Asymptomatrix by Nick Marks published on 2023-10-10T16:50:56Z Asymptomatrix is drum’n’bass jazztronica meets lo-fi funk/hip-hop breaks, broadly fitting under the umbrella of ‘new era jazz’. For this single, Marks joins the dots between his love of jazz, electronica, drum’n’bass and hip-hop. Imagine John Coltrane or Kamasi Washington collaborating with LTJ Bukem for Def Jam recordings. This is an energetic and happy track that transports listeners into a ’jazztronica matrix’. It’s a soundtrack that combines the real with the surreal, and almost feels like it belongs in a videogame. The opening synthesizer trons plug into the listener’s mind, accelerating them through an infinitely revolving tunnel that fills the senses: lush jazz harmonies, driving Thundercat-esque bass-lines, flying ARP-strings and a tenor saxophone sound that is so enveloping, you feel like one of the great masters from the jazz lineage has come back to the future. The first half of this track is driven by a heavy Drum’n’Bass feel, before it unexpectedly takes a twist into a break-beat hip-hop groove, as if the listener enters a new world. As the track finds its new pocket, the stage is set for a blistering post-bop / late 60’s style tenor sax solo from rising NYC star Sam Dillon (Mingus Big Band, Birdland Big Band, Village Vanguard Orchestra). Marks wrote, performed, recorded and produced all the synthesizer elements, while his close collaborator Doron Lev performs drums, alongside Dillon on tenor saxophone. Genre Jazz & Blues