Theo Travis has been played on NTS shows including Blackest Ever Black, with Chasing The Slow Train first played on 21 September 2015.

This unique and almost inevitable collaboration has yielded a beautiful sequence of recordings that artfully avoids the clichés routinely associated with “ambient” and “improv”, while wholly encompassing the core elements of both musical forms.

The strength of the duo as players and listeners never allows the improvisational base to sound insular or indulgent; the overall sound is expansive and accessible, with the passion and commitment of the players audible from the first moments.

Unfashionably, perhaps, in an era where music is often portrayed as…