(Bop, Contemporary Jazz) Martin Hoper - The Bride - 2012, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 27. July 2012, 16:47
Martin Höper / The Bride
Used drive  : IDE-DVD ROM 16x   Adapter: 0  ID: 1
Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction                      : 691
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : Yes
Used interface                              : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track
Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 128 kBit/s
Quality                         : High
Add ID3 tag                     : No
Command line compressor         : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%--tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 |  4:42.32 |         0    |    21181
        2  |  4:42.32 |  7:02.34 |     21182    |    52865
        3  | 11:44.66 |  4:43.60 |     52866    |    74150
        4  | 16:28.51 |  5:48.64 |     74151    |   100314
        5  | 22:17.40 |  5:50.59 |    100315    |   126623
        6  | 28:08.24 |  6:33.40 |    126624    |   156138
        7  | 34:41.64 |  4:17.24 |    156139    |   175437
        8  | 38:59.13 |  5:51.03 |    175438    |   201765
Track  1
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\01 - The Boys in My Hood.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00
     Peak level 89.1 %
     Extraction speed 5.0 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 14B85E13
     Copy CRC 14B85E13
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  2
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\02 - Olmed.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:00.73
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Extraction speed 6.0 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 218D73BA
     Copy CRC 218D73BA
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  3
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\03 - The Bride.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:00.44
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Extraction speed 6.3 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC F56F438B
     Copy CRC F56F438B
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  4
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\04 - South 3rd Saudade.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.17
     Peak level 92.2 %
     Extraction speed 7.1 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 815A6948
     Copy CRC 815A6948
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  5
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\05 - Cilantro.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:01.74
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Extraction speed 7.5 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 683026AF
     Copy CRC 683026AF
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  6
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\06 - Muttileinen.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.18
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Extraction speed 8.2 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC A9D8F019
     Copy CRC A9D8F019
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  7
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\07 - Eriksberg.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:01.74
     Peak level 83.2 %
     Extraction speed 6.8 X
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC D8732903
     Copy CRC D8732903
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  8
     Filename D:\Music\EAC Rips\Martin Höper - The Bride (2012) [FLAC]\08 - Calibanos.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:01.74
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Extraction speed 8.8 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC EA8728B0
     Copy CRC EA8728B0
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
No errors occurred
End of status report
---- CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.3
[CTDB TOCID: 7sewzDZ2Ng3QYYUarZEQ_pHYPHE-] disk not present in database, Submit result: unrecognized or virtual drive
==== Log checksum 0AEF3949CE05FC3F1C40C78CE6BAEC2D1B1483AD159EB9743C14F7A02DFDDDDA ====

REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 2012
REM DISCID 660A8208
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b3"
PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
TITLE "The Bride"
FILE "01 - The Boys in My Hood.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Boys in My Hood"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Olmed"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 00 04:41:34
FILE "02 - Olmed.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Bride"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 00 07:01:65
FILE "03 - The Bride.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "South 3rd Saudade"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 00 04:41:43
FILE "04 - South 3rd Saudade.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Cilantro"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 00 05:46:65
FILE "05 - Cilantro.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Muttileinen"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 00 05:48:41
FILE "06 - Muttileinen.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Eriksberg"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 00 06:31:41
FILE "07 - Eriksberg.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Calibanos"
    PERFORMER "Martin Hцper"
    INDEX 00 04:15:25
FILE "08 - Calibanos.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

There is a solemnity throughout bassist Martin Höper‘s The Bride. When he presents a blues, it enhances the despair. When he presents a waltz, it adds to the grace. And when the tone grows celebratory, the receding soberness induces even wider smiles. Imbuing fun music with stately mannerisms is what gives The Bride an emotional complexity that brings such satisfying and successful results. The opening track has a sedate, almost bluesy persona. Linus Lindblom’s saxophone has a melancholy sway, and Hoper’s methodical steps up and down the register give the impression of pacing nervously about the room. Drums give the faint impression of a clock ticking down to moment of finality; piano trails just behind and drives the point home.
There is a sadness to Hoper’s melodies, even when the music is designed to get the foot tapping. In part, this can be attributed to the sound prevalent in the Scandinavian jazz scene from where Hoper’s quartet originates, but only so much can be traced back to geography; ultimately, its the heart of the musicians at the heart of the music. The music’s sadness is channeled through the saxophone of Linus Lindblom, who achieves a tone that is light at its heart, but like a feather gently fluttering to the ground, there is no mistaking the effect gravity is having upon it. So it is with Lindblom’s horn: no matter how buoyant he makes his tone, ultimately the heavier emotions will have their say. This is best displayed on the second track, “Olmed,” which has Lindblom out front with a plaintive voicing of the melody on a composition that has the rest of the quartet in a spritely frame of mind. It creates a contradiction of emotion, and depending on which facet of the quartet the listener focuses most on at a particular time, the end result is a single composition with multiple faces.
Despite the album’s complexity, it has a resounding cohesion. It is easy to imagine that all the songs were written in a single session of furious creativity. Songs on an album can fit together in any number of ways. The Bride is an album where the songs are presented as chapters of a book. There is a story tale arch to the sound.
After the sedate blues of the opener, “The Boys In My Hood,” and the plaintive yet incongruous wide grin of “Olmed,” the title track sees Jonah Ostholm’s piano elicit the elegance of a waltz, and the odd metered combo of bass and drums adds a subdued good cheer. This is followed by a gentle ballad, with bright piano lines and calming brushwork contrasting with cloudy sky saxophone and dour bass. Depending on your state of mind, the track may sound either deliciously languid or bordering on bleak.
The album’s second half opens with more life. On “Cilantro,” the quartet adopts a peppier cadence and hints at the pop-infused jazz of Mathias Eick‘s Skala (ECM, 2011). This is followed by the only composition to act as a (modern) straight-ahead jazz tune, in the American sense of that phrase. It has a decent amount of fire, but nothing that’s gonna burn the speakers, and the rhythm moves right along without taking any odd steps along the way. The album closes, first, with a wishing-upon-a-star ballad. Soft and reflective, “Eriksberg” is a quiet tune with limitless hope, and it acts as the perfect lead-in to the final track, “Calibanos,” a lighthearted tune that flies effortlessly on by.
It’s an excellent finale to an album that may leave you wanting even more.