Bremer/McCoy - Kosmos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Danish duo Bremer/McCoy's music is a meditative and intense blend of jazz and dub created entirely via analog process. No computers are involved; they record everything straight to tape in their own studio. These two childhood friends tour with their own soundsystem to ensure adequate depth in the lower frequencies. Their new album, Utopia, was recorded over two cold and windy Copenhagen weeks in sessions plagued by malfunctioning gear, the band overcame these setbacks and recorded some of the clearest melodies and conceptual passages they have put to tape. In pieces such as 'Åben bog' they draw on Danish folk music as a base from which they work from more classical composition to a free-form and trouble-free place. The album's closing track, 'Determination,' stays true to it's title and is a song without hesitation, finishing what the band sets out to do. Album Tracks 1. Åben Bog 2. Højder 3. Bjerget 4. Tusmørke 5. Salme 6. Vega 7. Solopgang 8. Vågner 9. Op 10. Salig 11. Dråber 12. Determination

Natten, which means InchThe NightInch in Danish, draws inspiration from the end of day, that regenerative time under the constellations when our lives look different. Listeners might be quick to call it escapist-the music might be a reprieve from our busy lives. And while that's one way to experience Natten, there's also another, which has more to do with immersion. It offers us the chance to see what's around us as beautiful. InchWhen it works for me,Inch says pianist Morten McCoy, Inchit's pure meditation, pure prayer. Pure gratitude for simply being, without all kinds of jibber-jabber filling my thoughts.Inch A sentiment that tells you everything about the feeling and nothing about the sound. McCoy and the bassist Jonathan Bremer started making music together back in 2012 when they were still in school. At first the Danish duo played dub. It's hard to imagine that that's how they started when you listen to the ethereal sounds they make now, but the influence becomes clearer when you see them live they insist on traveling with their own sound system. Music for putting your hand into a pebbly stream, music for walking into traffic. Album Tracks 1. Natten 2. Mit Hjerte 3. Gratitude 4. Hjertebarn 5. Nu Og Altid 6. April 7. Aurora 8. Nova 9. Ma°Neskin 10. Natten (Part 2) 11. Lalibela

Nordic melancholy mixed with high-drama from one of Europe's newest young jazz piano trios In an era of ever-changing projects and ideas, Denmark's Kosmos Trio stand out as a group who've carved out their own sound and space in the Nordic jazz scene at an impressively young age. Their debut album 'Brev Til en Ven' showcases the results of a five-year labour of love. Album Tracks 1. Mørkevandring 2. Slow Motion 3. Brev Til en Ven 4. Blue Garden 5. Forén 6. En Anden Gang 7. Langfredag 8. Ved Kysten