Sounding Lines
Sounding Lines is the fourth studio album by Moritz von Oswald Trio. It was released via Honest Jon's on 9 June 2015. It is the group's first album after Vladislav Delay was replaced by Tony Allen.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57, based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".Miles Raymer of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.3 out of 10, commenting that "Their playing has a loose, improvisatory feel but a strong sense of purpose." He added, "The three showcase a strong and singular shared vision, and in the moments where the music pulls you in deep enough to share it with them, it’s a beautiful thing." Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, writing, "Certain stretches of Sounding Lines are so trimmed and sedate that they're less diverting than anything on the previous Trio releases."
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.- Moritz von Oswald – production, synthesizer, electronics, sequencing
- Max Loderbauer – production, synthesizer
- Tony Allen – drums
- Ingo Krauss – engineering
- Ricardo Villalobos – mixing
- Marc Brandenburg – artwork