Marius

Daniel Herskedal & Marius Neset - Neck of the Woods (2012) {Edition Records EDN 1034}
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© 2012 Edition Records | EDN 1034
Jazz / Modern Jazz / Tuba / Saxophone

On Neck of the Woods, Neset and Herskedal demonstrate how their original compositions explore influences from classical and folk music, but always with an underlying jazz sensibility – from the soaring and uplifting classical grandeur of ‘Neck of the Woods’ to the simple and sublimely beautiful arrangement of Abdullah Ibrahim’s ‘The Wedding’, Neck of the Woods is an album of extraordinary creativity and energising charm.

Fondée sur des archives, une histoire de la désobéissance durant la guerre d'Algérie à travers l'évocation de plusieurs cas individuels. Les raisons et la façon dont les soldats ont refusé certains ordres sont notamment expliquées. …

When I started work on Geyser last autumn I had decided I was done composing music that reflected the pain of the pandemic. This new piece was to be instead a celebration – of music, its welcome return and that unique atmosphere created by musicians when they meet to perform. Its mood was to be predominantly joyful and optimistic, while its title was a metaphor for the music’s underlying rhythmic energy, unleashed intermittently in ecstatic outbursts – like explosions of water and steam from a pressurised geothermal spring. (This idea of tension, boiling under the surface, is a theme I return to in a lot in my music.)