“The most important thing that sets us apart from other improvised groups I have been part of is the total acceptance of melody and rhythm,” writes Øyvind Skarbø in the liner notes to 1982's Chromola, which marks the group's 10th anniversary, before slyly adding, “Of course, there is also the instrumentation. There don't seem to be many fiddle-harmonium-drums trios around.” Quite. 1982 (named for the year of Skarbø's birth) make a noise unlike any other contemporary troupe: strange, unearthly, ambient, tremulously beautiful. This fifth album from the trio marks a paring-back and a return to roots in that it is their first in a while not to feature collaborators. In another sense, it marks an advance into previously unexplored territory in that Sigbjørn Apeland largely abandons his harmonium for the pipe organ, which gives the set a slightly proggy (you might hear a suggestion of Terry Riley on ‘04:03’ – tracks are identified only by their timings), and even somewhat sacral feel. Perhaps the hints of the latter mood are inevitable, since the music was recorded at Sandviken church in Bergen. But for the most part the soundworld points outside to the land and the sky, evoking the ambience of a speaking, untamed nature.