MC3 was originally conceived in 2020, during the first lockdown. It was always intended to be a physical trio, but as musicians couldn’t play together at the time, I decided to experiment with what I could create in my home studio. This meant recording everything I could play myself and supplementing that with samples. As things gradually opened up, I began to collaborate with “real” musicians, initially recorded remotely, then in varying live settings.
The three are distinctly different in their styles of play but they interweave and engage in dialogues which make them sound like long-time associates who are comfortable together. Autobiography of a Poet …features sensitive group playing from all three players and reinforces the fact that this trio has its own unique sound which is highly recognisable…
John Eyles, All About Jazz
MC3 as it stands now is how I originally intended it to be, but it’s been a journey getting here! I first collaborated with Charlotte and James last year on an album which experimented with where and how the musicians were recorded. The latest album, Sounds Of The City, is really the first proper release that was recorded in a studio and didn’t include ambient background sounds. I wanted to create something that allowed us to “converse” with each other via our respective instruments.
This trio produces a version of free playing which uses familiar traces of music to give a frame to its more radical elements . This brings an appealing warmth and humor to the work, and is a far cry from the usual forbidding stereotypes given to free music…
Jerome Wilson, All About Jazz
The new album is, I think, where I want to be now. It’s also the beginning of a new journey – it’s partly for this reason that I decided to release it on Phonocene Records, to make a break away from past incarnations and start afresh.