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Eka trio: Eka

by Hrayr Attarian
March 21, 2017

The Malmo based Eka trio is a collaborative group that blends together rock inspired rhythms and jazzy spontaneity to create vibrant and impressionistic music. The eponymous debut consists of eleven captivating originals that are thematically alike but with sufficient distinctiveness as to result in a conceptually cohesive recording without resorting to redundancy.The tracks are simultaneously intimate and cinematic with seamless synergy among the members of the band. The lullaby like “Blues Screen Blues," for instance, opens with Swedish ...

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APUH!: Ett

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 20, 2014

APUH! is a young Swedish trio based in Gothenburg. Its musicians-- saxophonist Adrian Åsling Sellius and drummer Hampus Öhman- Frölund began working together in 2011 and a year later double bass player Matt Dimming joined, to seal the trio's aesthetic and sound. They freely draw elements from pop and rock, free jazz, experimental noise and even klezmer during open-ended, improvised pieces. All five songs in this debut stress its playfulness and strong rhythmic basis, as well ...