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Equilibrium

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.

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Mikkel Ploug / Sissel Vera Pettersen / Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium

Read "Equilibrium" reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie


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 ...

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Mikkel Ploug - Sissel Vera Pettersen - Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium

Read "Equilibrium" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


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 ...

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Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009

Read "Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Copenhagen Jazz Festival Various Venues Copenhagen, Denmark July 3-12, 2009 In a survey conducted recently by the renowned Monocle Magazine (volume 03, issue 25), Copenhagen was selected as the second best city in the world due to its safety, atmosphere, welfare, infrastructure and--one could be tempted to add--its ...

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Mikkel Ploug Group: Harmoniehof

Read "Harmoniehof" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug, a rising player in the vein of such contemporaries as Kurt Rosenwinkel and Torben Waldorff, articulates his own vocabulary--one that contains folk, rock, and modern jazz sensibilities. Harmoniehof, the follow-up to Ploug's eponymous 2006 debut on Fresh Sound New Talent featuring saxophonist Mark Turner, further illuminates his tightly knit band.

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Mikkel Ploug / Sissel Vera Petterson / Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium

Read "Equilibrium" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Mikkel Ploug (electric and acoustic guitars), Sissel Vera Pettersen, (voice, soprano saxophone, live electronics) and Joachim Badenhorst (clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone) create a stunning ambience in the crystalline use of their instruments on Equilibrium. The motifs are often gentle, breathing in the air of classical music or in the pastoral turns of chamber music. This ...

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Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium

Read "Equilibrium" reviewed by Matt Marshall


Controlled breathing is a centering, grounding device at the heart of many cultural and spiritual traditions. It is appropriate then that it should be the primary force and focus of Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst's Equilibrium. Human breath not only fuels Pettersen and Badenhorst's wind instruments, but is fully present ...

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Mikkel Ploug Group feat. Mark Turner

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 1. Four! - 5:11; 2. Big City Walk - 6:41; 3. Turners Odysseys - 7:45; 4. Breakfast Special - 5:38; 5. First Song - 6:40; 6. 21 Century Folk Song - 6:42; 7. Logicunlogic - 5:26; 8. The Vodka is on the Bottom - 6:24; 9. Play it to the Ground - 6:08 Tutte le composizioni sono di Mikkel Ploug

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Mikkel Ploug Group

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Four!; Big City Walk; Turners Odysseys; Breakfast Special; First Song; 21 Century Folk Song; Logicunlogic; The Vodka is on the Bottom; Play it to the Ground.

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Mikkel Ploug Group: Mikkel Ploug Group

Read "Mikkel Ploug Group" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Mikkel Ploug has been slowly, but surely, building a reputation for himself, and deservedly so. His live performances speak for themselves. This recording opens the door to his skills as a composer even while showcasing his considerable talent as a guitarist. Ploug's writing has depth. His ear for melody is astute and he brings in different ...


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