Indicator Light is a forty-three-minute improv/ free jazz recording which moves from briefly dwelling in the unease and gloomy. Before shifting gear to the pacey and angular, through to the woozy and careering. It’s a recording from a 2023 live show- with the whole set captured in an up-close, yet crystal-clear manner

The Martina Verhoeven Quintet brings together- Gonçalo Almeida - double bass. Onno Govaert -drums. Dirk Serries - guitar. Martina Verhoeven - grand pianoand Colin Webster - alto sax.

The single 43. 32 track opens up grim and uneasy with lumbering bass stumbles,  moody guitar strums ‘n’ simmers, percussive slides, and driftingly forlorn sax trails. As we move on we go through intense runs of rapidly bounding keys, manic sax bays and wails, crashing drum lines, and untamed guitar strums. Though to cascading paino runs, pumped-up horn wail ‘n’ screams, searing cymbal rush, and guitar hiss ‘n’ clutter.

As we move into the second half of the set we move from a bounding/ slight jarring groove, cut with baying horn rapidity, swirling piano key chaos. Though to manic bass run, key clunk, guitar buzz ‘n’ purr, and percussive sear ‘n’ shift.

Indicator Light is a great pulse-pumping and mind-racing drive into the improv form. If you are in the mood for something largely firey, unforgiving, but eventful- this is a good fit.