Copenhagen Trashzzfestival

Frk Jacobsen:

Is a band created by the composer and drummer Anja Jacobsen in which she sings and plays to honour the poetic and surreal moments in life. The band consists of Lars Bech Pilgaard on guitar, Lil lacy on keys and Ida Duelund on bass.
Anja Jacobsen has been a stable force on the danish and international music scene for decades spanning ensemble such as Selvhenter, valby Vokalgruppe and countless others. Anja has gained widespread recognition amongst other as a nominee for the Nordic music prize as well as receiving the price of musician of the year at the danish music critics price, Steppeulven.

-Link til Web page: https://egetvaerelse.dk/frk-jacobsen

Maria Faust: Saxophonist and composer Maria Faust (born in 1979) is best known for her award-winning large contemporary jazz ensembles including Sacrum Facere, Machina, and Jazz Catastrophe.
Faust is one of the most celebrat...

Copenhagen Trashzzfestival

Frk Jacobsen:

Is a band created by the composer and drummer Anja Jacobsen in which she sings and plays to honour the poetic and surreal moments in life. The band consists of Lars Bech Pilgaard on guitar, Lil lacy on keys and Ida Duelund on bass.
Anja Jacobsen has been a stable force on the danish and international music scene for decades spanning ensemble such as Selvhenter, valby Vokalgruppe and countless others. Anja has gained widespread recognition amongst other as a nominee for the Nordic music prize as well as receiving the price of musician of the year at the danish music critics price, Steppeulven.

-Link til Web page: https://egetvaerelse.dk/frk-jacobsen

Maria Faust: Saxophonist and composer Maria Faust (born in 1979) is best known for her award-winning large contemporary jazz ensembles including Sacrum Facere, Machina, and Jazz Catastrophe.
Faust is one of the most celebrated Estonian musicians of all time and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and honors including multiple Danish and Estonian Music Awards. Her work and unique musical language as a composer and improviser are easily identifiable while being challenging to describe due to their inventiveness and her broad spectrum of influences.
Faust’s live performances are known for their intense energy and range of emotions and have been celebrated worldwide by audiences and reviewers for decades. Faust is also known for her commissioned works for groups other than her own. She has written music for the Danish Radio Big Band, Sointi Jazz Orchestra, Tallinn Philharmonics, Choir Collegium Musicale, and many more.
MARIA FAUST (EE) – Solo saxophone Presenting her latest solo album ”Monument”
“Faust leaves no doubt about her great flexibility and abilities on the saxophone. She uses loops, effects, and other good things in most of the music. It is both insistent, surprising, ongoing, fluid, harmonious, subtle, and enriching.” -Niels Overgård, (Jazznyt)
The overall mood of the album is recognizably Faust in its melancholic and modern folk-like sound code, but it also represents a departure for the celebrated composer. In addition to being her first solo saxophone work, she also uses electronic pedals and effects (recorded live / in-the-moment). Her saxophone playing is expressive and she breaks new ground with her use of harmonics, glissandos, heavy vibrato, and use of extreme dynamics.
The music was recorded in the Kuressaare castle in May of 2021, and improvised. Faust created the tonal structures using the building’s physical space as inspiration and employing its echo, angles, reverb, light, and shadows as tools. Rather than trying to recreate the castle through sound, Faust says that she observed and reflected on the building, watching it from different angles, zooming in and out through spectrums of light and time.
- SOUNDCLOUD LINK "MOnuMENT" “MOnuMENT” (Bush Flash Records, 2022) www.mariafaust.com


Jonas Engel: alto saxophone, clarinet, modified p-trumpet
Asger Thomsen: double bass
Based on free-form stream-of-consciousness improvisations with a focus on otherworldly sounds and fragmented gestures, the duo have come together to explore the outer limits of the acoustic potential of traditional instrumentation through preparation and self-developed instrumental technique.

In 2023 they released their debut album ‘Kölschner’ and in the summer 2024 they will release their next album ‘Brutage’ recorded on a tour throughout Germany, France, and Spain.
“Kölschner highlights the deep listening method of Engel and Thomsen and the thoughtful way that they become one sonic entity, fragile, mysterious and captivating.“

Eyal Hareuveni

https://asgerthomsen.com/jonas-engel-asger-thomsen/

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