Jacob Kirkegaard & Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard ‎ Descending (2021)

Listening to Spirit of the Hive is to perceive the world from the perspective of bats, bees, birds and bugs. How does it feel to be inside the swarm, the hive, the flock? How does the hive perceive the threats from the outside world – especially those coming from humans? Meanwhile, the album meditates on how the larger patterns emerging from animal behaviour are a constant source of awe and wonder, when perceived through the human sensory system. But first of all, the album deals with the close interdependence between these animals and our way of life.

«Fantasilaboratoriet» (fantasy laboratory in Danish) is the debut album of Danish trumpeter Niels Munk Petersen, taking him to his roots in the northern part of Denmark and inspired by the Scandinavian nature.