*2022 stock* Numerology of Birdsong is the second album by Somersaults, following on from their 2015 eponymous debut on Two Rivers. Olie Brice and Mark Sanders have been heard as a bass/drum unit with the likes of Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker, Mikolaj Trzaska, Rachel Musson and Ken Vandermark. Chatting about their very favourite saxophonists and what their ideal trio combination would be, they both agreed that they’d love to do something with Toby Delius, best known as a member of the legendary Dutch collective the ICP.
From the first gig the trio took on a more-than-the-sum-of-its parts energy, and the three musicians love working together. They play propulsive, playful, joyous improvised music that ranges from swinging free jazz to timbral and textural explorations.
Recorded by Alex Bonney, 19th June 2018, at Iklectik Art Lab, London.
Mixed and mastered by Alex Bonney with Olie Brice
Artwork and layout by Sage Brice
Photo by Tosh Brice
The phrase ‘numerology of birdsong’ is borrowed from a poem by Sean Bonney