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Mathias Landæus: piano
Johnny Åman: bass
Cornelia Nilsson: drums

Editor's Info:
Well before the pandemic disrupted and choked off the sort of communal interactions humans require Swedish pianist Mathias Landæus had been lamenting the sense of disconnection he saw around him. “The ecological, environmental and social crisis that humanity is facing is a result of the misconception that we are isolated and disconnected, when, in fact, we humans are all connected and we are all part of nature,” he says “Thus, it’s fundamentally A Crisis of Perception. When we realize on an emotional level that we are in fact connected with everything living, we will start restoring our environment and healing the planet.” Since the Landæus Trio recorded this music in the fall of 2019, things have only become more urgent.
This manifestation of the trio, with bassist Johnny Åman and drummer Cornelia Nilsson has been active for six years now. They’ve made collaborative recordings with poet Daniel Boyacioglu and saxophonist Martin Küchen, but A Crisis of Perception marks the first time they’ve recorded as a trio, and the results make it easy to hear why the leader is so eager to share his enthusiasm. “I love not knowing what’s gonna happen next in the music,” he says of working with this group. “That’s when I feel I can truly relax and be myself.” Indeed, the bond of the musicians suggests what can happen when we nurture and encourage the type of connections that Landæus mentions.
Across these seven impressively disparate original compositions by the pianist the listener experiences the nonchalant range of the band, often in the blink of an eye. The opening “Two Stories,” for example, offers a clinic of rhythmic fluidity, with grooves shifting suddenly, as each musician introduces new schemes as it goes. “Trip Fwd,” written in tribute to the great Swedish pianist Per-Henrik Wallin, toggles between graceful swing a.......
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