With "Sooner And Later," Berlin-based pianist Julia Hülsmann returns to the trio format, capturing impressions from travels to distant lands. Hülsmann, bassist Marc Muellbauer, and drummer Heinrich Köbberling have presented their musical performances worldwide in recent years – touring Europe, the United States, Canada, Peru, Central Asia, and China, where a unique dynamic developed. Their time in Central Asia finds its clearest expression in the piece "Biz Joluktuk," a melody the trio discovered during a performance by a twelve-year-old violinist in Kyrgyzstan, which Julia later reharmonized. All members of the ensemble contributed compositions to the album. "Thatpujai," a composition by Hülsmann, is an anagram of "Jutta Hipp," with the theme composed of phrases from the solos of the late German jazz pianist. The repertoire is rounded out by an interpretation of Radiohead's "All I Need," which, along with Hülsmann's own pieces such as "J.J.", "Soon," and "Mond," with their sometimes almost club-like rhythms, emphasizes the subtle rhythmic elements in the trio's music. "Sooner And Later" was recorded in September 2016 at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, produced by Manfred Eicher.
