Alex Bonney / Paul Dunmall / Mark Sanders - The Beholder’s Share - SOLD OUT

Alex Bonney - trumpet / modular synth / laptop
Paul Dunmall - saxophones
Mark Sanders - drums

The narrative has many faces, twisted, oneiric, mysterious and expressive. –

— Andrzej Nowak (Spontaneous Music Tribune)

‘The Beholder’s Share’ features Alex Bonney on trumpet and electronics with long-term collaborators Paul Dunmall on saxes and Mark Sanders on drums. This is the first release on Bead Records to feature Dunmall and the trio’s inaugural recorded venture. A whirlwind of sonic exploration and improvised interaction from an electro-acoustic trio featuring three leading UK improvisers.


Recorded on 11.11.23 by Olly Sansom at Sansome Studios
Mixed by Alex Bonney spring 2023
Mastered by Pierre Alexandre Tremblay spring 2023
Cover photo by Alex Bonney: White Desert, Egypt, Summer 2022
Produced by Emil Karlsen for Bead Records

All music by Alex Bonney (PRS), Paul Dunmall (PRS) and Mark Sanders (PRS)


BEAD 48
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press reactions

"This album should be put into many hands, because it will meet the expectations of audiences fond of experimental electronics, sensitive to cutting-edge jazz or looking for mixtures of genres off the beaten track." -  Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg



"The narrative has many faces, twisted, oneiric, mysterious and expressive."- Andrzej Nowak (Spontaneous Music Tribune)



"These creative musicians balance an urgent need for sonic exploration with close and democratic interaction and an organic flow of stormy music." - Eyal Hareuveni (Salt Peanuts)



"An absolute treat" - Corey Mwamba (BBC Freeness)