This spellbinding Australian trio have adhered to a singular method for three decades now, consistently pushing one another to build meditatively powerful performances from the simplest of kernels: a short phrase or pattern generated in real time by keyboardist Chris Abrahams, bassist Lloyd Swanton, or percussionist Tony Buck, then elaborated on for about 60 absorbing minutes. But despite the Necks’ roots in jazz tradition and deep improvisational chops, their live results are genre agnostic, shying away from any particular sound, and on recordings the trio have relaxed their modus operandi, deploying overdubs and postproduction.…
This spellbinding Australian trio have adhered to a singular method for three decades now, consistently pushing one another to build meditatively powerful performances from the simplest of kernels: a short phrase or pattern generated in real time by keyboardist Chris Abrahams, bassist Lloyd Swanton, or percussionist Tony Buck, then elaborated on for about 60 absorbing minutes. But despite the Necks’ roots in jazz tradition and deep improvisational chops, their live results are genre agnostic, shying away from any particular sound, and on recordings the trio have relaxed their modus operandi, deploying overdubs and postproduction.…