Regnvejrssang Emil de Waal

• 1Regnvejrssang03:37
• 2Limbo Jazz03:06
• 3Generøs04:51
• 4Fire øjne05:11
• Total Runtime16:45

Info for Regnvejrssang

Prolific Danish drummer Emil de Waal has come to be known for his unique and personal contributions to a wide variety of musical projects in jazz, pop, rock, and electronica, including Kalaha, Baghdad Dagblad, Maluba Orchestra, and his own quartet to name a few.

Well versed in the art of collaboration, his new record is his first solo undertaking, combining his jazz musicianship with his affinity for the off-kilter and electronically manipulated.

Comprised of seven original compositions, as well as creative reinterpretations of pieces by Charlie Haden, Duke Ellington, and Hans Henrik Ley/Jannik Hastrup, the record is a collection of intimate, interactive duo performances decorated with sounds and textures from the electronic world.

Making a conscious effort to collaborate with more female instrumentalists as well as musicians de Waal hadn’t played with before, ‘Fire Øjne’ features a wide spectrum of organic instrumental timbres on the prepared piano, clarinet, saxophone, pedal steel guitar, and bass flute. From sung melodies and winding improvisations to spacious, experimental textural approaches, each piece sees de Waal engage in a private conversation with a musician he’s admired.

From the bluesy New Orleans feel of Ellington’s ‘Limbo Jazz’, to the glitchy, menacing, avant-garde groove of ‘Halvfirs Fems’, to the spacious, twinkling, ethereal ‘Diskurs’, the album showcases the staggering breadth of the drummer’s influences and ideas. Programmed drum beats, vast reverbs, foley recordings of flowing water, and ricocheting delays craft an expansive, surprising and inventive context for improvised music in the 21st Century.

Emil de Waal, drums, electronics, flute, percussion
Frederik Lundin, bass flute (track 1), baritone saxophone (track 9)
Rasmus Oppenhagen Krogh, electric guitar (tracks 1, 8)
Cecilie Strange, tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 7)
Henriette Groth, prepared piano (track 5) and clarinet (track 6)
Susan Alcorn, pedal steel guitar (track 10)

Emil de Waal
has been one of Denmark’s leading drummers for three decades. Gustaf Ljunggren initially studied the saxophone at the Rhythmic Conservatory of Copenhagen, where whispers spread throughout the school that he was the best saxophone player in town and yet never practiced. His career has seen him prove that he can bring grace, musicality and heart to any instrument he touches, from the pedal steel guitar, to the bass, piano, and more.

This album contains no booklet.