Available in both digital and analogue formats from the specialist vinyl label Coup Perdu, Tricko is the duo of leading young 2010 Mercury-shortlisted jazz pianist Kit Downes and the open-minded classical cellist Lucy Railton, who is the curator of the London Contemporary Music Festival. They met at the Royal Academy, both graduating in 2010 and Railton featured in Downes’ quintet that recorded Light from Old Stars in 2013. While the tension between composition and improvisation is a significant aspect of his work, here the emphasis is on the former, even though jazz-inflected rhythm and the feel of improvisation is very much present through Downes’ compositions on the recording. At times they recall the sonic world of chamber music works by 20th century composers such as Maurice Ravel and Darius Milhaud, at others, later art-pop minimalists from Steve Reich through to Brian Eno. Downes develops counterpoints to his tender themes slowly yet concisely; there isn't a note that's wasted. The effect is hypnotic.