Graham Costello's STRATA

Named as one of Jazzwise Magazine's "Ones to Watch in 2019" Graham Costello's STRATA are one of the most exciting and innovative bands on the Scottish jazz scene and beyond. Their music blends stylistic elements of jazz, minimalism, and celebrated progressive/noise bands together with a strong DIY ethic, winning over audiences with towering dynamics and a raw and genuine enthusiasm. Pushing the boundaries of the genres, they create a new unique soundworld combining high-energy polyrhythms, improvisation and collective groove.

"Startling, groundbreaking...it explodes definitions to seize fresh space" - (Clash Magazine)

OBELISK

"OBELISK" is the debut album from Scottish artist Graham Costello's STRATA. Three years in the making, the album explores music that STRATA has been performing and developing since the band's inception. The music, all written by Costello, represents his background in both the Scottish underground/independent scene and later the jazz scene. Musically it fuses the energy of post-punk and noise rock with the unhinged improvisation of jazz, all under the umbrella of classical minimalism. "OBELISK" and the band as a whole aims to break down the barriers between the independent scene and the jazz scene.