The trio of David Dorůžka, Piotr Wyleżoł and Jeff Ballard releases an album. In cosmic arrangements, they search for the secrets of Andromeda.

David Dorůžka, Piotr Wyleżoł and Jeff Ballard performed together in trio for the first time in spring 2021 at the invitation of the Brno Jazz Festival. The musicians were eager to explore and discover new sonic possibilities inspired by the stylistic diversity of contemporary jazz and other genres of today's musical world. With this in mind, new music was written for this occasion by all three members of the band. The first performance of the band was recorded by the Czech Television as part of JazzFestBrno and it was followed by a one day - six hour recording session at Studio on Orlí Street in Brno, which led to the creation of the album "Andromeda's Mystery". The sound of the band is a mixture of the old and the new. Apart from the acoustic piano and drums and electric guitars, it relies heavily on analog electronic instruments and the power of simple melodies and intricate grooves, evoking at times the fierce energy of rock music and at other times intricate patterns of acoustic jazz. Together the musicians create a unique synthesis of sounds and moods that characterizes the sonic world of today. Together they set forth to explore uncharted territories, eagerly searching for the key to Andromeda's Mystery.

"When I listened to what we recorded, the record sounded a little spacey to me. It seemed to me that it was not only about the Earth and the present, but also about the cosmos, about the stars, about distant mysterious things," says David Dorůžka about Andromeda's Mystery.

The playing of both Dorůžka and Wyleżoł is characterized by its Slavic melodicism and lyricism, which are combined with Ballard's lively rhythmic energy. The album contains eight tracks, half of which were composed by David Dorůžka, three original pieces contributed by Piotr Wyleżoł and the playlist is completed by one older track from the pen of Jeff Ballard. The presence of an experienced drummer was also an inspiration for Dorůžka. "I thought that since we were playing with Jeff, I had to come up with at least some rhythmic challenge for us and for him. I've been studying certain rhythmic issues for some time now, and I thought it would be interesting to use them in Andromeda's Mystery, so that the mystery was already in the rhythm. The composition is a bit tricky, but I'll leave it to the listeners to find their way around it," says the Czech guitarist looking back at the creation of the title track.