Recorded live at Morphine Raum in Berlin in February 2024, the album that was edited from the live set actually seems to symbolise – or much rather perform or embody – the thought process of musical creation. Starting from, as it were, isolated raw materials in the form of noises rather than tones, the seemingly disparate elements gradually click into place at some points, forming rhythmic cells, and at some points even chord-like assonances. What really foregrounds the 'thought process' aspect, though, is the way in which these 'dark extemporizations' (Han-earl Park) constantly perform a certain skepticism and doubt regarding their own method.
These improvisations never go straight for the 'kill' of power-play exultation, but rather prefer to retrace their steps to hear if there isn't, perhaps, an alternative way of getting from one point to another. Once you get into it, it is precisely this tactic which makes the music of these three people who often think twice one hell of a suspenseful listening experience. An experience in which the listener is constantly faced with the question: will this whole thing hold together till the end, or will it fall apart? Thoughts everybody probably knows from their own life, reflected here in a musical essay.
