Diederik Wissels "PASARELA"

After the superb Tender Is The Night, Streams and Song Of You, The hillock songstress (Jazzman shock) and From this day forward, this fourth album once again probes, albeit in a different way, the mysteries of atmospheric themes from which a diffuse melancholy emanates. The light and sparse notes of the pianist, whose touch remains luminous, slowly reveal an introspective universe that his two accomplices enter.

Nicolas Kummert first, whose restrained saxophone vibrates in tune with saturnine soundscapes haunted by Scandinavian mists.
Then there is Thibault Dille, whose lyrical accordion shapes undulating melodic lines while lavishing warm and decisive rainbow colours on these beautiful miniatures.
On Release and Dreamcatcher, vocalist Emily Allison's vaporous vocals and words open the music to a disturbing dream world of light and shadow.

Like so many other modern musicians, Wissels has resorted on some compositions to electronic effects that are as sober as they are subtle, just enough to complete the attachment and further bewitch the listener already subjugated by so much serene beauty. No drums here but, on four tracks, Victor Foulon's double bass which discreetly reinforces the roundness of the textures.