"The German pianist has been living in France for quite a while and has played in the bands of trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and vocalist Youn Sun Nah. Both of them appear on selected tracks on this album along with Woeste's trio members, Ben Monder on guitar and Justin Brown on drums. There are also string arrangments in places (...), and Woeste plays Fender Rhodes, organ and bass synth as well as piano. Woeste writes hooky melodies and neat, funky motifs, whether for his Fender Rhodes or for pizzicato strings; his bowed string writing - try the end of Mirage - is both effective and affecting ... At first listen the range of the music, and the changing personnel and style, means that each track sounds like it could be from a different album. After a while Woeste's distinctive way of mixing acoustic and Rhodes lines, and his attention to sonic detail, draw it all together. The arrangements mean that even on a shortish track there is a lot going on. Pocket rhapsodies indeed. Andgoodfun, too".