Johnny Hunter

The latest release from Johnny Hunter, 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-electronics 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