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Release Date: 25 July 2025
Label: Discus Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5051078020327
Genres: Jazz
Description
'Now It Can Be Told' from Johnny Hunter, the in-demand Manchester-based composer, drummer and improviser, sees a return to his post-rock roots. Having played throughout the early 2000s with the band Leda Atomica (influences including Mogwai, Tortoise and Godspeed You! Black Emperor) before moving into jazz and free improvisation, the influence of post-rock has never been far from his compositional voice, in particular the use of drone-based soundscapes, angular textures and bass riffs, but 'Now It Can Be Told' is explicitly returning to his early influences.
Hunter employs the talents of Chris Sharkey (Trio VD, Roller Trio) on guitar and in the role of producer, Dee Byrne (Outlines, MoonMot) on alto sax and Mick Bardon (Shatner's Bassoon) on bass guitar. All members also utilise effects, including Hunter, who has developed a hybrid acoustic drum kit-electonics setup.
This piece, in a previous incarnation, has been performed at the Liverpool International Jazz Festival and at London's Kings Place, with John Fordham calling it "an imaginative set of 21st-century bebop mixed with electronic echoes" (The Guardian, June 2016).
Dee Byrne: alto sax, fx
Chris Sharkey: guitar, fx
Michael Bardon: bass guitar, fx
Johnny Hunter: drums, fx
Anton Hunter: additional guitar and fx (on "Part 4")
Tracklisting
Army Of Briars
Keith Tippett & Matthew Bourne
Laura Jurd & Paul Dunmall
Theo May's Odd Unit
Charlotte Keeffe
Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis
Keith & Julie Tippett - Couple In Spirit
Johnny Hunter
Johnny Hunter Quartet
Johnny Hunter Quartet
Johnny Hunter, Mark Hanslip & Olie Brice
