4/5
Ninjatune veterans pull out all the stops
After almost a decade of genre-defying releases, Jason Swinscoe and co. continue to resist The Fast Show’s “jazzzz” stigma, mainly by throwing soul, films scores and electronica into the mix. Backed by a 24 piece orchestra and joined by guests including Lou Rhodes (for the sombre ‘Time And Space’), the grit of smaller shows is here sacrificed in favour of slick meditative grooves more appropriate to such prestigious surroundings. One ill-advised improvisational indulgence aside, this confirms that their name still does exactly what it says on the tin.
