Pleasant, lightly swinging, acoustic sounds are the order of the day from double bassist Casper Hoedemaekers in duo recording last spring in Hackney Wick with New Zealand born Hexham raised pianist Rob Brockway who was on the Sean Gibbs Caledonian hard bop soaked When Can I See You Again issued in 2021. A selection mainly made up of originals of the Londoner Dutchman Hoedemaekers', Heim, ''home'', is rendered sentimental - the harmonies and modalities make sense and are familiar. Issued on east London label Elsden already active with releases including a duo recording of Wes-loving Epsom guitarist Nigel Price's and the veteran Finchley scene crooner Peter Matthews' Songs of Schpeedle Bumpkin, Hoedemaekers uses his bow on improvisations inspired by the great 20th century Jewish Romanian poet Paul Celan's 'Die Silbe Schmerz' - 'The Syllable Pain' - which are like études given their unblinking discipline and focus. The charming title track is kept to last, Brockway entering inescapably the mood music of Bengt Hallberg of 'Dear Old Stockholm' renown in a piece that harnesses both a sense of rhapsodic rapport and the rare old times. Casper Hoedemaekers, photo: press