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As a narrative tale, the way the Emil Brandqvist Trio has evolved reads like a dream come true. The current chapter is appropriately titled Within A Dream, the fourth album they have recorded on SKIP Records. 

Plenty of attention has already been bestowed upon the ensemble lined up around drummer Emil Brandqvist from Gothenburg, Sweden.
If there's a secret to this trio, it surely lies in the rare talent to have developed a sound all their own. The hallmarks include intricate audiophonic paintings by none other than Emil Brandqvist on drums, neo-classicistic elements from Finnish pianist Tuomas A. Turunen – sometimes sensitively dashed & daubed, other times a product of racing runs that roll away into the beyond – and the almost stoically advancing strength heard in the playing of Max Thornberg on upright bass. 

As was already the case on Seascapes, the second album, Emil Brandqvist again employs bass clarinets, flutes and even synthesizer accents he plays himself to give greater clarity to the atmosphere felt in the compositions. Options like these are equally used to make surprising extensions within the pieces possible, yet never as solo instruments, always as a pointed element toward enhancing the mood. Ever the romantic, Tuomas A. Turunen shines with his sparkling, poetic input, only to change pace and act as the solid rhythmic foundation for the catchy compositional elements.

Once listeners have felt their way into the cosmos of the trio on Stay A Little Longer, where the instruments mirror the title via gradual introduction including a little Celesta stardust, Starlings presents the typical Emil Brandqvist Trio sound. On View From Above the synthesizer plays a more distinctive and even unexpected role before the tempo picks up remarkably in the composition by Tuomas A. Turunen entitled Metropol Round. A decidedly tricky rhythm makes Landscapes one of the highlights on the album, while Back On The Ground delivers a late-night blues of the sort you wouldn’t necessarily expect to hail from Scandinavia. Time For A Change, the finale and a composition jointly written by Turunen and Thornberg, has all the makings of the closing soundtrack to a feature-length film that kept you riveted to your seat.
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Emil Brandqvist - Drums;
Tuomas A. Turunen - Piano;
Max Thornberg - Bass.

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-05-22 03:04:35

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Analyzed: Emil Brandqvist Trio / Within A Dream
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -0.85 dB   -16.41 dB      5:21 01-Stay A Little Longer
DR9       -0.60 dB   -12.62 dB      5:14 02-Starlings
DR11      -0.72 dB   -14.87 dB      5:21 03-View From Above
DR9       -0.60 dB   -11.44 dB      4:01 04-Metropol Round
DR8       -0.60 dB   -12.29 dB      2:16 05-Interlude
DR11      -1.47 dB   -15.52 dB      5:56 06-Dream
DR10      -0.71 dB   -13.93 dB      5:59 07-Under The Starry Sky
DR12      -0.61 dB   -16.24 dB      4:18 08-I Miss You
DR11      -0.67 dB   -14.95 dB      4:53 09-Landscapes
DR10      -0.85 dB   -15.09 dB      5:41 10-Back On The Ground
DR12      -0.91 dB   -17.37 dB      4:28 11-Frid
DR9       -2.48 dB   -14.85 dB      2:15 12-Time For A Change
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate:        48000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1221 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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