In 2019 the album Abby (Prelude To Lake) by the Finnish experimental jazz trio 3TM was released. This electronic ambient album was actually a solo album by Teppo Mäkyen, the drummer and composer of 3TM. Using rustling, dripping and creaking electronics, he depicts his fear and fascination for the depths of the lake in which he went swimming as a child. On successor Lake, his trio rejoins him and
… the dry and sultry sounding sax of Jussi Kannaste plays a leading role. But the atmosphere remains warm and meditative and depicts the wide nature. Lake forms a beautiful diptych with Abbys, here released as a double album on which 3TM shows itself an innovative trio that has found a subtle balance between European jazz and ambient. (MR)more
