Ancient Relics is a journey which is at once poignant and mesmerizing, slowly gathering in intensity. A compositional vehicle of astral exploration, the music is enveloped by Johnson’s saxophone’s dark velvety beauty.

Over a deep, throbbing grooves, the harp, vibraphone and soprano saxophone swirl and collide in an orbit of fragmentary melodies of astronomical proportions.

★★★★ Mojo: “undeniable beauty elusively wrought “

★★★★ All About Jazz: “a stone delight”

★★★★★ UK Vibe: “one of the year’s musical highlights”

Wax///Wane is a new album by Lucien Johnson made up of six compositions about the moon and other wonders. Featuring an intriguing ensemble including vibraphone and harp to create shimmering, impressionistic lunar landscapes and smouldering grooves.

Johnson’s saxophone, described by Jazz in Paris as “lyrical as Coltrane, as powerful as Rollins”, soars above the ensemble, bringing mystique and aura to these unique pieces, themselves a study in light and shade.

West Of The Sun is the first leader album by Aotearoa’s Lucien Johnson. “I wanted to create a piece that depicted myself through jazz. I wanted it to have a contemporary feel, but with a sound similar to the Blue Note records from the 1960s that I love”.

Featuring the backing of New Zealand's top jazz musicians, Johnson’s rich modern jazz compositions make you feel as if you have traveled back in time to the 1960s.