Theon Cross

★★★★ Intra-I NEW SOIL. CD/DL/LP

The Sons Of Kemet star paints on a much broader canvas here than 2019’s debut Fyah, roving roughshod across genres. Less self-consciously jazz than his debut, whether applying his lingering melodic skills to futurefunk (We Go Again), mutated ska (Forward Progression), spiritual grime (Roots) or letting low-end theories bisect bustling paths of rhythm in tandem with Oren Marshall (Universal Alignment), in Cross’s seasoned palms the tuba’s possibilities feel endless.