Thomas Strønen | Time Is A Blind Guide – Lucus | ECM Records

Thomas Strønen Time Is A Blind Guide Lucus Ayumi Tanaka: piano Håkon Aase: violin Lucy Railton: violoncello Ole Morten Vågan: double bass Thomas Strønen: drums, percussion +++++ CD / 180g Vinyl / Streaming: https://ecm.lnk.to/fFugW Norwegian drummer/composer Thomas Strønen presents a revised edition of his acoustic collective Time Is A Blind Guide, now trimmed to quintet size, and with a new pianist in Wakayama-born Ayumi Tanaka. Tanaka has spoken of seeking associative connections between Japan and Norway in her improvising, a tendency Strønen seems to be encouraging with his space-conscious writing for the ensemble, letting in more light. As on the group’s eponymously-titled and critically-lauded debut album there are excellent contributions from the string players – the quintet effectively contains both a string trio and a piano trio – and Manfred Eicher’s production brings out all the fine detail in the grain of the collective sound and the halo of its overtones, captured in the famously-responsive acoustic of Lugano’s Auditorio Stelio Molo in March 2017. ECM 2576 Website: https://www.ecmrecords.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecmrecords Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecm_records