Flur: Plunge

"Waiting at a stoplight, there's sometimes a brief instant when all the turn signals of the cars in front of you sync together. Maybe you were zoning out, watching your windshield wipers, listening to the soft murmur of the radio, but in that moment, you snap to attention. What might be even more satisfying is when they begin to pull apart from each other again, creating an increasingly complex sequence."

"The members of Flur, the London-based jazz trio of harpist Miriam Adefris, saxophonist Isaac Robertson, and percussionist Dillon Harrison, understand this dance. Throughout Plunge, their spellbinding debut, there are stretches of time where each player operates at their own speed, pulling notes from their instruments as instinct dictates. They flicker around one another, drawing closer until they fuse in harmolodic structure, only to peel off into their own respective orbits."

"The sounds mimic Flur's origin story: The three met while studying music at Goldsmiths, University of London, and although they were all taking different courses, they became acquainted while playing in the myriad ensembles populating the vibrant scene adjacent to the college. Their individual resumes are stacked: Harrison plays drums for art punks Morgan Noise and Argentine kitchen-sink psych artist Gal Go; Robertson is a member of experimental punk outfit Parade and half of electroacoustic duo Wetroom with pianist Jack Elliott Barton;"

An evocative analogy of synchronized turn signals opens the description, equating fleeting mechanical synchronicity with musical convergence. Flur, a London-based trio led by harpist Miriam Adefris with saxophonist Isaac Robertson and percussionist Dillon Harrison, shapes Plunge through stretches of individual timing and collective fusion. The trio often lets each player drift at personal tempos, then coalesces into harmolodic structures before diverging again. The record balances ambient, shimmering atmospheres with angular cadences and textured interplay. The members' diverse backgrounds—from punk and electroacoustic projects to collaborations with Floating Points and Shabaka Hutchings—inform the trio’s compositional and improvisational approach.

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