Einar Scheving – Intervals (2015) [Bandcamp FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Intervals is the third album from Icelandic composer/drummer Einar Scheving. The album features his quartet, which comprises some of Iceland’s finest jazz musicians – Eyþór Gunnarsson on piano, Óskar Guðjónsson on saxophone, Skúli Sverrisson on bass, and Einar on drums and percussion. Einar received the Icelandic Music Awards for both his other albums, Cycles (2007) and The Land of My Father (2011), as well as outstanding reviews.

Each and every expression of drummer Einar Scheving‘s mix of Icelandic folk and modern jazz is just brimming with confidence. It’s why his lullaby melodies resonate with the striking clarity of lucid dreams and why the hushed chatter of percussion calms and soothes while keeping the idea of sleep a distant thought. On his newest, Intervals, Scheving doesn’t go about reinventing the wheel built on his excellent 2007 debut Cycles or his equally solid 2011 release Land Mins Fodur, but instead just keeps it rolling down the same path that leads to one beautiful scene after the other.

Tracks like “Long Island City,” title-track “Intervals” and “Enjoy the Silence” allow the pulse rate to rise and transcend the predominant tranquility, but never to the point of eclipsing it. And then there are tracks like “Heiði” and “Róm” that embrace a drifting ambiance and allow the melodies to shake off their intended form, even if just for a little while. But where you’re going to find the heart of this album is in tracks like “Hvert örstutt spor,” “Yonee” and “Kjarr,” where Scheving’s quartet pours out the melody like water from a carafe and goes about accentuating the details and nuance as if they were sparkles of sunlight shining of the tiny rivulets and streams that broke off from the source.

Simply, a beautiful recording. Pretty sure if Scheving’s quartet weren’t creating music, they’d simply apply the same talents and become sunrise builders. Gorgeous music.

Tracklist:
01 – Hvert Orstutt Spor
02 – Yoonee
03 – Kyllikki, Op. 41
04 – Kjarr
05 – Leyndarmal
06 – Heidi
07 – Long Island City
08 – Rom
09 – Intervals
10 – Enjoy the Silence
11 – Aftann

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Lars Nilsson at Nilento Studios, Sweden, September 2014.

Musicians:
Einar Scheving – drums and percussion
Eythor Gunnarsson – piano
Oskar Gudjonsson – tenor saxophone
Skuli Sverrisson – electric bass

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