MUSIC
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DAMA DAMA
Listen to our debut album on your preferred streaming platform!
Vinyls coming soon!
The piano trio DAMA DAMA finds itself at the crossroads between the recognizable and the abstract. The trio draws the listener into Dan Hjorth's expressive and modern acoustic sound universe.
Dan Hjorth, Jens Mikkel and Thomas Eiler operate as a close-knit and responsive unit, and threads are drawn to both Scandinavian and American jazz as well as European classical music - seasoned with avant-garde elements. In DAMA DAMA they come together for their love of improvisation, the intuitive, heartfelt and beautiful.
Jens Mikkel - double bass
Thomas Eiler - drums
“The foundation of Dan Hjorth’s music is abstract and improvisational jazz. He takes us through beautiful melodic pieces and expressive outbursts, alternating between tensions and moments of release. He does not fit clearly into a Nordic, European, or American style. He is something else entirely—and has an impressive vocabulary on the piano. A strong debut from a pianist who deserves more recognition.”
FANTASILABORATORIET
The title, which translates to “Laboratory of Imagination” captures the essence of the project; a process and a space of experimentation, seeking for meaning in the mysteries of undiscovered musical territories.
While staying relevant to the cultural and social context they have been placed within, Fantasilaboratoriet finds inspiration in their musical heritage. They are influenced by everything from European classical music to the American jazz and hip hop scene.
Fantasilaboratoriet always aspires to create texture-rich emotional landscapes and tell stories that move the audience. By insisting to be both in the center and in the periphery of jazz, Niels Munk harnesses tradition while focusing on the future.
Fantasilaboratoriet will release its second album “Fantasilaboratoriet Vol. 2” in 2024.
Dan Hjorth - Piano
Jens Mikkel - Double Bass
Jonathan Jull Ludvigsen - Drums
DRØMMESYN
Jacob Djursaa is a Danish guitarist, currently living in Aarhus. He is mainly influenced by Jazz and improvised music, but he has a big interest for twentieth century classical European music and folk, which shows in his harmonic and melodic sensitivity.
Jacob Djursaa has studied at the renowned conservatories in Copenhagen, Odense and Aarhus. He has also had the privilege of taking private classes with respected musicians such as Ben Monder, Lage Lund, and Chris Cheek in New York City, and also Mike Stern Gilad Hekselman.
Noteworthy collaborations include Jacob Djursaa’s participation with the esteemed Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, Rahel Talts Ensemble, Oleksandr Kolosii Quartet, BRØK, and many more.
In anticipation of his upcoming record, Jacob Djursaa aims to present his artistic vision and instrumental finesse to a broader audience. The band consist of the great danish Jazz musicians Thomas Fryland (trumpet), Dan Hjorth (piano), Samuel Kiel (double bass) and Nikolaj Bangsgaard (drums).
Thomas Fryland - Trumpet
Dan Hjorth - Piano
Samuel Kiel - Double Bass
Nikolaj Bangsgaard - Drums
Listen on your preferred streaming platform!
Vinyls coming soon!
MIDNIGHT SUN COLLECTIVE
Midnight Sun Collective is an international music collective founded in February 2023. It consists of ten musicians from Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway and the project focuses on combining nordic classical and folk music with jazz. In July 2023, the band played at Classical Beat Festival in Lübeck, Germany and the band is planning its debutalbum release in 2025.
JACOB D’S TUKAAN
Accessible, melodic and contemporary jazz
Tukaan is a new group by Jacob Danielsen, formed in 2021 during the pandemic. Tukaan is playing music by saxophonist Jacob Danielsen and is made up of some of the finest musicians i Denmark. Stilistically the musikc is i many directions by based on the melodic jazzidiom with strong imporivisation, playfulness, humour and a wish to touch the listener deeply.
In addition to the bandleader Jacob, the band consists of the hottest upcoming jazz stars from the danish jazz scene of Aarhus. Talents that no one should deprive themselves of.
Dan Hjorth - Piano
Frederik Sakham - Double Bass
John Riddell - Drums
