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HILL COLLECTIVE

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Hill Collective is a jazz ensemble based in Brighton, UK. Led by saxophonist and composer Pete Piskov, the group offers a fresh musical attitude, employing modern improvisation techniques and nuanced compositions - a soulful, avant-garde addition to the bustling UK jazz landscape.

 

Notable performances include the New Generation Jazz stage at Love Supreme 2024 and Royal Albert for Good Evening Arts.

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2025 sees them releasing more music and more live shows in and outside of Brighton.

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Their new single "Evolution (Charting The Spirit)" comes out on all platforms on the 9th Feb.

Photo by Milo Costelloe 

The members of the group are varied in their experience and backgrounds, coming together to create interesting music that addresses harmony, melody and rhythm in a playful, forward thinking way. Pete comes from a conceptual/visual/ performance art background which has greatly influenced the way he and the group think about music.

At live shows, there is always a new improvisational method that is employed - graphic scores, experimental conduction techniques, musical divination, reactive improvisation to stimulus such as live poetry and field recordings. All of this informs the playing of compositions in a creative way. Often highlighting that music is present in every moment, in every sound.

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Evolution (Charting The Spirit) comes out on all platforms on the 9th Feb 2025.

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​A move in an even more exploratory, groove based direction. The line-up on the release features: Pete Piskov (alto sax), Joe Edwards (drumkit), Joe Snelling (upright bass), Vincent Malloch (guitar), Phil Smith (trumpet), Will Roberts (trombone), Mina-Mae Alexander (violin), Sudhi Pooniyil (congas).

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"Enthusiastically embracing the full gamut of freewheeling experimentation ... from wonky bossas to deranged swinging Mingus-ism, this new release from Hill Collective is a compelling refutation to anyone who still thinks that jazz is no fun"

- Eddie Myer (New Generation Jazz / QOW Trio)

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"Hill Collective seem at ease creating some of the boldest, bombastic and liberating music I have heard from any other release ... Fearless, passionate and deeply joyous"

- Ozzy Moysey (Ancient Infinity Orchestra)

"Tonal Prophecy" is Hill Collective's first studio album, released on the 20th April with the help of German label, Fin Du Monde. 12" Vinyl records are available on Bandcamp. The sound is varied and rich, drifting from almost-big band horn arrangements to riotous free jazz. Latin rhythmic attitudes and playful excursions to the absurd lay out a tonal palette that brings both solace and revelation. 

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The inclusion of the "Grand Unison Choir" in the recording is an important statement of community and the DIY ethics that surround the album. A group of about 20 friends chant, laugh, scream and sing, embracing the full spectrum of what makes this music so magical.

 

Holistic in its ethos, this album explores the warmest depths of the mind, body and spirit while keeping things light and honest- a music that speaks for itself, about itself and the world around it.

 

The album sits comfortably in it's own vibrant identity greatly inspired by the idiosyncrasies of Sun Ra, Art Ensemble of Chicago and Ornette Coleman.

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Hill Collective has a fluid line-up that has included the following musicians: Pete Piskov (as,fl), Joe Edwards (dr), Will Roberts (trb), Phil Smith (tr), Luke Congdon (p), Sudhi S Pooniyil (perc), Joe Snelling (b), Mina-Mae Alexander (vio), Vincent Malloch (g), Esty Sundermark (vo), Federico Micheli (b), Jojo Circle (hp).

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