James Hill

Local Talent: Higienopolis

by Dan McClenaghan
January 4, 2020

The Toronto-based group Local Talent is the brainchild of pianist James Hill. The group's debut, Higienopolis, takes the piano trio format into an expansively electric realm. Inspired by a trip to Brazil, the music also showcases the influences of Hill's love of classical composition and pop culture of the 1990s. Opening with the electronically orchestral, high energy title tune, the set then eases into dreamy ambience on “Intro To," a pastoral soundscape in the foreground of the Northern ...