Bendik Giske – Bendik Giske

Each of Bendik Giske’s last three albums contains at least one transcendental track, which, in its ecstatic interplay of repetition and modulation, makes you think that music might be the mediator between here and there after all. On »Cracks« it was »Cruising«, on his collaboration with Pavel Milyakov and now it is »Not Yet«. As always, Giske’s madcap approach to album length remains a challenge in the best sense. But here, with Beatrice Dillon as co-producer, another fascinating layer is added, as her dogmatic rejection of any morphing of the music allows for an almost painfully brilliant album that completely liberates Giske’s improvisations from conventional jazz etiquette.