India is a land of connections. Moreover, just as the Gods of Hinduism crave consorts, so do ragas. A raga's female consort is called a ragini, by way of a hint of explanation for this Belgium-based ensemble's name. Belgium is, on a far smaller scale, a land of connections, too. The trio's music is born of connections. Although ostensibly Indo-jazz in execution, they delve into other territories. ‘Nasika’, judging by this version, a major piece in their repertoire, is a sound example. Daems' clarinet inflexions, Gyselinck's drumming (and stick applications) and Bardoscia's brooding bass begin by locating the composition and locking it down in a territory that to these ears sounds somewhere between klezmer and Jewish jazz. How the composition develops on its eleven minutes or so turns it into something else. It walks that tightrope between ear-tickler and ear-seducer. Ragini picks up on North and South Indian influences. The last two pieces – ‘Varnam’ and ‘Tilana’ – reference two Karnatic song forms. There is no adherence to the strict rules of those song forms. What Ragini supplies is atmospherics. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. This is an ensemble that excites the curiosity about what they deliver live. They make good connections.