Blue Landscapes III - Frontiers

Robert Thies & Damjan Krajacic Blue Landscapes III - Frontiers CD

The collaborative duo of classically-trained American pianist Robert Thies and Croatian-born flutist Damjan Krajacic return for a third installment in their musically mesmerizing Blue Landscapes saga. Aptly-titled Blue Landscapes III: Frontiers (Music from a Quieter Place), this all-instrumental fifteen-track album draws it's inspiration from natural vistas while possessing a recurring theme of water throughout. As I've noted in other reviews of the creative pair's previous albums, Blue Landscapes III: Frontiers is similarly minimal and improvisational in nature while simultaneously expressive and melodic in composition. Ever-impressive as before, as well as possibly the duo's best work to date, Blue Landscapes III: Frontiers paints slow-moving images with it's gracefully improvised melodies of serenity and solitude. Undisputed adepts at creating flawlessly understated yet expressive compositions, Robert Thies and Damjan Krajacic convey musical observation of surrounding stillness that's evocative of being in nature's wondrous and transformative presence.