Friday, April 30, 2021

William Soovik Grand Finale - Live in Gothenburg (May 15, 2021)

This recording consists of songs from both our first and second album. It was recorded by the Swedish national radio, on the last night of our year-long run as the once-a-month house band, in the cellar of a local watering whole. The concert was broadcast, in its entirety, during the summer of 2020. We allowed ourselves to cherry-pick some tunes for the album, but most of the concert is on there.

The energy is high and the vibe is unprestigious. The music takes off in all kinds of directions but is at the same time somewhat unified. It’s definitely more “free-jazzy” then the earlier studio albums, but that feels totally right!

Fun fact (or rather a boring fact) is that this was our last real live show before everything shut down. We really didn’t imagine that when the last bar of the night came to an end. We’ve now pushed our booked concerts in front of us for the past year. We really hope that we’ll be able to perform later this fall.

1. Valsen - Live 09:18
2. Sober Dignity - Live 12:28
3. D Dur - Live 08:10
4. Trucking - Live 06:18
5. Host To Two Parts - Live 08:43
6. Mahattiss - Live 08:19
7. First Best - Live 07:41

William Soovik - Drums/Composition
Malin Wättring - Tenor Sax
Signe Dahlgreen - Tenor Sax
Donovan von Martens - Double Bass
Joel Fabiansson - Electric Guitar

Recorded by: Bengt Pettersson and Monica Palmeborn, for the Swedish National Radio, at Studio HPKSM, Gothenburg. December 7th, 2019.

Mix and Master by: Gustav Davidsson at Studio Glasfågeln.