Vels Trio 40. 2

Buy, Stream: Vels Trio reap their jazzfusion crop with a stellar 11track debut album Celestial Greens on Rhythm Section International. Wandering through their versatile musical vision, the LP represents the amalgamation of Londons finest jazz players; Jack StephensonOliver on keys (Poppy Ajudha), Dougal Taylor behind the drum kit (Emma JeanThackray) and Cameron Dawson on bass (Puma Blue). The end result: 40 minutes of highfidelity worthy audio elation, destined for the album of year lists. Incorporating bona fide sleeper hit The Wad, alongside new singles May As Well Be, a dreamy jam with funk indebted bass, and Pop Stuff, a melancholic and potent composition that dissolves into pitched down slowcore. The album soars through psychedelic synth progressions, deep arrangements and finessed groove sections. Recorded mostly in Kate Bushs personal studio in Welling, Wicker Studios, Vels Trio went through numerous versions of each track until settling on