London-based altoist and LUME collective co-founder Dee Byrne cites astronomy, time, the intensity of John Coltrane, late period Miles Davis and her love for free jazz as sources of inspiration for Moment Frozen, her second release with Entropi. You can hear all of that in the music – in the swirling melodies of ‘In The Cold Light of Day’ and the orbiting chord sequence of ‘Elst Pizarro’; the choppy groove games of ‘Interloper’ and ‘It’s Time’; the contemplative, zero-gravity drift of ‘Fish Whisperer’; and the radiant expanses of the title-track. Like Byrne, Moment Frozen has one foot in the jazz tradition and one floating free. The opener, ‘Stelliferous Era’, lurches between gentle ambience and bludgeoning aggression and bursts of chaotic improvisation regularly overwhelm the album’s through-written elements. The considered lyricism of trumpeter Andre Canniere is an excellent contrast to visceral solos played by Byrne and Nash and the rhythm section are just the right mix of supportive and unruly.