MORTEN HAXHOLM AETHER "HILDA" LIVE

Описание: Video from a live concert at Giant Steps, Svendborg - August 2023

Video & Sound edited by Morten Haxholm.

Sound from one stereo Mp3 recorder Zoom H1.

Line up:

Lubos Soukup - Sax
Rasmus Oppenhagen Krogh - Guitar
Nikolaj Hess - Piano
Jakob Høyer - Drums
Morten Haxholm - Doublebass

Album released June 30th 2023: Morten Haxholm Aether - available as CD, LP and STREAM.

ABOUT AETHER *
After seven albums in a modern New Yorker jazz sound, touring Denmark and
abroad, I felt a deep need to present music that sounds like 'me' - and the
place I come from.

The album was composed with thoughts for my family and friends,the place I grew
up - and for this band's specific sound. A music that moves in the quiet and the
deep - this album is composed based on the same basic premise/dogma: the ballad.
Ballads with spherical lightness in the simple melodies, with harmonic
references to indie rock in the chordal concept called "modal interchange", born
in an eclectic field between electronic music, surf, indie and acoustic jazz.

Aether is a deep exploration of the 'quiet', but also challenging the concept:
can a 'slow burn' be played with such a lightness, that it is still perceived as
a ballad - how much can you stretch the format dynamically and in terms of tonal
density.

The album is composed as one coherent whole - with tracks that mirror each
other, transitions between the tracks, alternating grooves and soundscape - all
held together with a consistent harmonic and dynamic dogma. I hope it will be
met by curious ears - perhaps in its entirety - out in the world.

"HILDA"
The first single from the album - and the second song I composed for this
project – is a ballad with an airy soundscape and an equally intense and
intimate presence.

Named after my grandmother, who lived a long quiet life with her own calm
presence.

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