Kristian Borring - Out of Nowhere (October 5, 2021)

Out of Nowhere is the fifth release of acclaimed Danish guitarist and composer, Kristian Borring. Recorded prior to the global COVID lockdowns, Kristian and his British Quartet have created an album that is thoughtful and cool, yet honest and impassioned. Out of Nowhere continues to explore the contrasts of Kristian’s Scandinavian voice and pan European identity in a delightful fuse with American jazz heritage.

1. Five to Six

2. Epsilon Eridani

3. Three Rivers

4. Palace Fever

5. Out of Nowhere

6. What You See is All There is

7. Hipster

8. Bloomdido

Kristian Borring - guitar

Rick Simpson - piano

Mick Coady - bass

Jon Scott - drums

All Compositions by Kristian Borring, except track 5 and 8

Recorded by Nick Taylor in 2019 at Porcupine Studios, London

Mixed and Mastered by David Darlington

Produced by Kristian Borring

Photography and Design by Genevieve Wilkins

Photography Patrick Davey

Released on Cool it!Records

PREORDER

Vitor Pereira Quintet - Somewhere in the Middle (December 5, 2018) + UK Autumn Tour

Vitor Pereira Quintet

“Somewhere in the Middle” album release

and UK tour

“Somewhere in the middle” is the title of the third album of original music by this London based contemporary jazz band.

It embodies an idea which naturally spilt from this music where the audience meet the musicians in a symbiotic middle plane of mutual stimulation.

With a variety of influences from “Vijay Iyer” to “Queens of the stone age”, this compositions are carefully thought to fulfil a mixed bag of particular tastes of a refined but diverse audience whilst at the same time they offer excellent platforms for the musicians to shape and bend the music as they please and feel on the moment.

Being it a thrill for head-banging guitar riffs or the complexity of contrapuntal interweaving melodic lines, this music will induce a comprehensive and contrasting journey.

We live in a polarised world today, both musically and socially and although the fringes can be very trending, this album tends to sit on the idea that there’s plenty of space to be innovative and unique when you navigate in the middle.

The choice of musicians was equally important. All of them are extremely open and versatile musicians which understand the music very well and naturally take a lot of liberties both on the written and improvised material.

This is essential for the music to have the elastic and organic sound it has as well as to produce the cohesive nature of this album’s idea.

Vitor Pereira

Vitor Pereira was born in Porto/Portugal where he studied mainly classical music and classical guitar.
His interest in Jazz took him to participate in seminars and private lessons with the likes of Pat Metheny, Jonathan Kreisberg, Gilad Hekselman or Aaron Goldberg to name a few and ultimately led him to London in 2004 to study at the “Middlesex University”.

Living in London since then he is an active name in the UK and Europe playing with names like: James Allsopp, Asaf Sirkis, Josh Arcoleo, Binker Goldings, Marc Demuth, etc…

Leading his quintet, Vitor has published two albums and had several radio plays, interviews and numerous performances across Europe like the “Portajazz festival” in Porto.

Vitor Pereira Quintet

Vitor Pereira - guitar/composition

Chris Williams - alto sax

Alam Nathoo - tenor sax

Mick Coady - bass

Adam Teixeira - drums

UK Tour - Autumn 2018

08/11/2018 - Cardiff - Cafe Jazz

09/11/2018 - Bristol - Bebop Club

10/11/2018 - Shrewsbury - The Hive

12/11/2018 - Manchester - The Whiskey Jar

13/11/2018 - Birmingham - The Spotted Dog

16/11/2018 - Birmingham - Jazzlines

17/11/2018 - Brighton - The Verdict

18/11/2018 - Southampton - Southampton Modern Jazz Club

05/12/2018 - London - The Vortex

Official release date