Asher

First passionate, then quiet, gently covering, then playful and alluring ocean of light - all of it is James Asher’s music. His Dance of the Light is an album-meditation, it is a leave to the existence to pass through you and make you clear. The music of the compositor is so beautiful, so harmonious! Being weft from a finest lace it is very emotional. The electronic music of the Dance of the Light album is simple and sophisticated at the same time. It is very light, practically weightless and romantic. It is refined and exquisite. And the sounds of birds at early daybreak do nothing but intensify the emotionality of James Asher’s music.

Blending free jazz with South African protest music and rigorous academic study, the Cape Town drummer connects jazz tradition to contemporary oppression, and points a way forward for the music.