Reviews
Septabeat
‘Sundance’ EP is a dose of liquid gold to heal your soul’
– Rave Report
‘SOFi MARi and Septabeat’s Jazzy D&B grooves, soulful vocals and rejuvenating vibrations will transport you back to those sun-drenched, bass-heavy beach festival dance floors we all love and miss so much.’
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‘Sometimes a real pearl arrives in our promo inbox and this time it gave us a surprise’
– Music Intelligence Dnb
‘We decided to investigate [Septabeat] and we did not regret for a second that we cared about a few well-aimed questions. They fell on fertile ground. Sam was not afraid to talk not only about his new EP´s and it is worth mixing at least one evening drink to really enjoy this interview. And play all the great tracks.’
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‘I have never seen anything so mesmerizing in my life’
– thefestivals.uk
‘We then saw Septabeat, A LIVE DRUM AND BASS BAND! I have never seen anything so mesmerizing in my life. Honestly, everyone should check these guys out! ‘
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‘If only every drum & bass night started, and ended, like this.’
– Zapbang Magazine
‘Sharing the stage, the insane Septabeat brought high energy live drumming, vocals and sequencing. We’re so lucky ‘real’ elements of music are being saluted again – seeing musicians do what they do best and loving it, that positive energy spreads through the crowd.’
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Samadhi Quintet
‘Flowing, turbulent, tight, myriad influences – American jazz, hip hop, Indian rhythms, Latin rhythms’
– Bebop Spoken Here
‘Track six – Deimos – encapsulates all that is best about this recording. Superb musicianship…the acoustic quality of the studio recording exemplary, five ‘tuned-in’ musicians.’
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‘A richly rewarding album full of colour, nuance and rhythmic invention that draws on many sources but which sounds bright, fresh and innovative. For Sam Gardner it’s a leadership début to be proud of.’
– thejazzman.com
‘The Dance of Venus” is an excellent advertisement for Gardner as both a performer and composer. His writing is rich and colourful and embraces a variety of rhythms drawn from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, Indian and Latin American music.’
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‘This accomplished and richly inventive album is the brainchild of drummer Sam Gardner‘
– london jazz news
‘…a phonographic celebration of life, consciousness and the universe… inspired by the Quadrivium – the four liberal arts of Number, Geometry, Music and Cosmology’
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