Formerly London-based, Ingrid Laubrock has subsequently established a name for herself over her eight years on Brooklyn's leftfield jazz and improv scene and has recorded prolifically with the likes of Mary Halvorson, Tom Rainey and Ralph Alessi to name a few, and more recently with Craig Taborn for last year's excellent Serpentines CD on Intakt. This recording sees her collaborate with a new set of improvisers: the Vijay Iyer trio sideman Stephan Crump on double-bass and New Music-influenced improvising pianist Cory Smythe. You can see why Laubrock was motivated to pursue this line-up following a couple of impromptu rehearsals. The free-flowing energy between the three participators is highly tangible. There's a melody-driven aspect connected to the impressionistic and abstract collective ethos forming the narrative of these pieces. Containing both intense drama and conversational intimacy, it's a very listenable recording that draws from a diverse vocabulary.