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Rich, powerful, colourful, exciting and highly evocative. Ahmed’s most ambitious and most successful work to date has the feel of a ‘major statement’ about it.

As one of the most eagerly awaited releases of the year “Polyhymnia” doesn’t disappoint. Ahmed’s compositions tackle weighty themes without becoming ‘preachy’ or pretentious, the listener never feels as if they’re being beaten about the head, despite the seriousness of the underlying messages. Instead Ahmed does her talking through the music, although it’s undeniably illuminating to read about the inspirations behind the tunes and to enjoy Bass’ visual responses to them. – The Jazzmann