MATTHEW HALSALL & THE GONDWANA ORCHESTRA - When The World Was One - 2LP - Black BioVinyl [SEP 6]

2LP - Black BioVinyl in printed sleeve, packed in a resealable protective sleeve.  

When The World Was One is something of a companion piece to Matthew Halsall’s 2012 album Fletcher Moss Park (much of the music was written at the same time) but draws more explicitly on Halsall’s love of spiritual jazz and Eastern music as well as his own studies in meditation and travels in Japan. Beautifully recorded at Hasall’s favourite studio, 80 Hertz in Manchester, and engineered by Brendan Williams and George Atkins it features the recording debut of Halsall’s large ensemble, The Gondwana Orchestra, which utilises the exotic flavours of harp, koto and bansuri flute and Eastern scales to create a global palate for Halsall’s life-affirming sounds. 

Tracklist: 

1. When The World Was One [07:35]
2. A Far Away Place [07:49]
3. Falling Water [09:25]
4. Patterns [08:19]
5. Kiyomizu-Dera [06:53]
6. Sagano Bamboo Forest [10:32]
7. Tribute To Alice Coltrane [12:46]

Personnel:
Matthew Halsall - trumpet
Nat Birchall - Saxophone
Lisa Mallett - flute
Keiko Kitamura - koto
Rachael Gladwin - harp
Taz Modi - piano
Gavin Barras - bass
Luke Flowers - drums

All tracks composed by Matthew Halsall