Calling Rymden a Scandi-jazz ‘supergroup’ might not be very useful, but neither is it overstating the pivotal role these three musicians had in reshaping Nordic jazz from the mid-1990s. Bugge Wesseltoft, for his jazztronica innovations with his New Conception of Jazz and Berglund and Öström for their contribution to the highly influential EST, the piano trio that gave birth to a million other contemporary Euro-jazz piano trios. With the untimely passing of Esbjörn Svensson in 2008, Öström and Berglund have buried their head in their own solo projects. As with those projects, Rymden also takes its cue more from rock than jazz, even though it retains a jazz sensibility. Wesseltoft is really at home here, creatively shifting around sci-fi like synth-centred soundscapes, tastefully funky Fender Rhodes and meditative acoustic piano. The tunes are well-crafted with ‘Råk’ a highlight, switching from a hammering metal riff to Miles-like funk-rock with Wesseltoft excelling on a raw Fender sound. ‘Pitter Patter’ has echoes of Chick Corea’s Return to Forever, but with none of the pyrotechnics, while the farewell ballad ‘Homegrown’ flickers out with a melancholic earworm worthy of EST.