As of 2024 The Reliables have now reincarnated as a duo of live musicians with a laptop, fusing jazz, electronica and other genres, and have started gigging in London in this new incarnation. See the News page for more info.
We introduce you to a world of contemporary music where we are working increasingly with loops. Musical recurring statements are cycled while melody lines are drawn across the arrangement to alter the underlying foundation serving up surprises to the listener’s ear. Jazz plays with musical ideas and looks ahead as well as back.
The Reliables have taken up this invitation to be playful with musical loops and have written new material that uses musical building blocks from around the world. From African dance grooves, to contemplative Japanese modes, to Latin American rhythms, Dave Barrows’ saxophones and flute, and Robert Pfeiffer’s guitar/banjo/bass interplay arrangements and improvisations in communication, coupled with software triggered loops. A musical journey fuelled by state of the art technology and jazzy playfulness.
The Reliables are available for hire for art openings, jazz clubs and select private events.
A demo of the new material can be found on SoundCloud here:
The Reliables 2019 album “Fuzzy Math”, from their previous quartet incarnation, is available on Spotify:
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