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Andres Alaru
LUUM: The Guide
by Mike Jurkovic
Smudging the margins, rock-fisted drummer Karl-Juhan Laanesaar crashes into the symmetrical meditation of young Estonian pianist Madis Muul's We Have Found Water" and changes the music's fate (from ballad to pensive electronica and back again) before closing on a ferocious little jam which surrenders to a quiet reprieve. That is just for openers for The Guide, the lushly cinematic debut by LUUM. Secret Creek" finds Muul fully embracing both the ranging rhythmic Zen of Nik Bartsch and the ...
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