A rather short disc from this trio, working a longish list of sound makers: piano, violin, hardingfele (a rather ornate Norwegian fiddle), objects, electronics, synthesizer, bass guitar and tapes. Only one of these gentlemen seems to have much in the way of public history — Victor Grinenco has quite a few releases under his belt, while Sahlieh lists two and Elgier one. Relative newcomers then, at least as represented by the internet.

The proceedings on offer here feel rather somber to me, perhaps due to the recurring melodic piano playing, a motif of ascending notes repeated a few times. Elsewhere Elgier pounds dissonant seconds and lets the acoustic beating ring. These cells of pianism are surrounded by a slowly shifting cloud of electronic wind and buzzing, wavering oscillations. Piano eventually falls away, to be supplanted by string sawing embedded in a stew of minutiae, giving way to somewhat of a reprise of the opening gambit. There follows an off-and-on electronic throbbing as the core, hung with crackles, dulled piano notes and sour string drone. Often unsettling in its juxtapositions, and in that quite interesting to follow.