Touring a good deal with Andy Sheppard’s Trio Libero over recent months, Michel Benita turns his attention to his koto-flavoured band Ethics (that’s Benita with guitarist Eivind Aarset, trumpeter Matthieu Michel, koto player Mieko Miyazaki and drummer Philippe Garcia) who surface in early-2016 with a new album River Silver to be released by ECM. Ethics have been around a while releasing their first self-titled album in 2010 on the Zig Zag label.

Recorded at the RSI in Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher, the new album is to be released in January during which Ethics are also touring but there are no UK or Irish dates, at least so far, by the look of the bassist’s date sheet. Listen to track extracts above
audio updated  7/1/16