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Peter Farrar-alto saxophone, percussion
Novak Manojlovic-piano, percussion
Clayton Thomas-double bass, percussion
Laurence Pike-drums, percussion
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UPC: 5904224874636
Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1239
Squidco Product Code: 36750
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Golden Retriever studios, in Sydney, Australia, on July 17th and 18th, 2023, by Simon Berckelman.
"BELIEVE's debut album 'Spirits of the Dead are Watching' is a potent statement from four of Australia's most experienced and dedicated improvisers. A powerhouse unit of rare intimacy, flexibility and passion, BELIEVE connects the spectrum of contemporary creative sound making with the fluid, anything is possible momentum of free jazz."-Relative Pitch

Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Peter Farrar Peter Farrar is a Sydney-based saxophonist known for his work in improvisational and experimental music. He has been involved with several avant-garde ensembles and is recognized for his innovative approach to the saxophone. ^ Hide Bio for Peter Farrar • Show Bio for Novak Manojlovic "Sydney-based pianist, Novak Manojlovic first began playing piano at age eight. He went on to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from 2012-2016 where he honed his craft as an improviser and composer, studying under pianists Mike Nock and Matt McMahon (Freedman Jazz Fellow 2005). Novak has led his own diverse projects and collaborated extensively in the pop music scene, acting as a musical director, arranger and touring musician for Ngaiire, Sampa the Great, Wallace and Martha Marlow. Novak has been quickly gaining recognition for his expressive approach, and since finishing his studies has been composing and performing with his subversive piano trio 'HEKKA', electro-acoustic outfit Colourfields and his large ensemble Grown Ocean throughout Australia." ^ Hide Bio for Novak Manojlovic • Show Bio for Clayton Thomas "Double Bassist Clayton Thomas was born 1976, in Hobart, Australia. Inspired by the sound, velocity and social movements of jazz, Clayton has dedicated his musical life to finding a personal truth that links his own cultural life as a white Australian, with the radical, far reaching pursuits found within the creative music. What he can't find as a bass player, he searches for in the organisation of unreasonably large ensembles. Clayton Thomas relocated in Sydney, Australia, in 2014. Clayton is currently not a regular member of the Splitter Orchester, but he was part of the 2014 concert @ MaerzMusik and he'll also take part in the 2015 concerts in Berlin and Huddersfield." ^ Hide Bio for Clayton Thomas
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Track Listing:
1. Believer 10:03
2. Spirits Of The Dead Are Watching 07:25
3. Already Not Yet 24:30

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Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
Jazz
Collective & Free Improvsation
Australian Improvisers, Composers and Experimenters
Quartet Recordings
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