Composer, electronic musician, improviser and field recordist Tullis Rennie returns with 'Safe Operating Space', a vivid and exciting hybrid of club music and free improvisation. Building on 2022's acclaimed 'Fixed Freedoms' (released on Matthew Herbert's Accidental Jr imprint), 'Safe Operating Space' explores new aspects of Rennie's practice while reflecting thoughts on themes such as global heating, AI-generated deepfakes, family life, and Kate Bush.

'Safe Operating Space' is inspired by the beautifully human endeavour of trying to grab hold of unrepeatable moments. A second of magic within a spontaneous musical improvisation. On a dance floor, during a jungle tune breakdown inside an intimate club space. When a light hits something and you freeze, wanting to make it last an age... but the reason moments like these are so alluring is precisely because they're so fleeting.

The album is built from a completely improvised recording session where Rennie (electronics) joins forces with Preetha Narayanan (violin), Tara Franks (cello), Cath Roberts (baritone sax), and Dee Byrne (alto sax). Working solo in his Hastings studio shed, Rennie plays alongside, against and around these ensemble recordings using analogue drum machines and synthesisers. Safe Operating Space will excite fans of James Holden, Laurel Halo, Kara-Lis Coverdale, or Bernard Parmegiani, and anyone who loves an unexpected ride across club music with its non-adjacent friend, free improvisation.