“Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind” begins with Hubley’s drums over which a snippet of studio chatter can be heard, including a laugh as if they are saying, “Wait until they’ll get a load of this song.” Immediately, McNew commences with a perfect six-note bass riff that powers the song through to the end like the scientifically-tuned Formula 1 car engine.
Phi-Psonics :: New Pyramid
Phi-Psonics is a spiritual jazz collective headed by Los Angeles-based composer and acoustic bassist Seth Ford-Young, whose prolific session work can be heard on releases such as the recent stunner by Takuro Okada. The uninhibited, meditative soundscapes of previous studio offerings The Cradle and Octava quickly made waves after catching the attention of Manchester jazz label Gondwana, flashing nods to A Love Supreme and a lush framework playing off of Ford-Young’s Mingus-inspired upright bass, lifting woodwinds and the Wurlitzer piano of Mitchell Yoshida.