E.S.T. (Esbjörn Svensson Trio)
Viaticum
ACT
This traditional acoustic trio (piano, drum, bass) does things differently. The kind of things they do is very similar to what fusion bands did in the seventies (Return to Forever comes to mind) but without all the cheesiness that was involved then. E.S.T. come with a true understanding of post-bob, downtempo and contemporary post-rock music. Never, the music sounds forced. Never, the bit of electronics that come in sound misplaced. Always, the improvisation goes somewhere. All of that is more than I can say for a lot of bands, jazz or else.
- Simon Thibaudeau