The fourth album of the Copenhagen trio is also full of finely tuned surprises, created together, of course. Like the other two, Makiko Hirabayashi is poking around in every drawer and has been friends with them for over two decades, the musical couple Marilyn Mazur and Klavs Hovman. The pianist, the percussionist and the bassist unite an unmistakable feeling for atmospheric contrasts with a harmonic keynote. In the prologue, a melancholic piano solo glides over to a song whose friendly character accentuates Mazur with a soft voice. The stylistic variety and openness are also expressed in small pieces of just under two minutes duration, such as an improvised miniature with Kalimba, muted keys and the floating sound from the flugelhorn of guest Jakob Buchanan, which also plays a major role in three other tracks and is perfectly integrated into the sound of the small family. Japanese sounds, an aptly titled "gallop", soundscapes with drones and percussion, a "scherzo" that drifts into the direction of circus music - everything is possible here!
