The modern creative European trio Punkt Vrt. Plastik — comprising Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler, Swedish bassist Petter Eldh, and German drummer Christian Lillinger — releases its fourth album. All three artists contribute compositions, adhering to unyielding rhythmic intricacy and classical melodicism to shape music that bristles with provocative interplay, freedom, and heightened expressiveness.
Draksler’s “Yogen” thrives on a half-step-shifting, mystery-inducing pulse. The pianist opts for motivic figures while the drummer moves from erratic fibrillation to deliberate syncopated fragmentation. This taut flow is regularly interrupted by pacifying jazztronica sections that contrast with the more…

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