INDIGO
Part 1 MUSIC COMPANY
8/10
Australian newcomer’s crepuscular minimalism
Indigo is the latest project by Nick Roder, a Melbourne composer whose day job involves soundtracking video games. This is a world away from that: Part 1 is a tender exploration of the interplay between bass guitar and tenor saxophone that unravels elegantly across nine tracks. Roder’s supple plucking – on an instrument he’d not played before – fashions a framework for Jon DiNapoli’s dulcet sax, together creating, on “The Great State” and “Separation Anxiety”, music that seems to yearn while sounding entirely at ease. Even the jazzy overtures of “The Australian Dream” are reined in, making this a cool and uncomplicated set.