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AETHER II
Morten Haxholm
Label: Zack's MUSIC
Released: 2025
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MORTEN HAXHOLM: “AETHER II” After a decade in a modern New Yorker jazz sound, with 7 albums and a number of great American artists, I returned to my Nordic roots in 2023 with the first AETHER album. After a Danish Music Award nomination, great reviews and airplay on the first album, we release the second album ”AETHER II” on June 26, 2025. The AETHER albums revolves around 'ballad' as a concept - but where the quietness is also challenged: how much can you stretch the format dynamically - and in terms of tonal density? Spherical lightness and calm in its simple melodies, with references to indie rock, minimalist classical music, and modern acoustic jazz. Additionally the album features several electronic elements: simple minimalist modular synth, manipulated reallife recordings and subtle effects on the acoustic instruments. The music is composed and dedicated to all that is close to my heart – an artistic interpretation of the stories, places and people that mean a lot to me. The compositions themselves reflect this, but also the production of the tracks: listen to the track “CODA” where a reallife recording from the forest (where my brother lives) is processed to a grainy subtle texture – and a discreet electronic percussion layer that refers to my brothers artistic work and his electronic music. “Magnolia” is a reference to an early childhood memory from my grandparents’ allotment house, and “Silveon” is dedicated to my eldest daughter and her fascination with a Japanese toy. Another example is the album and single cover art, that is based on a series of watercolor paintings made together with my daughters and I. I hope you will feel welcome here in my story about what is near to my heart – and I hope it will resonate and evoke memories in you. Morten Haxholm, Copenhagen April 2025 ABOUT MORTEN HAXHOLM: Morten Haxholm is a Danish doublebass player and composer based in Copenhagen. He is engaged in countless Danish jazz, pop and rock projects as a sideman, has an active work as a composer, and has played with countless Danish musicians, and recorded (and played several tours) with international names like Lage Lund, Gilad Hekselman, Emma Rawicz, Lionel Loueke, Melissa Aldana, Seamus Blake, John Escreet, Jonathan Kreisberg and Ari Hoenig. ARTIST: MORTEN HAXHOLM TITLE: AETHER II RELEASE: JUNE 26th 2025 on the label: ”Zack's MUSIC” CD / STREAM Line up: Lubos Soukup - Saxophone & Clarinet Rasmus Oppenhagen Krogh – Guitar Nikolaj Hess – Piano & Rhodes Jakob Høyer - Drums Morten Haxholm – Doublebass & Bassguitar Casper Hesselager – Wurlitzer on #7. Audio processing. Modular Synth. Tomasz Dabrowski – Trumpet on #8 All compositions by Morten Haxholm Produced by Morten Haxholm Co-produced by Lubos Soukup Recorded november 4th 2024 at The V-Recording studios, Copenhagen by Thomas Vang Mix & Master by August Wanngren Cover art by Morten Haxholm, cover design/layout: Daniel Buchwald Thanks to DMF, Dansk Artist Forbund, KODA and RUSK for financial support
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