Fragile

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For the third installment of Ingrid Laubrock's duo series on Intakt (following

Kasumi with Aki Takase and Blood Moon with Kris Davis) Ingrid

Laubrock and Andy Milne develop their own sounds in a common sound

world. Fragile is characterized by the great empathy that unites these

two artists. The music, which is both stirring and soothing, confident and

intuitive, is deeply expressive and inventive. "Laubrock's growth as an

original writer and improviser has been marked in the last two decades,

during which time she has led several bands, notably Sleepthief and

Anti-House, and proved adept at creating for large ensembles and small

groups that revealed her own individuality, mostly within avant-garde

traditions. As for Milne he has more than fulfilled the promise he showed

as a member of Steve Coleman's Metrics in the early '90s. The Laubrock-

Milne duo has a balance between the drive and momentum of

large ensembles and the stillness and engagement with silence and

space of smaller groups. Making music that releases a form of energy,

something that pulses with life, while also drawing down into intimacy,

suggesting feelings of tenderness or uncertainty, is no mean feat", writes

Kevin Le Gendre in the liner notes.