Three by Darren Pickering Small Worlds
Following their critically acclaimed Volume One (2022) and Volume Two (2023), Darren Pickering Small Worlds continue their through-composed & improvisational explorations into the melding of jazz and folk song-based structures incorporating the “cinematic sonics” of modular synthesisers.
Tracklist
| 1. | Green Blinking Light | 3:13 |
| 2. | What If | 6:26 |
| 3. | Tauhou Waltz | 7:00 |
| 4. | Soft Life | 3:10 |
| 5. | Hjartdal | 2:38 |
| 6. | Randall | 7:54 |
| 7. | Taylor Time | 8:34 |
| 8. | Folly | 8:31 |
| 9. | Push Bliss | 1:41 |
Credits
released April 30, 2025
Darren Pickering (piano, synth, modular), Heather Webb (guitar), Pete Fleming (bass), and Jono Blackie (drums)
All compositions by Darren Pickering © 2025
Produced by Darren Pickering Small Worlds
Recorded at Rapaki Studios, Christchurch (NZ)
Engineered and mixed by Alex Harmer
Mastered by Steve Garden
Cover art ‘Sign of Life’ by Harry Harrison
Design by Unklefranc and printing by Studio Q
Darren Pickering (piano, synth, modular), Heather Webb (guitar), Pete Fleming (bass), and Jono Blackie (drums)
All compositions by Darren Pickering © 2025
Produced by Darren Pickering Small Worlds
Recorded at Rapaki Studios, Christchurch (NZ)
Engineered and mixed by Alex Harmer
Mastered by Steve Garden
Cover art ‘Sign of Life’ by Harry Harrison
Design by Unklefranc and printing by Studio Q
License
All rights reserved.
Darren Pickering is a jazz pianist, composer, educator, modular synthesist and session musician based in Christchurch (NZ).
Darren Pickering Small Worlds is a quartet of like-minded musicians formed specifically to perform Darren's compositions and re-imagined versions of selected works from other genres.