In the first set the band unveiled new material which was intricate yet groove filled, though very close stylistically to their previous albums. Drummer Anton Eger played with an impressive control of dynamics, his solos often starting off as quiet as possible and slowly moving into a thunderous roar.

Virtuoso bassist and band leader Jasper Hoiby swiftly moved up and down the neck of his bass giving the music propulsion and playing solos that were built up of wonderful cliché free phrases.

Pianist Ivo Neame seems to have two minds: one to keep a telekinetic link to his band members and a second that is introspective and under no pressure to fall into the confines of the groove. Sounding like a late romantic era pianist his playing could be sparse in his solos and dense when creating a texture, he was working for the progression of sound and not his ego.

After the interval the lights slowly dimmed and once we were in darkness it was Eger who seemed to have changed his playing style the most, he took up an energetic freedom, hitting and scraping every part of his kit as if it had an itch. It brought a smile to my face when I heard him frantically swishing his brushes through the air. Ivo Neame on the other hand seemed to play less, fully content to let the others take a front seat.

Phronesis did not 'rage against the dying of the light'. Rather they embraced it, the death of vision brought about an uninhibited edge to their playing and to myself in the audience: I had not expected to be so compelled to stand up and dance.

– Chris Hyde – Harrison