BIONDINI GODARD NIGGLI

With their poetic and energetic music, these three storytellers from Italy, France and Switzerland open up a clear view of the Mediterranean across the narrow mountain valleys. The music of these three musical personalities thrives on its poetry, its sonic beauty, its depth of thought and the interweaving of composition and improvisation. Original compositions meet Radiohead and Monteverdi variations, merging on Fables of Time into soulful music brimming with energy and subtle wit. A trio with three leaders, all three at home in different musical languages and at the peak of their technical prowess. Together they form a unity that is rarely encountered. Following the two highly acclaimed CDs What is There What is Not and Mavi, the long-awaited third release from this extraordinary trio now arrives after 13 years. “The journey offered to the listener is full of surprises and joy – you never know what to expect next: a foray into an imposing Renaissance melody, a sudden burst of energy with freely improvised passages, the evocation of a village dance from an imaginary land bordering the desert, the Alps and a rural landscape, a touch of funk; and sometimes all these things at once,” writes Francesco Martinelli in the liner notes.