Monday, May 24, 2021

Maraton - Maraton (May 2021 Barefoot Records)

Join a meditative journey through unknown landscapes from rainforest wilderness to mountain highlands. This 40 min cinematic ambient album has been a long trip in itself for the 4 musicians as the music has been created through improvised maraton-concerts, curated as different challenges from playing 9 hours straight with no breaks to playing 4 times 1 hour in 1 day. Four musicians with very different backgrounds ranging from rock and hip hop to experimental freejazz wanted to experience how this kind of physical and mental challenge influences creativity and music. Would they come closer to transcending, would they get a stronger connection between them, or would the challenges reveal things in themselves and their musical practice that they did not know of before? An enormous amount of material has been listened to, selected, edited and produced, but with the dogma of no overdubs. Enjoy listening!

1. Tibet
2. Drømmeskovene
3. Den Japanske Have
4. Ekspres
5. Efter Regnen
6. Indianerdoku
7. C1
8. De Islandske Fjelde
9. En Aften Ude
10. Spæner Rundt
11. Solskin Udenfor
12. Klokkeren
13. Saxofon
14. For Evigt
15. Spionen Er Fundet

Christian Haase – synth, vocals
Maria Dybbroe – reeds, percussion vocals
Lasse Sonne – piano, synth vocals, drums
Jonathan Ludvigsen – drums, synth, samples, vocals

Recorded at Lygten Station, at Støberiet and in the studio Vanløse 22A in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Produced by Maraton
Mixing: Lasse Sonne og Christian Haase
Mastering: Taylor Deupree, 12K Mastering
Cover design: Tobias Holmbeck