Pennsylvania-born, Brooklyn-resident Scott Wollschleger is one of the more interesting of the post-Feldman generation. A composer who takes his cues from what he perceives as the current American dystopia, his distinctive language is as much about the spaces between the notes as it is about the music we hear, yet he has a refreshingly recognisable ‘sound’ that revels in intriguing sonic combinations and repetitive rhythms, without ever straying into anything as obvious as minimalism (or any ‘ism’ for that matter).

His latest album, performed by the radical New York City-spawned piano and bass trio Bearthoven (Karl Larson, piano; Pat Swoboda, double bass; and Matt Evans, percussion), sandwiches the substantial 35-minute American Dream between a...