| 1. Max D and Matt Papich , key figures in leftfield jazz-fusion, expand their boundary-pushing sonic palette on their debut for Peak Oil. Building on their prior work with PAN and Future Times, the duo delivers a tactile and diffuse collection that blends fractured jazz, pitch-shifted downtempo, and exploratory guitar textures. Featuring contributions from Jordan GCZ and Motion Graphics, the album employs CDJs and unconventional tools to craft an asymmetric, liminal psychoacoustic space |
| 2. Tracks like the lysergic “All Right,” the spannered “Open Door,” and the dreamy “The Latecomer” explore fractured timelines and fluid geographies. The closer, “Gris Pink,” recalls Tortoise-like rhythms and Paddy McAloon’s melodic sensibilities. Half the material emerged from a 2021 collaborative session at Tempo House, while the rest evolved through isolated and collaged processes, emphasizing chance encounters and harmonic synergies. ’s music rejects traditional forms, flowing like an ungrounded cable in a geodesic dome of deep-listening exploration |
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