For the third installment of Ingrid Laubrock's duo series on Intakt (following
Kasumi with Aki Takase and Blood Moon with Kris Davis) Ingrid
Laubrock and Andy Milne develop their own sounds in a common sound
world. Fragile is characterized by the great empathy that unites these
two artists. The music, which is both stirring and soothing, confident and
intuitive, is deeply expressive and inventive. "Laubrock's growth as an
original writer and improviser has been marked in the last two decades,
during which time she has led several bands, notably Sleepthief and
Anti-House, and proved adept at creating for large ensembles and small
groups that revealed her own individuality, mostly within avant-garde
traditions. As for Milne he has more than fulfilled the promise he showed
as a member of Steve Coleman's Metrics in the early '90s. The Laubrock-
Milne duo has a balance between the drive and momentum of
large ensembles and the stillness and engagement with silence and
space of smaller groups. Making music that releases a form of energy,
something that pulses with life, while also drawing down into intimacy,
suggesting feelings of tenderness or uncertainty, is no mean feat", writes
Kevin Le Gendre in the liner notes.