Eines von gleich zwei neuen Matthew Shipp Alben 2018 bei ESP Disk, "Sonic Fiction" kommt in Quartettbesetzung: Matthew Shipp, piano; Mat Walerian, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums

After a duo album and two trio albums by Shipp and Walerian, all for ESP-Disk', we get a quartet album from them that continues their strategy of working with different musicians each time out. Bisio and Dickey are long-time collaborators with Shipp, but the addition of Walerian's Zen style changes the dynamics of their interactions. Walerian and Dickey, masters of restraint, were a match waiting to be made, and their instant rapport is one of the attractions of this album.