Send and Return

The moods and movements of an English estuary can be heard running through a stunning and deeply intriguing new album from the electronic duo Ultramarine. Flowing and mutating as it transitions from an Essex river into the open sea, the Blackwater Estuary, north of London inspired this beguiling collection of hypnotic jazz, itching electronica and softly dazzling ambient shapes
“I’ve been looking at that space in which ambient music and electronica mingle with jazz, and with their latest album, Ultramarine have firmly moored in those waters
On this record, they’re joined by the jazz musician Greg Heath and the percussionist Ric Elsworth. There are soaring saxophones, alto flutes, and vibraphone all in the mix to make what’s a really contemplative ambient sound but with a jazz shimmer.” Elizabeth Alker – BBC Radio 3 Unclassified