I Hold the Lion’s Paw
Written By Jack Alexander
Jon Hassell meets Ornette Coleman, meets Laurie Anderson. I Hold the Lion’s Paw sounds familiar and, at the same time, like nothing else you’ve ever heard.
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Led by ARIA nominated trumpeter-producer Reuben Lewis, I Hold the Lion’s Paw is a gateway into an immersive world of twisted funk, electro-grunge and psychedelic jazz. This is music as assemblage, using the stage as a laboratory whilst practising post-production sorcery in real time.
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“a beguiling stew of afro-beat, jazz-rock-inflected postbop, and electro-acoustic noise.”
— The Wire
“Is this exactly where jazz needed to have ended up?”
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“Danceable, infectious, and the inevitable deconstructions are subtle – ★★★★”
“More likely was the feeling of having stumbled into someone else’s LSD trip”
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