Three Darren Pickering Small Worlds

• 1 Green Blinking Light 03:11
• 2 What If 06:26
• 3 Tauhou Waltz 07:03
• 4 Soft Life 03:04
• 5 Hjartdal 02:36
• 6 Randall 07:58
• 7 Taylor Time 08:34
• 8 Folly 08:28
• 9 Push Bliss 01:42
• Total Runtime 49:02

Info for Three

Following their critically acclaimed Volume One (2022) and Volume Two (2023), Darren Pickering Small Worlds continue their through-composed improvisational explorations into the melding of jazz and song-based structures, incorporating the “cinematic sonics” of modular synthesizers. Their music features lyrical melodies over shifting textures grounded in modern jazz harmony.

Darren Pickering, piano, synthesizers, modular
Heather Webb, guitar
Pete Fleming, bass
Jono Blackie, drums

Recorded at Rapaki Studios, Christchurch (NZ)
Engineered and mixed by Alex Harmer
Mastered by Steve Garden
Produced by Darren Pickering Small Worlds

Darren Pickering
is a jazz pianist, composer, educator, modular synthesist and session musician. Apart from the recordings made with his ‘Darren Pickering Small Worlds’ quartet, he has produced several solo electronic ambient works, and also enjoys performing with Bits of Beck, Swim Against the Tide, and Wulfie.

Based in Ōtautahi (Christchurch, NZ), Darren Pickering Small Worlds largely perform works composed by pianist Darren Pickering along with re-imagined reiterations of selected works from other genres. The group mostly focuses on through-composed compositions and improvisation, and the artistic direction is determined equally by all members. The cinematic flavour of their sound is enhanced by the electronic textures of Darren’s ever-expanding collection of modular systems, synths, selected iPad apps and audio manipulation devices.

Their influences include Aaron Parks, Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band, The Cinematic Orchestra, EST, Floating Points, Jacob Karlzon, Kendrick Scott Oracle, Romain Collin, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Slowly Rolling Camera, to name only a few.

Booklet for Three