Olga Reznichenko, Andi Haberl, and Philipp Gropper create expansive soundscapes—sometimes pulsating and explosive, sometimes hypnotic and groovy. It’s no wonder, given that the lineup brings together three of the most prominent musicians on the European jazz and improvisation scene.

Keytar, trigger drums, tenor saxophone: What at first glance seems like a rather unusual lineup in a jazz context can, upon closer inspection, be understood as an implicit nod to the spirit of the great Krautrock era of the 1970s. Back then, the energy of classic rock music combined with the experimental spirit of free jazz to create a sound unlike anything heard before.

Fifty years later, the trio Reznichenko/Gropper/Haberl picks up where bands like Can, Embryo, and Neu! once left off. This is reflected in the fact that there is no single, central bandleader. Rather, the open sound thrives on the interplay of ideas and impulses that the three musicians continuously bounce off one another in a reciprocal manner.

This creates expansive soundscapes—sometimes pulsating and explosive, sometimes hypnotic and groovy. Featuring pianist Olga Reznichenko, most recently awarded the SWR Jazz Prize and the German Jazz Prize, Andi Haberl, drummer for The Notwist—one of the most influential German indie bands of recent decades—and Philipp Gropper, whose playing, according to Jazzthing, possesses a “cry so primal, so archaic and urgent” that it “touches the soul directly,” three of the most prominent musicians of the younger European jazz scene come together.