RYMDEN feat. Bugge Wesseltoft, Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund
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Nordisk jazz møder progressiv fusion i supertrio med rødder i E.S.T.
Rymden er navnet på den banebrydende trio skabt af tre ubetingede nordiske sværvægtere, som alle hver for sig i årevis har gjort sig bemærket på verdensscenen med deres fornyende jazz.
Nu kommer til de Montmartre som et af topnavnene under Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2025.
To af trioens tre medlemmer, Dan Berglund på bas og Magnus Öström på trommer, er især kendt for deres revolutionerende medvirken i Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) frem til frontfiguren gik bort i en tragisk drukneulykke i 2004.
I en rum tid efter optrådte de ikke med deres instrumenter. Men da de endelig tog fat igen var det bl.a. i samarbejde med den ligeledes forrygende norske pianist Bugge Wesseltoft. Sammen har de samlet handsken op fra E.S.T. og taget mødet mellem nordisk jazz og progressiv fusion endnu videre.
Bugge Wesseltoft er kendt som jazz-innovator, og er bl.a. bag gruppen "New Conception of Jazz", og har spillet med store kunstnere som Billy Cobham og Pat Metheny. For jazznørder kan nævnes, at han - på linje med Keith Jarrett - er i stald his det prestigefulde pladeselskab ECM
Selvom Rymdens varme bankende hjerte har dybe rødder i meget af det, som E.S.T stod for, har Wesseltofts krydderi trukket dem nye steder her. Det nogle gange mytiske nordiske landskab vækkes til live af synthesizer-arpeggio og skæve, men taktpræcise trommerytmer. I et uundgåelig møde fusioneres de to og Rymdens konturer toner frem i morgendiset.
Selvom det mere fusions-jazzede islæt er en grundpille i Rymdens lyd, er denne svær at definere, da genrespændet er så vidt. Det ene øjeblik perfektioneres der ballader, så publikum sidder drømmende tilbage i et lydunivers, der kan fremkalde spæde barndomsminder. Det næste skifter tempo og taktart til intense, sofistikerede prog-funk-numre, så man kan være tæt på at falde ned af stolen.
Denne super-trioen udstråler noget særligt sjæleligt. En speciel rytmisk sansning, om man vil. Et vingesus af subtile detaljer bygget på et fundment af en innovativ tilgang til hvad ny nordisk jazz ekan være. Rymden søger konstant efter nye musikalske højder og har undervejs, opfanget elementer af 60'ernes psykedelia, men også punk og electric.
Som gruppe har Rymden 4 albums og flere singler bag sig og har bla. arbejdet med Norwegian Radio Orchestra og John Scofield.
Line-up
Bugge Wesseltoft: Piano/keys
Magnus Öström: Drums
Dan Berglund: Bass
🇬🇧 ENGLISH:
Rymden is the name of the groundbreaking trio created by three unconditional Nordic heavyweights, who have all made a name for themselves on the world stage for years with their innovative jazz.
Now they are coming to Montmartre as one of the top names during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2025.
Two of the trio's three members, Dan Berglund on bass and Magnus Öström on drums, are particularly known for their revolutionary participation in the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) until the frontman passed away in a tragic drowning accident in 2004.
For a long time after that, they did not perform with their instruments. But when they finally got going again, it was, among other things, in collaboration with the equally amazing Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft. Together they have picked up the gauntlet from E.S.T. and taken the meeting between Nordic jazz and progressive fusion even further.
Bugge Wesseltoft is known as a jazz innovator, and is, among other things, behind the group "New Conception of Jazz", and has played with great artists such as Billy Cobham and Pat Metheny. For jazz nerds, it can be mentioned that he - in line with Keith Jarrett - is in the stable of the prestigious record label ECM
Although Rymden's warm beating heart has deep roots in much of what E.S.T stood for, Wesseltoft's spice has drawn them to new places here. The sometimes mythical Nordic landscape is brought to life by synthesizer arpeggios and quirky, but precise drum rhythms. In an inevitable meeting, the two merge and Rymden's contours emerge in the morning mist.
Although the more fusion-jazz is a mainstay in Rymden's sound, this is difficult to define, as the genre range is so wide. One moment, ballads are perfected, so that the audience sits dreamily in a sound universe that can evoke early childhood memories. The next changes tempo and beat to intense, sophisticated prog-funk numbers, so that you can be close to falling off the ledge.
This super-trio exudes something particularly soulful. A special rhythmic sensation, if you will. A rustle of subtle details built on a foundation of an innovative approach to what new Nordic jazz can be. Rymden constantly searches for new musical heights and along the way has picked up elements of 60s psychedelia, but also punk and electric.
As a group, Rymden has 4 albums and several singles behind them and has worked with, among others, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and John Scofield.
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