Coming soon: Modern Classical

Review: The long-trusted trio of Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin are now joined by Norwegian guitarist Fredrik Rasten, and Ghosted III hears them push their stripped-down interplay into freer, wispier terrain. Perhaps recalling well the metrically mystifying works of Burnt Friedman, the third instalment in their Ghosted series builds on thier renowned minimal but tactile approach, where tiny shifts in groove and timbre ripple and froth forth like tectonic events, and initial prog-jazz movements open out subtly to become knaps on plenums of post-rock. Ambarchi's decades of experimenting in electroacoustic drift, Berthling's grounding in Swedish jazz and improv, and Werliin's propulsive drumming (notably in Fire! and Wildbirds & Peacedrums) coalesce again, but Rasten's chiming acoustic textures add fresh tension to the group's hypnosis. Based between Sweden and Australia, these players deal in small-scale dynamics with massive effect.