Matthew Halsall – When The World Was One

Description

When The World Was One is something of a companion piece to Matthew Halsalls 2012 album Fletcher Moss Park (much of the music was written at the same time) but draws more explicitly on Halsalls love of spiritual jazz and Eastern music as well as his own studies in meditation and travels in Japan. Beautifully recorded at Hasalls favourite studio, 80 Hertz in Manchester, and engineered by Brendan Williams and George Atkins it features the recording debut of Halsalls 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 Halsalls life-affirming sounds.

Tracklist:

1. When The World Was One
2. A Far Away Place
3. Falling Water
4. Patterns
5. Kiyomizu-Dera
6. Sagano Bamboo Forest
7. Tribute To Alice Coltrane