“Stockholm possesses one of the deepest, most open-ended, and exciting musical communities in the world these days, but sadly it seems to be overlooked both there and abroad. This electrifying fully improvised piano trio came together when its members – pianist Lisa Ullén, bassist Elsa Bergman, and drummer Anna Lund – worked together in the Anna Högberg Attack!, and they’ve developed their own furious sound marked by febrile tension and release, as the group persistently pushes its spontaneous explorations to the edge of the abyss, forever maintaining its composure.” — Peter Margasak, Complete Communion/the Quietus “Best Jazz of 2022"
”The pianist has internalised the free jazz piano vocabulary, but she puts these tools together with the rigour and pacing of a serious composer, even if she’s creating on the fly. A knockout.” Peter Margasak, Complete Communion/The Quietus
"This is fearless music that thrives on communality" — Nate Chinen, WBGO
"... evolving into the perfect freedom of what a jazz piano trio could sound like: unleashed, nervous, disciplined, listening and full of energy." — Stef Gjissels, Free Jazz Blog, 4,5/5
" Space [...] exhibits the type of free improvisation that is unpredictable and yet flows logically between themes and motifs."
Mike Borella, Avant Music News
https://avantmusicnews.com/2022/02/26/amn-reviews-lisa-ullen-elsa-bergman-and-anna-lund-space-2 022-relative-pitch/
«Space» is not an album of a conventional free jazz piano trio and this trio never follows familiar routes. Maybe the time of the recording during the stressful era of human isolation and the feeling that every act – musical like other human acts – really matters, or the exquisite attention of the trio to detail makes it so special.
Eyal Hareuveni , Salt Peanuts
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/lisa-ullen-elsa-bergman-anna-lund/
"Propulsive and varied, the ensemble has a sound all its own."
Bill Meyer, Dusted Magazine
https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/678273995720851456/lisa-ull%C3%A9n-elsa-bergman-anna -lund-space
“Best er kanskje likevel av- sluttende «Core». Denne åpner som en surrealistisk ballade, både ulidelig vakker og fascinerende foruroligende. Pustende rom og dvelende toner vikler seg snart inn i hverandre, før de tar til i energi, med et Thelonius Monk-kantete tilsnitt og en freidig, snublende fremdrift”.
Chris Monsen, Klassekampen ⅘
https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2022-03-07/mellom-rommene
“Things happen randomly, and sense emerges as an almost indescribable whole”. Paul Meldrano, Best of Jazz
https://bestofjazz.org/lisa-ullen-elsa-bergman-anna-lund-space/
“Space is a careful and refined work with Lisa Ullén, Elsa Bergman and Anna Lund engaged in demonstrating that the language of music is a universal language, capable of being understood by everyone beyond any proposed genre”
Mario Ariano, Radioaktiv.
https://www.radioaktiv.it/lisa-ullen-elsa-bergman-anna-lund-space/?fbclid=IwAR2EEGb4yGO31uZRi IZI57XlrLWJgxcrxREkuxFatycnpqy_OK_nbJ2tT1I
"Tempest" is the longest performance, and a very exciting one, with the musicians playing in a very dynamic manner, using an elastic sensibility and approach to keep the music in continuous motion, through episodes of cascading piano, and strong bass and drums or interludes of quiet, this is a fine demonstration of the trio's considerable skills”.
Tim Niland, Jazz and Blues blogspot
https://jazzandblues.blogspot.com/2022/03/lisa-ullen-elsa-bergman-anna-lund-space.html
" Things erupt again on “the final piece, “Core”, a free/music piano trio at its best, who could ask for anything more?!?"
Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG
https://www.downtownmusicgallery.com/newsletter_detail.php?newsID=3272&fbclid=IwAR2s4L_5c j8gtLN2BT0qNbW4rzMU-epbntrtTTxLcRrZR9dz30fUzGooIbo
“There are moments on this album that are absolutely riveting."
Dave Sumner, Best Jazz on bandcamp March
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-jazz/the-best-jazz-on-bandcamp-march-2022?fbclid=IwAR2aA8C3JbsI6 N2UXyxIRVQ97Yn4eLBAORAdY6XBCjBlee1DKznqKPxjpTo