Erik Blennow Calälv

Erik Blennow Calälv, Lisa Ullén, Finn Loxbo, Ryan Packard: Bi, In yo & Iwato

by John Eyles
February 27, 2023

The three pieces here, each with a duration between twelve and thirteen minutes, are compositions by Swedish bass clarinetist Erik Blennow Calälv who is a member of the quartet The Schematics. No other members of that group join him here, but Swedish guitarist Finn Loxbo, who recorded Snow Country (Creative Sources, 2017) in a duo with Calälv, is part of the unnamed quartet. In turn, so is percussionist Ryan Packard who recorded Magnus Granberg's Night Will Fade And Fall Apart ...