New Release: Fool's Fate from Rik Wright and the Fundamental Forces
Label: HipSync Records
Release Date: July 10, 2026
Website: www.rikwright.com
Seattle-based guitarist and composer, Rik Wright is at the helm of Fundamental Forces, a quartet that hones psychedelic jazz soundscapes, balancing improvised movements with melodically structured motifs. Their 2026 recording Fool's Fate, comprised of original material written by Wright, shows the quartet's malleable quality to be spontaneous, riffing off one another while maintaining the core thread. Tracks like "Nothin' But A Thang" and "Freezer Jam" are hold together by a recurring motif that each musician builds from, exercising their extemporaneous leanings. The soft splendor of "Luminescence" is tasseled in James DeJoie's dulcet saxophone twirls, cradled in the lounging bass pump of Geoff Harper and steady beats of drummer Greg Campbell, as Wright's unbridled musings on the guitar add a feral quality to the track. Expressive and intense, the quartet have crafted their own dialect using the jazz language, moving smoothly from the bluesy vibrations of "Glitter Bomb" to the swinging patterns of "Mixing Glass," rejuvenating vintage jazz idioms with a pinch of psychedelic rock. Rik Wright and his band Fundamental Forces are truly their own outfit, threading modern psychedelics with vintage jazz and traditional blues for a fusion that is veritably homespun material.
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