Cadence Jazz Magazine
Robert D. Rusch, January 2017

The Quintet IM WALD [Tobias Meier-as, Matthias Spillmann-tpt, Frantz Loriot-viola, Nicola Romano-cel, Raffaele Bossard- b] has issued ORION [Wide Ear Records 022]. This recording is a performance of 3 Meier compositions [33:25]. Meier works in minimalist music which, depending on your taste, is sound moving at a snails pace or a fascinating evolving of musical colors, sort of the northern lights of music. For some it is the musical equivalent of watching paint dry but for others it can evoke a zen state. The playing here is by necessity very disciplined, which takes extraordinary patience and technical ability to be able to draw out the sounds and keep the tension without faltering. Excellent liner notes are enclosed, and a good primmer on this music and music in general be it Bach or Coltrane or Public Enemy. Excellent minimalist sounds