Gothenburg trio Dark Horse present their new album "Listen". The band, comprising of John Holmstr?m (piano), Alfred Lorinius (bass) and M?rten Magnefors (drums) recorded their second album in a remote cabin by the ocean in Norway, owned by Holmstr?m's family. The natural sound of the album owes a lot to the relaxed surroundings and the result is some high degree of improvised music turning into collective composition as the music unfolds. The album recording took place at a very active spot in the trio's calendar, following extensive touring in Europe, Japan and their native country Sweden. The two days of improvising were edited down to highlights that easily fill an album's worth of quality listening and reveal what playing live brought to the three musicians: A natural ability to react to ideas, build on them and form coherent, compositional tracks on the spot. A task much easier said than done
