El Paraiso Denmark Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Following the success of their first semi-improvised session last year - recorded and released for posterity on Jaiyade Sessions Volume 1 - Anglo-Danish collective London Odense Ensemble reunited for a second stint in the studio. The results are, naturally, impressive, with the five-piece (saxophonist and multi-wind instrumentalist Tamar Osborn, keys-man Al MacSween, bassist and guitarist Martin Rude, drummer Jakob Skott and guitarist/producer Jonas Munk) trading solos over heavyweight grooves and spaced-out electronics. It's undeniably a jazz record, but one that also offers nods to spiralling psychedelia, acid-fried funk and their mutual love of West African music.