Round Midnight presents Jasmine Myra + Jamie Leeming

As well as writing all the music, Where Light Settles is also her first self-produced record, with Gondwana label boss Matthew Halsall undertaking Contributing Producer duties. It’s a colourful sound world, shaped in both atmosphere and structure by Myra’s affinity with music for film. Myra’s music is quite cinematic because I’ve always liked listening to soundtracks – how emotive it is, how music causes us to feel a certain way, she says, citing US composer Dustin O’Halloran, Wes Anderson soundtracks (they’re so cheeky and playful and endearing) and Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack for Interstellar. Soundtracks, she says, have weaved their way into the music.

Behind the notes and staves there’s also Myra’s love of nature, specifically regular trips to North Wales, the Lake District, and the South Downs. I just love those landscapes. It’s the duality: nature can be brutal but beautiful and I love that juxtaposition. And of course, existing musical influences that range from Fabiano do Nascimento to Arooj Aftab and Alabaster Deplume.

JAMIE LEEMING

A key collaborator of Alfa Mist, Tom Misch and Jas Kayser, Jamie Leeming’s musical mastery has long since made him one of London’s most sought after jazz guitarists. Initially gaining notoriety through his work on Alfa Mist’s string of cult-classic albums, he then stepped out solo; first in collaboration with pianist Maria Chiara Argirò on their collaborative 2020 album Flow then in 2022 with his debut solo long player Resynthesis (which featured Laura Groves & Quinn Oulton).

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