This album presents a dynamic new set of wholly improvised works from Jonathan Crossley, David Kollar and Lukas Ligeti. Recorded in June 2024 during an artistic residency at the University of Liverpool, the project captures three singular musical minds in deep, real-time dialogue.
On this recording, the digitally enabled guitar practices of Crossley and Kollar intersect with the polymetric, Africa-inflected drumming of Ligeti, generating environments that move between ambient, pulsating and rhythmically intricate states.
Crossley’s playing fuses guitar, synthesis and real-time digital control into an expanded, gestural improvisational language, while Kollar treats the guitar as a vehicle for expansive, genre-defying expression, ranging from tonal abstraction to avant-garde interplay. Ligeti’s drumming draws on experimental, jazz, contemporary and world traditions, weaving overlapping polyrhythms and cross-cultural influences into a percussive approach that is both grounded and exploratory.
On the title track, Solace, the trio are joined by Arve Henriksen, whose haunting work on horn and synthesizers paints a picture of melancholy and openness within this improvised setting, adding an expansive, textural dimension that underscores the album’s emotional and sonic breadth.
Jonathan Crossley – Guitar, Synth-Guitar, Bass
David Kollar – Guitar, Synthesisers
Lukas Ligeti – Drums
Arve Henriksen – Trumpet (track 1)
