FLYING MACHINES have become one of the UK's most talked about new bands, having released their debut album to critical acclaim in October 2016 - playing emotive and dramatic music, drawing upon influences as diverse as jazz, pop, progressive rock and metal to create an utterly unique and modern sound.

"Incredible musicianship, tight and crisp"  Jez Nelson, Jazz FM

"...alchemical infusions of jazz, prog, metal and pop make for a vibrant mix of the visceral and vertiginous, combining melody and soundscape to startling effect"  Spencer Grady, Jazzwise

"Gritty rock-powered guitar improv" John Fordham, The Guardian

“Sweet, lyrical passages blend with impossible prog-like time signatures to create a fresh, modern sound with its own distinctive character” LondonJazzNews

“Heartbreaking melodies that hang, shimmering, until someone just has to let loose” Cellars and Lofts

"A wonderful young guitarist with a unique musical voice" Stan Sulzmann

With one of the best, most critically acclaimed albums of 2016, guitarist Alex Munk's band features some of the brightest of the UK's new generation of jazz stars, with Matt Robinson (piano), Conor Chaplin (bass) and Dave Hamblett (drums). 

Centred on Alex’s unique compositional approach, Flying Machines has established a sound that is entirely its own, fusing visceral, rock-out guitar improv with anthemic melodies and lusciously textured soundscapes. It’s a sound shot through with the here and now of London’s ruggedly innovative jazz scene, a decadent mash up of free-wheeling improvisations, prog rock energy and ambient meditations that never detracts from the emotive lyricism at the music’s core.