RELEASED 10.7.2015
THE NEW ALBUM BY ACCLAIMED SAXOPHONIST & FLAUTIST THEO TRAVIS & HIS BAND · TOUR DATES IN 2015 · FEATURES IN SPECIALIST MAGAZINES · REVIEWS & FEATURES IN "CLASSIC ROCK”, "PROG”, "UNCUT”,"RECORD COLLECTOR” & EUROPEAN MAGAZINES · AIR PLAY ON SPECIALIST RADIO · COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES & FANZINES
The Esoteric Antenna label is pleased to announce the release of the new album by internationally acclaimed British saxophone and flute player and composer Theo Travis ‘Transgression’ his first solo album in eight years, with his band ‘Double Talk’. Theo Travis – who has worked with many artists in the Prog, Jazz and Rock worlds such as Gong, Soft Machine Legacy, The Tangent, Bill Nelson, Keith Tippett and with Robert Fripp in Travis & Fripp – has put together a band of progressive jazz stars for the record. Travis is well known for his collaborations with Steven Wilson, appearing on all four of his solo albums as well as recordings with Porcupine Tree and No Man and he has been touring internationally with the Steven Wilson Band from his first solo tour in 2011 up until the current tour. Transgression was recorded in January at Koolworld Studio and Steven Wilson applied his studio skills to the album as he mixed and mastered it in his own studio, just before launching his own ‘Hand Cannot Erase’ world tour. The album reflects many of Theo’s inspirations, being instrumental and powerful bluesy progressive electric jazz with a strong 1970s influence. With influences of King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra as well as late Talk Talk, and ECM artists such as Terje Rypdal and Palle Mikkelborg apparent, TRANSGRESSION is a unique album. The presence of musicians such as Nic France on drums (Steven Wilson’s Grace For Drowning album, David Gilmour’s Live At The Royal Festival Hall DVD and Kate Bush, Robert Wyatt, Alan Holdsworth, and Working Week), Mike Outram on guitar (Steven Wilson, Herbie Mann, Carleen Anderson, Jacqui Dankworth) and Pete Whittaker on Hammond organ (John Etheridge, Nigel Price, touring member of The Wonder Stuff and Catherine Wheel), ensures that TRANSGRESSION is a milestone in modern Progressive Jazz.
1. FIRE MOUNTAIN 2. TRANSGRESSION 3. SMOKIN’ AT KLOOKS 4. SONG FOR SAMUEL 5. EVERYTHING I FEARED 6. MARYAN 7. A PLACE IN THE QUEUE 8. THE CALL