Kokong Adrian Myhr Trio

• 1Begynnelse05:23
• 2Spirer04:40
• 3Svale Skygger04:39
• 4Kokong05:29
• 5Årene04:47
• 6Stjernekikker05:07
• 7Vev06:54
• 8Avrunding01:58
• Total Runtime38:57

Info for Kokong

After 20 years as a central figure in the Norwegian music scene, double bass player Adrian Myhr releases the album Kokong (it means Cocoon in Norwegian). The album, which is signed under his own name, is a low-key, melodious and suggestive album, where his compositional side shines as well as his delicate double bass playing. On the album, he has included the folk musician Rasmus Kjorstad on fiddle and langeleik, and the improviser Jan Martin Gismervik on drums, percussion and harmonium.

Myhr has wanted to create music consisting of a slow-moving energy, but at the same time music that wants to go out and forward, controlled and waiting. Cocoon is the word where precisely this process takes place in nature. A caterpillar enters a pupal stage and grows ready to become a full-grown insect. A natural part of nature, which stands as a strong inspiration for how the trio wants to play music, through the use of organic musical means and acoustic instruments. Several of the titles also have elements from nature, as a reflection on this.

Through the many projects Myhr and his fellow musicians have worked on over the years, they have built up a rich understanding of various genres and musical cultures. It is difficult to put any concrete genres on this music, but you can hear both elements from Norwegian folk music, contemporary music and jazz/improvisational music. There are also hints of, among other things, raga music from India, as well as Albanian singing tradition mixed in the music. The trio has musicians who play several instruments, which means that they have many possibilities in terms of variation in instrumentation and expression. You can for example hear a langeleik solo over a bass and drum groove or long, fragile drones on the harmonium, with bowed double bass and fiddle.

Adrian Myhr, double bass
Rasmus Kjorstad, fiddle, hurdy gurdy
Martin Gismervik, drums, percussion, harmonium

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 48 kHz, 24-bit. The provided 96 kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!

Adrian Myhr
is a bassplayer (double bass and electric bass) from Trondheim, currently living in Oslo. He plays in bands like Oker, Bansal Band, Dr. Kay & his Interstellar Tone Scientists, ComboNations, Javid Afsari Rad Ensemble, Torg, DaMaNa & Myhr/Doneda. He also does concerts with his solo project. As a musician he is interested in exploring the sound possibilities of his instruments and is constantly working on making his sound vocabulary larger. He plays different genres and feels comfortable playing everything from free-improvised music to jazz, world music and pop. Adrian Myhr holds a Master degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music.

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