The new album from composer and guitarist Rafiq Bhatia, Environments conjures worlds of improvised, organic sound that bloom, melt, crackle and combust—an otherworldly portrait of the world around us. A collaboration with trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and Bhatia’s Son Lux bandmate, drummer Ian Chang, the nearly hour-long session heralds Bhatia’s full-circle return to improvised music after a decade-long foray into meticulous studio-based constructions.
