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I found this album browsing for jazz... Whoa! I like it. Sometimes a bit tedious for the impatient listener, this music is best enjoyed in darkness while sitting still, or driving alone down a country road during a storm. This is a "mood" selection of tunes, spooky and full of pathos. Nils Molvaer plays his trumpet in sustained, echoic notes, sometimes "outside" the key signature and chord progression, but in a way that pulls you IN. He calls upon his trumpet, although typically a bright and flashy instrument, to descend to the depths of a sad viola in a pedantic classical piece composed in a minor key. Drums and deep bass throb rhythmically throughout the selections with just enough variation to keep one interested and alert for the next change.

I recall Pink Floyd's "Echoes" or some of Eno's music that create a similar state for the listener. You will like this electro-jazz disc. It grows on you. Buy it.

Wow!I have been listening to Nils Petter Molvaer for about 3 years now, and my admiration grows with each new disc I hear. His absorption of the Miles Davis heritage is clear, but there is also a restraint and discernment in his playing which delights and surprises.
Streamer has been on repeat in my car since it arrived, and I have not even begun to tire of it yet.As an introduction to the NPM catalogue, or an example of superb live music it is one of the best. The use of samples is seamless and adds a whole new dimension to already complex music.
This is one you shouldn't miss.