{"id":31267,"date":"2026-08-09T10:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=31267"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:51:24","slug":"7d-media-presents-solace-a-new-ambient-jazz-album-by-jonathan-crossley-david-kollar-and-lukas-ligeti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/7d-media-presents-solace-a-new-ambient-jazz-album-by-jonathan-crossley-david-kollar-and-lukas-ligeti\/","title":{"rendered":"7D Media Presents Solace, a New Ambient Jazz Album by Jonathan Crossley, David Kollar and Lukas Ligeti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

7D Media Presents<\/strong> Solace<\/em><\/strong>, a New Ambient Jazz Album by <\/strong>Jonathan Crossley, David Kollar and Lukas Ligeti<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special guest: Arve Henriksen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video for \u2019They Are Coming\u2019: https:\/\/youtu.be\/6xCPODJPi3A<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Release date: September 11, 2026 | Cat# 7D2602<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genre: <\/strong>Ambient Jazz<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondary genres:<\/strong> Electroacoustic improvisation, Experimental jazz, Fourth World \/ post-Fourth World<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santa Fe, NM \u2014 7D Media is proud to announce Solace<\/em>, a dynamic new set of wholly improvised works from Jonathan Crossley, David Kollar and Lukas Ligeti. Recorded in June 2024 during an artistic residency at the University of Liverpool, the project captures three singular musical minds in deep, real-time dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this recording, the digitally enabled guitar practices of Crossley and Kollar intersect with the polymetric, Africa-inflected drumming of Ligeti, generating environments that move between ambient, pulsating and rhythmically intricate states. Crossley’s playing fuses guitar, synthesis and real-time digital control into an expanded, gestural improvisational language, while Kollar treats the guitar as a vehicle for expansive, genre-defying expression, ranging from tonal abstraction to avant-garde interplay. Ligeti’s drumming draws on experimental, jazz, contemporary and world traditions, weaving overlapping polyrhythms and cross-cultural influences into a percussive approach that is both grounded and exploratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the title track, Solace<\/em>, the trio are joined by Arve Henriksen, whose haunting trumpet work paints a picture of melancholy and openness within this improvised setting, adding an expansive, textural dimension that underscores the album’s emotional and sonic breadth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tracks Solace<\/em> and They Are Coming<\/em> are already available for purchase\/streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track Listing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Solace (10:04)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Interlude (2:16)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. They Are Coming (6:45)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Freedom to Choose (3:28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Imagining Marrakesh (3:47)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Games to Play (3:08)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. You Don’t Know What to Do With Your Life (4:11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Coda (8:17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Dub Ephemeral (7:52)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personnel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Crossley \u2013 Guitar, Synth-Guitar, Bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Kollar \u2013 Guitar, Synthesisers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lukas Ligeti \u2013 Drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arve Henriksen \u2013 Trumpet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded live at the University of Liverpool by Phil Almond-Higgins, 27 and 28 June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional recording by Jonathan Crossley and Arve Henriksen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed by Jonathan Crossley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mastered by Andrew Larrabee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artwork and design by Michal Ko\u0159\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Label:<\/strong> 7D Media \u2014 7dmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To pre-order: <\/strong>https:\/\/7dmedia.com\/solace<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.lukasligeti.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/davidkollar.com\/home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.jonathancrossley.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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