Buy it here Released in 2005, The Time received a double-platinum award for selling more than 20.000 copies within two month of being released. There are a number of highlights on this disc, but the main attraction is in fact the thematic ‘ritornello’ quality between many of the tracks, anchored by the Asta series – each being a kind of variation around a certain kind of harmonic nuance, while at the same time possessing plenty of individual character and contrast. The opening of the first "Asta" has some of that open-landscape feel, with Danielsson’s bass sounding like the song of a whale, and Możdżer’s piano the sparkling waves above. The soulful main theme, sung in the distance by Fresco, sums up the feel of the album – restrained and lyrical, and like much good music possessing melancholy and a spirit of underlying joy at the same time. This is reinforced by the majestic "Incognator", which mirrors the descending bass of the previous track with a gorgeous rising progression. A change of pace kicks in with the folk-like "Sortorello", which fuses a medieval dance with the trio’s unique idiom: providing the musicians with a vehicle for some more improvisatory playing. With Tsunami we arrive at another track which has me groping for superlatives. Monumental and disturbing in its simple, sometimes chorale-like lines, I can imagine this expressing all kinds of things to all kinds of people. The relatively brief title track The Time is another confluence of shade and subtlet