Results for "Mikkel Ploug"

Equilibrium: Liquid Light

by Dan Bilawsky
November 2, 2014

The concept of equilibrium is all about the balancing of opposing forces, actions, or influences; the music of Equilibrium is largely about the same, though some twists, focal point shifts, and ambient sound plays complicate and muddy the concept a bit. Equilibrium--a trio comprised of Belgian clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst, Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug, ...

New Release By Mikkel Ploug & Lars Graugaard

August 1, 2014

Clang has released Ngelo by Danish guitarist and composer Mikkel Ploug and the Danish musical chameleon Lars Graugaard. All tracks on Ngelo are edited improvisations that provide a listening experience that combines the liveliness of the moment with a concise structure, either with a well-defined atmosphere or of a particular compositional aim. The three ballad-style tracks ...

Take Five With George Stavroulakis

by George Stavroulakis
March 22, 2014

Meet George Stavroulakis: George Stravoulakis was born in Athens in 1978 and has been active in the Greek jazz scene since 2006. Stravoulakis has played with renowned Greek artists like Kostas Konstantinou, George Georgiadis, Seraphim Bellos, Dimitris Pantelias, Pantelis Benetatos and many others. Outside of his jazz-oriented activities, Stravoulakis also performs in rock groups and ...

Frankie

Featuring the music of Mikkel Ploug
Duration: 7:26
June 16, 2012

Pete Robbins Transatlantic Quartet: Live In Basel

by Mark Corroto
February 3, 2012

Like most modern jazz players, alto saxophonist Pete Robbins works in multiple bands, playing varying styles and disciplines of this thing called jazz. Sounds reasonable, yes? But, thirty years ago this wasn't possible. Musicians, listeners, and jazz critics (let's not leave them out) had to take sides, choose categories and labels to classify and compartmentalize their ...

Soren Dahl Jeppesen: Route One

by Jakob Baekgaard
January 13, 2010

The new wave of Danish jazz has brought several guitarists into the public eye, among them, Jakob Bro, Mark Solborg, and Mikkel Ploug. However, a somewhat underexposed talent on the Danish jazz scene is Søren Dahl Jeppesen. His graceful, lyrical tone and abilities as a composer have benefitted the ambient chamber jazz of the group Pauseland. ...

Equilibrium

By Mikkel Ploug

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2009
Track listing: Chorale I; November; Cathedral; Fri; Soft Spoken; Epiphora; Chorale II; Chords; Aeroide; Takt; Chorale III; Warmth; Ambiente; Chorale IV.

Harmoniehof

By Mikkel Ploug

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Introduction; Awkward Sentences; Enthusiasts; Motion; Second Around; Intro; Harmoniehof; Pablos Stroll; Molto Moderato-First Rhapsody; Intro II; Soft Spoken; Intro III; Somewhere Soon.

Mikkel Ploug / Sissel Vera Pettersen / Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium

by Wilbur MacKenzie
November 16, 2009

Equilibrium is three-way partnership between Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug, Belgian saxophonist and clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst and Norwegian vocalist and saxophonist Sissel Vera Pettersen. The trio's charming and ruminative mixture borrows elements of contemporary chamber music, jazz and various indigenous vocal traditions ranging from Inuit throat singing to West African griots and incorporates a variety of extended ...

Mikkel Ploug - Sissel Vera Pettersen - Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 30, 2009

Eterei ma mai algidi, arditi nel creare ambientazioni sospese e melodie intricate, ma sempre a debita distanza da ogni rischio di manierismo. Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen e Joachim Badenhorst hanno dato vita a un album invernale e trasparente, un esperimento sonoro che, con quel titolo così esplicito, Equilibrium, pare occhieggiare alla natura dell'infinito. L'equilibrio in ...