Friends with Monsters International Anthem Experience Ballads at its peak

Experience Ballads at its peak of vinyl perfection — in UHQR format on Clarity Vinyl

The bassist and the leader’s partnership goes all the way back to 2002

and Asher Gamedze (drums) – it was the first stop of their first European tour

Iyer's eighth release as a leader for ECM

into a rattling drum groove punctuated by sparkling synths

Friends with Monsters International Anthem Experience Ballads at its peakSinger Nishla Smith creates vivid, enigmatic stories through sound, her voice stretching from melancholic sweetness through to dark intimacy. Her debut album Friends With Monsters confirms Smith as a major new vocal talent and sees the vocalist's affinity for inventive narratives extended over the span of a full album. The Australian performer travelled via Berlin to eventually settle in Manchester and is joined here by some of the city's most