This album combines two thirds of the Bobo Stenson Trio (Jormin and Fält) with the elegant voices of Wallentin and Angell and saxophone and woodwind virtuoso Fredrik Ljungkvist in a beautiful example of contemporary Swedish music. Well conceived and haunting, this music makes its mark through studied understatement and rich musical craftsmanship. This is the perfect antidote to an age in which everything must make an instant effect – from coffee to images from the Internet. Here is music that gently unfurls, making its point by its refusal to yield its secrets immediately. From the sombre march-like ‘Hic et Nunc’ to the lilting melodies and counter melodies that introduce ‘Inter Semper’, this wholly original album is both well conceived and executed.