Above the Street [LP]

Jordan Smart - Above the Street [LP]

Selling Points: • Jordan Smart is internationally recognized as active member of Mammal Hands (recent UK Jazz Charts No.1, ACT Records), Sunda Arc and Vega Trails (Gondwana Records). • LP showcases a different side to Jordan’s playing and composing, marketable to fans of ambient, experimental, electronic music and jazz. • Accompanying videos and poems will be released via YouTube and socials to create a more immersive experience for fans and listeners. Singles: • Not Saved Alone – a slow burning builder, built from a recording of a storm rolling through the mountains in Switzerland, through a single improvised sax take, to a climax employing synths and textures to create an immersive wash over the listener. • The Blue Palace – features the Ney flute, an instrument Jordan has been studying since lockdown. A single improvised take through an original Japanese RE201 tape delay, with the flute and chords following a journey and creating a map of the dream space and poem that inspired the album title. • Golden Hour - A track inspired by an improvised alto saxophone take watching the sunset from Jordan’s attic window in Norwich, a response to the overwhelming beauty of nature and how it can immediately transform our inner world. For fans of: Brian Eno, Fennesz, Colin Stetson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oliver Coates, Floating Points, Anenon, Jon Hopkins A1. A Beginning A2. Not Saved Alone A3. The Blue Palace A4. Golden Hour A5. Ghostseam B1. Nest B2. Untying Knot B3. The Old Breed B4. Rustle B5. Icarus