Arve Henriksen – co-founder of acclaimed avant-garde improv trio Supersilent – makes deeply atmospheric music that generally commands assent. ‘Melting moments from Norway’s ambient trumpet genius,’ gushed Uncut magazine when Rune Grammofon released Solidification, a vinyl box set of Henriksen’s solo work, last year. When he blows his trumpet he does so with a unique breathiness that draws on the heritage of the Japanese shakuhachi flute; when he sings (which he does, alas, only infrequently on this new disc), he produces a piping sound of monastic, schoolboy character. Teamed with the sampling and programming skills of Jan Bang and Erik Honoré, the results are highly distinctive; ‘sublime’ is, understandably, one of the words most often reached for to evoke the particular qualities of his serene-but-edgy mood music, at once deeply rooted in nature and landscape but pregnant with aural modernity. This new album takes its inspiration from religious buildings and ruins. Opener ‘Adhan’ begins with birdsong and basks in deep reflective calm, before ‘Saraswati’ introduces lusher textures and a noir-ish trip-hoppy percussive drive. It’s an elegant, mysterious statement from a minimalist master.