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Rasmus Kjær: Underlake

by Troy Dostert
November 16, 2025

Although he is based in Copenhagen, pianist/keyboardist Rasmus Kjær's travel to Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 2023 inspired Underlake. The set is a series of pieces united in their evocation of water in its various manifestations. For a restless musician whose many projects include Orgelimprovisationer (Lydhør, 2015), a solo organ recording, and Turist (Wetwear, 2019), a synth-based mélange of world music styles, Underlake represents a return to form, as his austere piano merges with the subtle hues provided by his ...