On sophomore album More Feed, Berlin-based collective Feed LA weaves freely across experimental jazz, punchy funk, library grooves and low rock treadings, sidestepping neat categories and market gridlines while leaning into the joy of jazz music – rich in wandering detours and pivoting surprises.

With members from famed German funk outfit Poets of Rhythm and future jazz group Faruk Green, Berlin-based free pop collective Feed LA can be considered a true thoroughbred, and with each release, the band lifts away from familiar forms, offering listeners both inventive improvisations and unexpected harmonic textures.

On sophomore album More Feed, Feed LA weaves freely across experimental jazz, punchy funk, and low rock treadings, sidestepping neat categories and market gridlines and leaning into the joy of jazz music – rich in wandering detours and pivoting surprises. Feed LA’s tracks unfurl before our ears, inviting listeners to the intricate conversations between players – where every murmur, pause, and sudden spark waits to be discovered.

The band’s creative process embraces this kind of freedom from the very first moments of recording. With Özgür Bayraktar on keys, Daniel Ray Gahn on drums, Michael Treetop Voß on trumpet, and early collaborator Jeff Özdemir on bass, they cut each session live to tape – even from the earliest stages of songwriting. Playing for hours at a time, each of these jams opens space for shocks of creativity from all band members. As Özgür describes, these sessions are built on trust in flow – the group often does not even look at each other, shifting effortlessly from one lick to the next groove; threading funk, hip hop, rock, and jazz sounds into a single, evolving trajectory. The players move together as one body, their instruments nourishing one another, cradling new sounds and stretching others. Gracing themselves with the freedom to test and wander together, the group captures the textures of improvisation’s freefall and free-for-all.

These recordings embody the volatile sublime of jazz and funk music – its unpredictability and its joy. Surprisingly, the group does not listen to these studio tapes until the day’s playing is finished. Instead, each session unfolds freely and uninterrupted. Out of the studio, band members become listeners, rediscovering their own improvisations as outsiders, tracking how the session’s rhythms and grooves guide attention toward certain instruments and textures. Sifting through these hours of first-layer archives, band member Michael describes waiting for his ears to prick up – caught by unexpected tangles of melody, knots of harmonies, or flashing rhythm shifts. These moments become the seedlings for Feed LA’s evolving discography, and the band arrives to the next studio session with touchstones from which new explorations can begin.

In the final stages of production, Feed LA crafts one last moment of creativity. Here, certain instruments are drawn into sharper focus, background textures are embellished, and fresh twists and loops are woven into the song’s structure. This sonic sculpting offers both a synthesis and a renewed act of creation – one final swinging embrace of volatility. For band member Daniel, this shaping and mixing reanimates the sublime thrill of improvisation. The listener is guided through the conversation between players, pulled as close as possible to the studio’s pulse – its ebb and flow, its wandering and groove. In these soundscapes, Feed LA welcomes the listener into the joy of improvisation: alive, unruly, and ever evolving.