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Andras Des found a special "studio" for the recording of the album: a hidden corner in the woodlands was chosen as its location. Spontaneity, risk-taking and improvisation, the basic features of jazz, are more determining than ever on the album, as Andras didn't take his usual set of percussion with him at all, but chose instead to play on the trees, the stones and the water: the forest itself.

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It takes a lot of balls to release a record called The Worst Singer in the World. Granted, it's not so risky when your instrument is the drums, but what does take cojones of pretty Herculean proportions for a drummer is setting out without your beloved snare, cymbals and sticks - replacing them with whatever you can find around you. Oh, and recording your album in the forest. In two days. Nonetheless, that's exactly what Vienna-based percussionist András Dés and his Rangers quartet did on latest album (and Worst Singer... follow-up) einschließlich. The result is a record of astounding beauty; organic both in the wonderful earthy textures sound engineer Viktor Szabó has managed to capture, and also in the intricate and intimate ways in which the band interact. On Life Sings On, guitarist Márton Fenyvesi and saxophonist János Ávéd share melodic duties, while double bassist Mátyás Szandai gives the piece its pulse and, in imitating sounds such as the flapping of wings, Dás' rhythms help the track take flight. The linear notes for the record contain a lovely phrase: 'On this disc, everything is essential. The murmurs of the forest become music, and the music becomes part of the forest.' It is the perfect encapsulation of this most perfect of collaborations.

     —SV, 45 RPM