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The Necks’ 20th album, Disquiet, arrives this October as a triple release

12 August 2025

Photo: Dawid Laskowski

Revered experimental jazz trio The Necks return this October with Disquiet, a sprawling new triple album. Marking their milestone 20th studio release, as well as their 39th year together, the upcoming Disquiet spans more than three hours of vast, absorbing, textural and quietly electrifying sound. According to the press release, the album finds Tony Buck, Chris Abrahams, and Lloyd Swanton “pushing at the outer edges of their collective intuition, building and unraveling hypnotic structures with microscopic focus”. The four extended pieces on Disquiet were “meticulously recorded and sculpted” to explore texture, space, and subtle shifts in mood and rhythm. There’s no set order for listening, just three discs of open and immersive music inviting listeners to experience the music in any order.

We’ll have to wait until October 10th for the album to drop through Northern Spy but we can already hear the transcendent ‘Causeway’, clocking in at 26 minutes. Let it unfold.

Mixtape #158

03 April 2024


A powerhouse in contemporary jazz, Dutch-Belgian acoustic-electronic piano trio De Beren Gieren, consisting of pianist Fulco Ottervanger, Lieven Van Pée on bass, and Simon Segers on drums, have garnered numerous accolades, collaborated with several renowned artists and appeared at major festivals in Europe and elsewhere since their inception in 2009. With a phenomenal seventh album, What Eludes Us, released just a few days ago, De Beren Gieren continue to showcase their boundless creativity. Their music, always full of surprises, is adventurous and exciting, weaving intricate melodies and polyrhythmic soundscapes with improvisation, minimalism and their unique vibrant energy. We’re ecstatic to unveil the mixtape they put together for us this month, offering a glimpse into the influences and inspirations shaping their music. Brace yourself for the unexpected!

  1. Louis Sclavis, Aldo Romano & Henri Texier – Bororo Dance [Label Bleu]
  2. Jozef Dumoulin Trio – Fuga X [BeeJazz] 0:06:48
  3. Fumio Hayasaka – Extraordinary Man [Doxy] 0:11:20
  4. Stein Urheim & Jørgen Træen – Konglekjertelen [Hubro] 0:12:28
  5. Vectrex – Hs C [Marcel Records] 0:15:20
  6. Baka Pygmies – Hut Song 0:21:49
  7. YHWH Nailgun – Castrato Raw (fullback) 0:25:13
  8. MGMT – Forest Elf [MGMT Records] 0:27:16
  9. The John Lurie National Orchestra – Flutter [Amulet Records] 0:29:49
  10. Dijf Sanders – Seven Fridays A Day [Unday Records] 0:31:40
  11. Keith Jarrett – 3 0:35:54
  12. SCHNTZL – Dante [cortizona] 0:39:53
  13. Szun Waves – Fall into Water [LEAF] 0:42:50
  14. Beraadgeslagen – Doelloze Doelman [W.E.R.F.] 0:49:20
  15. Craig Taborn Trio – Beat The Ground [ECM Records] 0:52:26
  16. Robert Wyatt – Alliance [Rough Trade / Virgin] 0:56:26
  17. The Necks – Daylights [ReR Megacorp] 1:00:44

Underworld & The Necks share collaborative track ‘A Very Silent Way’

08 December 2018

Early last month, Welsh electronic outfit Underworld launched their Drift series, a project that sees them releasing new material through their website every Thursday over the course of one year. Using film, music and stories, amongst other media forms, Underworld are publsihing material recorded in a multitude of spaces and featuring some collaborations. They have already released the first instalment of the series called A Very Silent Way featuring five parts. Part 5 is an improvised track in collaboration with revered experimental jazz trio The Necks, fruit of a two-day recording session. Underworld’s Rick Smith had this to say about it:

“Karl and I spent two glorious days with The Necks at AIR studios in London exploring long improvisations based on our music for Drift and I had the time of my life with these incredibly talented, beautiful people. This initial release represents just a small part of that body of work.”

The track comes accompanied by a video by tomato’s Simon Taylor using film and stills shot from that session. Here it is.