EMPIRICAL
LIKE LAMBS: TO THE SLAUGHTER LP 2x12"

WRLP4854
Whirlwind Recordings
144- 1: The Garden Of Beginnings: Innocence And Bliss
- 2: Giants
- 3: Like Lambs: Ignorance And Innocence
- 4: Like Lambs: To The Slaughter
- 1: Like Lambs: To Our Own Demise
- 2: The Garden Of Beginnings: Earth
- 3: Drogon
- 4: The Garden Of Beginnings: Divine Revelation
Following vibraphonist and long-standing member Lewis Wright"s move to the USA, the award-winning UK jazz ensemble, featuring Nathaniel Facey on alto saxophone, Tom Farmer on double bass and Shaney Forbes on drums, have embraced a more flexible lineup. The trio enlist high-caliber guest artists to expand their sound, with long-time collaborators Ivo Neame on piano and David Preston on guitar lending their distinctive musical voices to the album. The album traverses the musical terrain between contemporary classical music, soundscape, post-bop and free jazz. The jazz of the 1960s has long been a guiding light for Empirical, not least in the way it represented Black musicians" struggle for respect, freedom and civil rights, often drawing on their faith as a moral foundation.

