A union of unique voices

Mark Solborg and the TUNGEMÅL platform has a new album out on ILK: CONFLUENCIA.
Beautiful melodies, odd grooves and vast textures formulated with nerve and a certain friction by some of Scandinavia’s most innovative players.

How do we speak musically - alone and with others - in different languages? Solborg seeks to investigate, illustrate and raise awareness of the continuous cross-cultural inter humane debate, towards a more varied and complex perspective of the world. Cherishing diversity and multiple insights. The confluence of knowledge and resources - of individual voices. A conversation that becomes increasingly important if we are to solve the challenges of our society and species.

With his multilingual Danish/Argentinian background, travels, work and studies all over the world Solborg has experienced how the words, our idioms and mother tongues are deeply connected with our view of ourselve...

A union of unique voices

Mark Solborg and the TUNGEMÅL platform has a new album out on ILK: CONFLUENCIA.
Beautiful melodies, odd grooves and vast textures formulated with nerve and a certain friction by some of Scandinavia’s most innovative players.

How do we speak musically - alone and with others - in different languages? Solborg seeks to investigate, illustrate and raise awareness of the continuous cross-cultural inter humane debate, towards a more varied and complex perspective of the world. Cherishing diversity and multiple insights. The confluence of knowledge and resources - of individual voices. A conversation that becomes increasingly important if we are to solve the challenges of our society and species.

With his multilingual Danish/Argentinian background, travels, work and studies all over the world Solborg has experienced how the words, our idioms and mother tongues are deeply connected with our view of ourselves and the way we resonate with the surrounding world.

The TUNGEMÅL (meaning idiom or tongue) platform is concerned with the guitar as a speaking voice in contemporary chamber musical contexts. With this comprehensive project Solborg wishes to elaborate the intimate listening experience, and develop methods and tools for the creative work at hand. An extensive artistic study and qualifying awareness of the modern guitar in interplay with acoustic instruments, and the musical spaces they inhabit.The project has been praised all over Europe, US and Japan for artistic integrity and musical depth. In 2024 Solborg was nominated for a Danish Music Award: Composer of the Year.

In this next adventure Solborgs music is handled by a wonderful and starry gathering of some of the finest musicians around. Intense, energetic, poetic and virtuously balanced in dynamics and timbre. An exceptional chamber-musical experience.

PRESS:
“Danish master guitar player reminds us that all hope is not lost ...”
 – David Dyrholm, Politiken
Best Jazz on Bandcamp, November 2023
” I have been unable to stop listening to BABEL. It has its hooks in me deep.”
– Dave Sumner, Bandcamp
“Masterpiece. Musically awesome, visually over the top. “....ambitious Mark Solborg builds his own BABEL – a fully extraordinary work”. 
- Ivan Rod, Gaffa (DK)
The melodies are beautiful, and behind them you sense an open door, straight out and up to the dark and unknown universe.. ..disturbingly beautiful and huge ambitious accomplishment.” – Thomas Michelsen, Politiken.
“Unique would be an understatement..... beautifully crafted with passion, love and creativity and the listener is constantly rewarded by surprise and the unexpected juxtaposition of sounds, instruments and space. It is a work of art.” 
– Ian Lomax, JazzJournal, UK...

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