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I Think You’re Awesome: Løft mig op, så jeg kan nå

Read "Løft mig op, så jeg kan nå" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 12, 2014

I Think You're Awesome is a new Danish group led by double bassist Jens Mikkel Madsen, currently residing in Malmö, Sweden, and known from his collaborations with drummers Kresten Osgood and Kasper Tom Christiansen. His group is comprised of close friends with whom he plays in many outfits--guitarist Alex Jønsson, his collaborator in the Elliot Trio ...

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Kasper Staub Trio: Havnepladen

Read "Havnepladen" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 23, 2014

There is no doubt that nowadays there is an increased focus on ecology and recycling, but Danish pianist Kasper Staub has gone the extra mile with his record Havnepladen (the harbor record). The album is pressed in 100 copies and each album has a sleeve that has been recycled from another record. Every cover was dampened, ...

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Clara Vuust: Here’s To Love

Read "Here’s To Love" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
December 3, 2013

Denmark's Clara Vuust has a voice as clean and clear as the “ping" you get when you flick your fingernail against a piece of Scandinavian crystal glassware." She uses it to come up with a quite stunning debut album. Hitherto she was known in her homeland only as the sister of saxophonist Christian ...

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Alex Jonsson 3: The Lost Moose

Read "The Lost Moose" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 12, 2013

Danish guitarist Alex Jønsson--currently resides in Gothenburg, Sweden-- recently graduated from the acclaimed Danish Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, but already has a defined and focused aesthetics on his first release as a leader. Jønsson, together with reed player Lars Greve and drummer Christian Windfeld, has managed to create a recording of immediate, light and ...

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Kasper Staub Trio: /

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 15, 2013

The unique title of this debut from the young Danish trio headed by pianist Kasper Staub, /, is explained as the sign that stands for the doubts the trio had to shake off and the choices it took in order to create its music. Staub, bassist Jens Mikkel and drummer Anders Vestergaard have collectively accumulated experiences ...