Cinematic, eclectic and mercurial guitar band. With broad soundscapes, a contemporary jazz sensibility, and rock, folk, blues, latin and eastern influence. The evolving collaboration between Chris Allard and Mike Trim has resulted in a wide-ranging album at once earthy, contemplative, considered, and yet also energetic, fiery and space-age.

Dreamweavers: Woven in Time features live and organic acoustic performance, multi-layered instrumentation and high-level improvising, with creatively and delicately built sonic design utilising contemporary cutting-edge production techniques; generating a distinctive and evocative sound-world.

Joining Allard and Trim are Jim Watson on piano and keyboards, Dudley Phillips on double and electric basses and Nick Smalley on drums and percussion. An exciting group of musicians at the very top of their game, the full band expertly balance complexity with a sense of melody, accessibility and groove.

Chris Allard – Guitar

Jim Watson – Piano

Dudley Phillips – Bass

Nick Smalley – Drums

Collaborative project Dreamweavers have developed a distinctive musical aesthetic, sound-world and shared creative vision; which has evolved over several years and hundreds of hours of recording and production of original creative projects.

The title Woven in Time is intended to signify this musical evolution; a reflection of Dreamweavers’ unfolding artistic process.

Citadel, our follow-up album, is nearly complete and planned for release late 2025. It has a more live in the studio feel, yet maintains the shared musical aesthetic, evocative sound-worlds, organic yet fiery improvisation and ensemble interaction.

Woven in Time is the first release of new collaborative project Dreamweavers.

A follow-up album, with a more live in the studio aesthetic, is nearly complete and planned for release late 2025.

Mike Trim has a long history in production and composing music for films, TV, theatre and many albums for artists.

Films include: Missing Link, Baby Father, Etosha, Prime Suspect 6, Game Over – Kasparov and the Machine

Artists, musicians and collaborators include: Show of Hands, Perfect Houseplants, Matheran, June Tabor, John Renbourn, Davy Spillane,

Tom Toomey, Mark Lockheart and John Parricelli, Jacqui Dankworth MBE and Anthony Kerr, Frank Perry, Nic France, Danny Thompson.

Mike owns and runs Gecko Studio along with his son, producer Jasper Trim.

‘…when the music is so well written, so layered with tonal colour and textures, words are not enough to express the sounds heard. Melodic Collective is well structured in terms of stylistic variations and this is helped by allowing different compositional voices to share their music. As is so often the case with very good music, this album deserves to be listened to – not just heard – multiple times to really appreciate the writing and performance. This is not because the music is inaccessible but because each listening will reveal more of this “exciting collective sound”.’

Simply Jazz Talk

‘In an age of instant downloads and short attention spans, ‘Invisible Landscape’ is a brave album built on artistic integrity, framed by Allard’s inventive musical vision and realized by the band’s technical and improvisational excellence’ ★★★★ Get Ready to Rock

“Great playing…beautiful…a real guitar player”   Pat Martino

★★★★ Guitarist

 “Full-blooded solos…right on the money” Jazzwise