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Trumpeter Mathias Eick has a sound that gently beckons and, like softly spoken conversation, you instinctively lean forward to catch every gesture. One you'll listen to on repeat to fathom its subtle meanings.
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Its familiarity insinuates itself with the remorse of ages, yet--present and correctly pristine production notwithstanding--might just as easily have telegraphed its constancy from the reel of some long-archived soundtrack.
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A lot of it is slow tone-poetry, but Eick's rather mournful, puffs-of-air sound is pretty captivating.
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At the center of the album’s sound is Mr. Eick’s trumpet, with its pristine yet penetrating tone. He’s a commanding improviser, capable of serious drama and conscious of what goes unsaid.
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The Door is a beautifully mysterious and deeply satisfying entry in the ECM canon and a very auspicious debut.