Music / jazz

Secular psalms


Reviews (1)


DownBeat

2022 June

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Ammar Kalia

2022 June

"Combining the verse of Latin Mass with early medieval folk songs, electronic manipulations and improvised instrumentation, Secular Psalms takes a postmodernist approach of freewheeling influences. Douglas finds his strengths most clearly when focusing on instrumental mood music, such as on the ambient meditation of opener "Arrival", where Douglas' serpentine, high-register trumpet melody intertwines with the rhythmic consistency of Berlinde Deman's tuba".