Nicolas Meier (guitars); Alex Hutton
(piano); Tom Mason (bass); Demi Garcia Sabat (percussion); Randolph Matthews
(voice) + José Almarcha (Flamenco guitar on A Night in Sant Cugat)
There are musicians who travel in search of inspiration and there are those whose music becomes a map of the places they have visited. Nicolas Meier belongs firmly in the latter camp. For years the Swiss-born, UK-based guitarist has built a musical language that comfortably inhabits jazz, Turkish folk traditions, flamenco, North African rhythms and contemporary European improvisation. On Elysian Drift, those influences don’t compete for attention—they coexist beautifully.
Inspired by journeys shared with his wife, artist Songul Yilmaz-Meier, whose evocative artwork graces the album cover, Elysian Drift feels less like a travelogue and more like a collection of memories. The destinations may stretch from the Mediterranean to the Middle East, but the real journey is emotional rather than geographical.




