In addition to having a name that is now inseparable from the singer David Linx, under his own name pianist Diederik Wissels is also the creator of music that is both sensitive and refined in the tradition of European jazz tinted with classical music. After the superb “Tender is the Night,” “Streams,” “Song of You,” “The Hillock Sonstress,” and “From This Day Forward,” this new album probes once again- although in different ways- the mysteries of atmospheric themes drawn from soft-focus melancholy. The pianist’s sparse, light notes, whose touch remains luminous, slowly reveal an introspective world that is peopled by his two sparring partners. First, Nicolas Kummert whose contained sax-playing vibrates in tune with soundscapes from Saturn haunted by Scandinavian mist. Then Thibault Dille, whose lyrical accordion creates waves of melody lines while lavishing warm and decisive rainbow colors over the beautiful miniatures. On “Release” and “Dreamcatcher,” singer Emily Allison vocalizes and adds airy worlds that open the music onto a disturbing dream-like world of light and shade. This is music carved by clear, intuitive, intimate, moving and powerfully climatic arrangements; music of few notes but a thousand poetic shades. Through its insidious power, it manages to easily impose a very personal charm.
