych-tinged dronescapes I’ve heard for ages” Boomkat
“a very fine work of really alternative rock, with a true keen ear for experimentalism” Vital Weekly
“Beautifully poised between blissed-out melody and anodyne improv, New Days is a richly nuanced collection that urges repeat visits.” Grooves Magazine
“It’s a soaring, drifting, ever-vanishing and ever-appearing kind of illusion, static and dynamic simultaneously, like a thought looping yet changing color and focus” Sonoloco
“strÃ¥lande musik som bÃ¥de är frisinnad, egensinnig och vacker.” Magnus Olsson, Sound of Music
“vague organ patterns, ghostly guitar whispers, unsettling ambience, austere experimentation and becalmed drones form glacial underwater ceremonies and dreamtime musings packed in a beautiful aura of emptiness and vastness” Mats Gustaffson, The Broken Face