If the musicians Matthew Halsall welcomes onto Manchester's Gondwana label share an MO, it's for meditatively circling passages, rhythmic drive and pastoral melody. Even the heavy-riffing GoGo Penguin include these attributes, and Mammal Hands, though their own men, fit right in. The Norwich trio's bass-free lineup means Nick Smart's minimalist piano also takes that role, and brother Jordan's often long, languid sax lines become woozily percussive where needed. Halsall's favoured spiritual jazz, the group's interest in folk and drummer Jesse Barrett's Indian classical studies combine with a love of electronica in Animalia's opposing poles: ‘Bustle’'s uptempo, tabla-heavy vision of Norfolk-level urban stress, and ‘Snow Bough’, whose melody develops at heart-slowing pace, hangs suspended, then sinks to earth cushioned by cymbal-sighs. The eastern thought at work is somewhere between India and Essex, with reflective, looping sections broken by restless sax surges. Jordan Smart's devotion to Pharoah Sanders leads his tenor to harry and squawk at the Alice Coltrane-inspired ‘Tiny Crumb’, hinting at Mammal Hands' harder-driving side, suppressed in favour of healing flow here.