Artist: Björn Meyer
Album: Convergence
Genre: Modern Creative, Contemporary Jazz
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
01. Convergence - 4:39
02. Hiver - 4:02
03. Drift - 3:25
04. Gravity - 4:50
05. Motion - 5:29
06. On Hope - 3:20
07. Rewired - 2:56
08. Magnetique - 4:54
09. Nesodden - 4:21
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Swedish bassist Björn Meyer pulls you deep within his low-pitched dream on his second solo ECM album, 2026's Convergence. Known for his work with the progressive folk trio Bazar Blå, Meyer has explored an array of styles, working with Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem, Persian-born Swiss harpist Asita Hamidi, and adventurous Swiss pianist Nik Bärtsch. While he brings all of this vast boundary-crossing experience to bear on his solo work, he distills his vision, playing everything on his six-string electric bass. Acting as a sound sculptor, he carves great tonal bodies that sweep over you like snowdrifts on arctic tundra. Often, as on the opening "Convergence," he multi-tracks himself, laying down a sea of harmonic chords that groan with a hint of natural reverb before answering with a series of fluttering arpeggiated riffs like gulls over a dusky inlet. Equally evocative moments follow as he conjures a nightmarish doom on "Drift," contrasting guttural bass moans against the twilight bell-tone sparkle of fretboard harmonics. While much of the album has a new age tone poem quality, there are equal moments of tender melody, as on "Gravity," which sounds like a contemporary folk song done instrumentally, or "Hiver" which has the measured introspection of pianist Bill Evans' classic '60s trio. With Convergence, Meyer has crafted an album that's as technically virtuosic as it is affectingly atmospheric.
Review by Matt Collar