HOOFFOOT

Are we sure Hooffoot aren't time travellers? This little album consists of two extended jams perfectly optimised for vinyl - not just vinyl, but old early-1970s vinyl where to avoid compressing the dynamic range unduly you don't want to take up the full length of the side - and it's jam-packed with tasty jazz fusion that wouldn't sound amiss on a festival stage slotted between Third-era Soft Machine and Caravanserai-era Santana.

Though Hooffoot have their connections to Øresund Space Collective and the family of bands around it (Gösta Berlings Saga, Mantric Muse, etc.), the material here is somewhat less neo-psychedelic than the centre of gravity of that particular sonic universe, though it's still a fine album to pick up if you appreciate works of other members of that extended family - or if you like old school jazz-prog the way they served it in 1971.