Solo

Solo is the fourth entry in ACT’s ‘past is present’ series. Vijay Iyer’s only solo piano album and a key milestone in his discography, originally released on ACT in 2010.

As with the previous past is present releases, this is a hand- numbered collector’s edition on 180g vinyl, with newly written liner notes, individually designed labels and inner sleeve and a collector’s obi strip.

Solo is a unique and fascinating album full of contrast. With every track, Vijay Iyer opens a fresh door into his musical cosmos: always surprising, often straddling past and present, from Duke Ellington to Steve Coleman, alongside his own multifaceted and infinitely engaging compositions and improvisations. From lyricicism to fury, from minimalism to opulence, from the irresistibly melodious to the jarringly atonal. And again and again we catch more than a glimmer of dry humour - to leaven the seriousness, the thoughtfulness, the genius that is Vijay Iyer. Solo is a timeless milestone of the kind that only the human mind and spirit is capable of producing.