This collaboration between Jo David Meyer Lysne on guitar and Mats Eilertsen on double bass is a fairly straightforward blend of acoustic music and ambience, with short or sporadic but relatively conventional musical playing being woven through with a variety of clicks, from vinyl and other sources, and other atmospherics. The result is still very firmly in the chill-out zone that the Hubro label does such a good job with, but adds enough texture and variety to keep things interesting for more attentive listeners too.

A closely-recorded tapping sound in “Byakjela” becomes an intermittent and slowing heartbeat, while the vinyl crackling on several occasions translates itself into sounding more like a cosy campfire, perhaps because that’s a more expected setting for the acoustic guitar work. The bottle-like high whistling tones in “Furumokjela” are also a curiosity.

The musical elements are richer and more diverse than originally pitched too. The warm, stretched-out, organ-like keys on “Lamyra” and “Byakjela” are the very epitome of soothing. Folky and thoughtful guitar work dominates pieces like “Snoensøya”, but the bass comes into its own on “Finna”.

Calm but characterful, this is a release you really need to listen to if lockdown is getting you down and you want to listen to something that’s supremely relaxing, yet still interesting.