Stand Above The Streams Jason Sharp

"Sharp continues to synthesise his vast array of influences into his distinctive style of electroacoustic music. Electronic pulse plays a key role, as does some artful sampling and a few subtle jabs of John Carpenter-esque synth lines. Sharp’s sax appears too, while his toolbox of crystalline processed sounds does the musical heavy lifting. While guest instrumentalists fleshed out his 2016 debut, Stand Above The Streams scrapes away those chamber rock semblances and deals more in synthesis, leading to even more microscopic detail and alien timbres. Stand Above The Streams makes it clear that the home of post-rock is carving out a niche as the home of whatever lies beyond." – The Wire

"Sharp’s confluence of primal and visionary techniques proves he is a singular talent on a record that is startlingly unfamiliar yet strangely lucid. The result is bewitching, and decidedly human. The sheer variety of resonance and expression created by electrical processes and his playing are enthralling... a work of highly tuned suspense." – MusicOHM

"A triumph. Somehow more dramatic than his debut, this record sees Sharp’s horn playing dominate proceedings – he plays his bass and baritone saxes as harsh snippets or as unrelenting sheets. There’s so much going on in this record it’s hard to know what to highlight – sounds rise up like condensing steam against modular electronic mutations that couldn’t be any less their opposite. It meets in the most remarkable of intersections, between Sharp’s doomy, devastated playing and his warm, hopeful heart." – Norman

"Listening to Stand Above The Streams feels much like taking a gargantuan and terrific journey through the human body, where something alien and unknown is hidden away deep down amongst the layers of our own skin. It is akin to the blood rushing through our own body, our own hearts beating to a rhythmic time clock, accompanied by the saxophone that grumbles and murmurs or screeches in terror. It’s difficult to get one’s head around sometimes, but the experience is nothing short of exhilarating." – Echoes & Dust

"Conjured via his custom rig incorporating various modes of electronic synthesis, all of which he combines with the snaking rasp of his saxophone, the effect is mesmerizing – resembles Stars Of The Lid pursuing the Sun Ra Arkestra into an electricity substation." – Electronic Sound