From Northern Denmark and based in Aarhus, Svaneborg Kardyb are a distinctive duo comprised of Nikolaj Svaneborg on Wurlitzer piano and Juno synthesiser and Jonas Kardyb on drums and percussions. Having first met in 2013, the two musicians gradually forged an uplifting, melodic and conversational style for keyboards and ... [Continue Reading]
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Bremer/McCoy: Natten
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]
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]
Nala Sinephro: Space 1.8
There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres - Pythagoras Nala Sinephro is a young harpist, keyboard player and composer from Belgium now based in London. Composed and recorded between 2018 and 2019 and released on 3 September 2021 last on Warp Records, Space 1.8 blends ... [Continue Reading]
Bohren & Der Club of Gore: Patchouli Blue
Formed in 1992, Bohren & Der Club of Gore is a German dark ambient jazz band from Mülheim an der Ruhr which originally emerged from the doom metal and grindcore scene. Comprised of Christoph Clöser, Morten Gass, Robin Rodenberg and Thorsten Benning, the band settled as a quartet from the late 1990s onwards until the ... [Continue Reading]
Hailu Mergia: Lala Belu
Born in Ethiopia and based in Washington since the early 1980s, Hailu Mergia is a legendary keyboard player who was a key member of the extraordinary golden era of Ethio-Jazz that first graced the African music scene between the late 1960s and 1970s. Tche Belew, his seminal record as a leader with the Walias Band in 1977 is ... [Continue Reading]
Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound: Omnisphere
Originally formed in the late 1990s by two students from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Alarm Will Sound is a 20 piece chamber orchestra dedicated to the performance of newly composed contemporary classical music. Ever since their initial formation in 1991, jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood (MMW) has ... [Continue Reading]