03 Oct

[ October 6th, 2023 release on Jazzland Recordings: Rymden – Valleys & Mountains ]

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release date: 06. 10.2023 on Jazzland Recordings

After their previous excursions into the outer cosmos – the highly acclaimed studio albums “Reflections and Odysseys“, “Space Sailors” and the powerful live album “RYMDEN+KORK” – RYMDEN have returned to Earth with their new album, “Valleys and Mountains”. However, as one might expect from the trio of Bugge Wesseltoft, Magnus Öström and Dan Berglund, the music is not strictly earthbound – the inner cosmos, dreams and visions offer new spaces to explore, alongside bucolic rambles and treks. The instrumentation and techniques are once again diversified, the styles multiplied; yet all remains indisputably the music of RYMDEN.

30 Jun

[ June 30th, 2023 release on Jazzland Recordings: Lilja – Mirage ]

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release date: 30.06.2023 via Jazzland Recordings

… an impressive and thoroughly riveting album …[the] distinctive vocals are haunting in all senses of the word ★★★★ BBC Music Magazine

Oddrun Lilja Jonsdottir is a versatile and innovative composer, guitarist and vocalist from Oslo’s jazz scene. As an artist, she tours the world, and has had collaborative projects with musicians in India, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Iceland and New York, among others. She is currently a composer with Tingingsverket (commissioned music) for Vossa Jazz’s 50th anniversary in 2023, contributing her work “I”.

14 Feb

[24th February, 2023 release on Jazzland Recordings:Rymden + Kork]

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release date: 24.02.2023 on Jazzland Recordings

Since forming in 2018 RYMDEN has established itself as one of the leading piano trios to ever emerge from the Nordic Jazz scene. All three members bring with them long-confirmed and lauded histories as innovators in jazz: Berglund and Öström via the Esbjörn Svensson Trio and their own projects (Tonbruket and Magnus Öström Group respectively); Wesseltoft via his New Conception of Jazz and other projects.

08 Oct

[ October the 14th,2022 release on Jazzland Recordings: Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz – DUO II ]

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release date:14.10.2022 on Jazzland Recordings / Punkt Edition series

Wesseltoft / Schwarz return with a new selection of tracks, DUOII, demonstrating that while neither acclaimed jazz composer and keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft nor electronics maestro and producer Henrik Schwarz could be described as predictable, as a duo they are absolutely mercurial. Their natural affinity and symbiotic musical relationship seem to provide both with equal amounts of inquisitive, experimental and creative energy, and all without sacrificing their accessibility.

19 Feb

[ February the 25th, 2022 release on Jazzland: Bugge Wesseltoft – Be Am ]

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release date: 25.02.2022 via Jazzland Recordings

Jazzland Recordings release BUGGE WESSELTOFT’s Be AM on CD/DL on the 25th February 2022. The album precedes a solo concert at Kings Place, London, in May.

On “Be Am“, Wesseltoft has allowed his creative impulses to wander where they may – no preset rules to govern the composition and production, no obligations to use or not to use electronics, not even a will to be totally alone. This is pure playing and composition, where the music speaks freely by whatever means it will.

05 Sep

[ 18th of September 2020 release on JazzLAND: RYMDEN – Space Sailors ]

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release date: 18th September 2020

It is the perfect sequel to “Reflections and Odysseys”, their highly acclaimed debut that spawned an equally acclaimed series of live performances. The trio have taken the dynamics, textures, moods, and perfect blend of subtle detailing and big sonic gestures to new levels, and have picked up new elements of 60s psychedelia and punk energy along the way. If you ever wondered what would happen if a Krzysztof Komeda score collided with Fugazi, look no further; if you need to know what Chopin writing doom metal might sound like, you might just find the answer you seek. The prog and fusion elements you already know and expect are still here, but with different colours and markings. If “Reflections and Odysseys” was a first expedition into earth orbit, “Spacesailors” goes far beyond. This just might be their “moon landing” album.