Special guest: Arve Henriksen
Watch the video for ’They Are Coming’: https://youtu.be/6xCPODJPi3A
Release date: September 11, 2026 | Cat# 7D2602
Genre: Ambient Jazz
Secondary genres: Electroacoustic improvisation, Experimental jazz, Fourth World / post-Fourth World
Santa Fe, NM — 7D Media is proud to announce Solace, 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.
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.
On the title track, Solace, 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.
The tracks Solace and They Are Coming are already available for purchase/streaming.
Track Listing
1. Solace (10:04)
2. Interlude (2:16)
3. They Are Coming (6:45)
4. Freedom to Choose (3:28)
5. Imagining Marrakesh (3:47)
6. Games to Play (3:08)
7. You Don't Know What to Do With Your Life (4:11)
8. Coda (8:17)
9. Dub Ephemeral (7:52)
Personnel
Jonathan Crossley – Guitar, Synth-Guitar, Bass
David Kollar – Guitar, Synthesisers
Lukas Ligeti – Drums
Arve Henriksen – Trumpet
Production
Recorded live at the University of Liverpool by Phil Almond-Higgins, 27 and 28 June 2024.
Additional recording by Jonathan Crossley and Arve Henriksen.
Mixed by Jonathan Crossley.
Mastered by Andrew Larrabee.
Artwork and design by Michal Kořán.
Label: 7D Media — 7dmedia.com
To pre-order: https://7dmedia.com/solace
For more information:
https://www.lukasligeti.com/
https://davidkollar.com/home
https://www.jonathancrossley.uk/
Press inquiries: Keith James, Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com
