The Drift

Formed in San Francisco in 2002, the Drift initially started out as a side project of <a href="spotify:artist:1Lqqtkuf3lzDlSJ1AGK3vg" data-name="Tarentel">Tarentel</a> guitarist/keyboardist <a href="spotify:artist:4dzotwHwOl10pysUzOMvJx" data-name="Danny Paul Grody">Danny Paul Grody</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4mWXJ8hCoN2UlroyEWIPhn" data-name="Lazarus">Lazarus</a> bassist Trevor Montgomery, and became more of a full-time affair after Montgomery&#39;s departure. Grody found a replacement in upright bassist Safa Shokrai, and with Rich Douthit (drums) and Jeff Jacobs (trumpet, flügelhorn, electronics), released a debut 12&#34; EP, Streets/Nozomi, in the summer of 2005. Later that year a limited-edition CD titled Travels in Constants, Vol. 19, comprised of the band&#39;s early recordings with Montgomery on bass, was released as a teaser for the band&#39;s first full-length, Noumena, which came out October of 2005. The Drift remained relatively quiet until 2007 when another 12&#34; EP of remixes, titled (RMXS), and a CD collection of previously vinyl-only tracks, titled Ceiling Sky, were released. Sadly, trumpeter/flügelhornist Jacobs died of cancer on January 4, 2011. The group continued on, releasing Blue Hour -- an album keenly affected by his memory -- in October of that year. ~ Gregory McIntosh, Rovi