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Greg Fox's 'By Virtue Of Emptiness' Is A Rapt Mosaic Of Psychedelic Jazz

The second solo album from the Liturgy, Zs and Ex Eye drummer sounds like a celestial hummingbird feeding from the nectar of the cosmos.
A still from Greg Fox's "By Virtue of Emptiness" video.

There's a stunning piece of music by the composer Rhys Chatham called , a title that evokes beautiful wings beating at supersonic speed. This image is

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