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The Comet Is Coming

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Forfans of uk jazz and electronic fusion, live-music seekers, listeners into shabaka hutchings-led projects.
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The Profile

The Comet Is Coming are a British trio formed in London by Shabaka Hutchings (sax; as King Shabaka), Dan Leavers (synths; as Danalogue) and Max Hallett (drums; as Betamax). They fuse jazz with electronic and psychedelic elements; Channel the Spirits (2016) was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, followed by Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (2019) and Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam (2022).

Formed in London in 2013 by Shabaka Hutchings, Dan Leavers and Max Hallett. Early releases appeared on The Leaf Label; Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam was released on Impulse! in 2022. Channel the Spirits (2016) was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.

Four DeBaser reviews chart The Comet Is Coming’s live intensity and cosmic-jazz blur of sax, synths and drums. From Sant’Anna Arresi to Dromos, writers praise an ecstatic, genre-scrambling show. Albums like Channel the Spirits and Trust In The Lifeforce… surface as beacons amid psychedelic electronics and free-jazz surges.

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