Based in Copenhagen, Bremer/McCoy is an instrumental duo comprised of Jonathan Bremer on double bass and Morten McCoy on keyboards and tape delay. Starting off as a reggae group when still at school, the Danish duo’s sound has gradually evolved since their début in 2013 into an exquisitely airy and soulful synthesis ... [Continue Reading]
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Web Web: Web Max
Web Web is a German jazz quartet based in Munich comprised of Roberto Di Gioia on piano and Fender Rhodes, Tony Lakatos on saxophone, Christian Von Kaphengst on bass and Peter Gall on drums. Since their début release in 2017, the band’s main modus operandi has been to channel the live energy and spontaneity of an independent ... [Continue Reading]
Théo Girard: Pensées Rotatives
Théo Girard is a double bass player, composer and independent record label owner based in Paris who has been involved in a multitude of musical projects over the years – from the Gypsy/Jazz/Klezmer collective Bratsch co-founded by his father Bruno Girard in the mid-1970s to various Mayola rock bands such as G!rafe or Trans Kabar ... [Continue Reading]
Wooden Elephant: Landscapes, Knives & Glue
As classical musicians, we just never get to play this repertoire, and we think it’s some of the best music ever written. Aoife Ní Bhriain Working as a session viola player with the London Contemporary Orchestra while touring Jonny Greenwood’s string music and recording Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool, Scottish violist Ian ... [Continue Reading]
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger: Force Majeure
As soon as New York City entered a first lockdown in March 2020, double bass player Dezron Douglas and jazz harpist Brandee Younger launched a series of live streams on Facebook and Instagram Live from their East Harlem flat. Dubbed “Force Majeure: Brunch in the crib with Brandee & Dezron”, the Friday morning concerts ... [Continue Reading]
Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams
The fear of repetition is probably what underpins Anouar Brahem’s entire recording career. “C’est ma hantise” (It’s my worst nightmare) said the Tunisian-born oud player in a recent interview. Since his début for the Munich-based ECM record label in 1991, the musician has performed in solo or shared the studio with a different ... [Continue Reading]
Ensemble Ériu: Stargazer
In 2014, the Model Arts Centre in Sligo commissioned Irish contemporary traditional septet Ensemble Ériu to write new music during a two week residency. The Model is home to the Niland Collection which includes 42 paintings by Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats (1871 - 1957). Composed as a response to the paintings held there and ... [Continue Reading]