Palindromlar
Dead Red Queen, 2025
8/10
The Austin jazz experimentalists Atlas Maior return with plenty of worldly flavor across these 10 creative tracks.
“Neroli Afterlight” opens with Josh Peters’ meticulous oud in a bare climate that builds into a dizzying, avant-garde setting, and “Café Solo” follows with Gray Parsons’ crisp drums amid Joshua Thomson’s rich alto sax and plenty of grooves.
The halfway point showcases Josh Flowers’ meticulous double bass plucking via “Belleza Monocromátia”, while “Las Conchas” leads with ambience before the thumping drums and frisky sax enters.
“a whole other side of me” and “The Sky Moved” exits the listen. The former is a stylish and improvised version of jazz that benefits from the oud acrobatics, and the latter blends the hazy sax around colorful drumming.
A record where every tune brings new ideas, Atlas Maior explore Middle Eastern, Latin American and western nods with unparalleled attention to detail in both minimal and busy textures.
Travels well with: Atlas Maior- Hadal; Dario Acosta Teich- Tierra Infinita