The music of this trio, with its emphasis on phrasing, space and dialog, evokes for me the sensation of watching vapor rise and dissolve. That’s why I named the group and the album Atmos, after the Greek word for vapor. The trio has been active since 2023, especially before Brittany Karlson moved from Boston to NY, but there have been other contexts in which the three of us collaborated in different formations. There are six improvised pieces here, five originals of mine (three written specifically for this recording session), and Brittany contributes a beautiful original composition of her own.

—PK

Between the three of us, there is a bond of language but also an openness to explore beyond it. The music here feels conversational, with our cadences, breath, and pauses, all accounted for.

—Noah Cambell

Atmos
Pandelis Karayorgis Trio | Noah Campbell | Brittany Karlson
Driff Records 2503, 2025
(digital download only)

Noah Campbell, soprano & tenor sax
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Brittany Karlson, bass

available on Bandcamp

TRACK LISTING

1 Improvisation 1 7:14
2 Improvisation 2 2:20
3 Improvisation 3 6:32
4 Improvisation 4 2:10
5 Gaze 6:34
6 Improvisation 5 8:41
7 Improvisation 6 3:37
8 Faultlines 3:32
9 Neumes 6:48
10 Origin Story 4:26
11 Here In July 9:43
12 Atmos 4:34

Total time: 65:00

Tracks 5, 9-12 by Pandelis Karayorgis, Stray Line Publishing, ASCAP.
Track 8 by Brittany Karlson, © Brittany Karlson 2024.

Recorded at Wellspring Studio, May 12, 2024.
Recording engineer, Steven Bluestein.
Mixing and editing, Antonio Oliart.
Cover artwork and design, Pandelis Karayorgis