Forgiveness - Release ‘Next time could be your last Time’

June 3rd 2022

Album Release

Question is!!! will their next album be their last?

On June the 3rd Gondwana records present ‘Next time could be our last Time’ the debut album by Forgiveness, AKA. Jack Wyllie, JQ and Richard Pike. Described as “not really Jazz, not really new age, not really ambient or electronica”, instead they welcome you into a synaesthesia-inducing technicolour fantasy, full of wondrous, emotive beauty. This genesis began with the sharing of music, burgeoning friendships, and the mutually-inspirational benefit of a group dynamic, with each spurring the next on to heighten their already formidable skills.

Intertwining the acoustic, electric and digital, utilising instruments and tools from across the decades, their synthesized Shangri La is a place where craftsmanship meets musicianship, even including sections notated on sheet music. The mood whilst recording, however, was one of loose freedom and enjoyment, with parts displaying a light-hearted playfulness. Jack Wyllie is best known for his work with Portico Quartet, Paradise Cinema and Szun Waves, as well as collaborations with Luke Abbott, Adrian Corker and Charles Hayward. JQ has released on Boxed and Lo Recordings, with his music also remixed by Loraine James, Sun Araw and Foodman.

Richard Pike has had multiple records on Warp as a member of PVT, collaborated with Modeselektor and Ital Tek, recorded under his alter-ego Deep Learning, and founded the tape label Salmon Universe, all whilst composing scores for TV. Wide ranging influences on the LP include 70's era ECM and Miles Davis, Spencer Clark/Star Searchers, Ansel Adams, Steve Reich, H Takahashi, Don Slepian, The Blue Nile, Talk Talk’s ‘Spirit of Eden’, Michael Gordon’s ‘Rushes for 8 Bassoons’, Sir Simon Rattle’s documentary ‘Leaving Home’, Horoshi Yoshimura, Ulla Strauss and Disasterpeace, plus new developments in vaporwave and software experimental.