{"product_id":"clear-path-ensemble-ascending-vinyl","title":"Clear Path Ensemble - Ascending (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAscending is the fourth album from \u003cstrong\u003eClear Path Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e. In the past, bandleader \u003cstrong\u003eCory Champion \u003c\/strong\u003etracked his first three albums, \u003cstrong\u003eClear Path Ensemble\u003c\/strong\u003e (2020), Solar Eclipse (2022), and Black Sand (2025) with a cast of some of the finest jazz musicians in Aotearoa New Zealand. This time around, he chose a different approach: improvising with, and in response to, himself, building a series of layered sonic landscapes recorded over a single day in the same room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOpening in the spirit of American composers \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Reich\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLaraaji’s\u003c\/strong\u003e late '70s to early ‘80s minimalist, new-age, and ambient explorations, the album begins with glistening, hypnotic figures on ‘Tongue Rhythm’. Softer and more watery, ‘Train of Thought’ blends lush chords and rolling percussion into a reflective soundscape. Shades of mid-70s Miles Davis and the Pacific sunset visions of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman flow through ‘Say Something’ and the title track, before the album closes with the celestial memory-lane melodies of ‘Epicycle’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded solo, with the exception of ‘Saying Something’, featuring piano, Rhodes and vibes courtesy of Champion’s longtime collaborator, \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Hayles\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ascending’s six compositions represent a tasteful subtraction from the spiritual\/psychedelic jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e, space music, ‘70s ECM jazz-funk, and electronica that coloured \u003cstrong\u003eClear Path Ensemble’s\u003c\/strong\u003e first five years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, Ascending is a window into the soul of an artist looking inward as he reaches into the infinite and the sublime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTongue Rhythm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrain of Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApse\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaying Something\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAscending\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpicycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Clear Path Ensemble","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596792926543,"sku":null,"price":7.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/Clear_Path_Ensemble_-_Ascending_Vinyl_Rich_text_editor.jpg?v=1787984352","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/clear-path-ensemble-ascending-vinyl","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}