HÜM - Don’t take it so personally (April 2, 2022 Losen Records)

In the debut album, with the title Don’t take it so personally, Hüm strives to explore the possibilities of fitting improvisation into composition in the way that blurs the distinction between improvised and through-composed music. Yet, the music is based on carefully elaborated structural elements. By creating the frames with distinct rhythmic, melodic and harmonic devices, through-composed sections are surrounded by improvised parts characterized by interactive listening and open sonic landscapes. Composing of the music is directly tailored to fellow musicians’ personal expression and playing style. The project idea is to create the improvised music based on different musical vocabulary and divergent musical backgrounds of the trio members.

1. Dream Beliefs 03:10

Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite – double bass

Magnus Sefaniassen Eide – drums

Bojan Marjanović – piano

Recorded by Mike Hartung at Propeller Music Division, Oslo, Norway

Mixed by Aleksander Sjølie

Mastered by Morten Lund

Released by Losen records, Norway

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Gro-Marthe Dickson & D-Lovely / Fornemmelsen av Hjemland (2021 AMP Music & Records)

«Fornemmelsen av hjemland» is the second album of Gro-Marthe Dickson and her Cole Porter project D-lovely. After their first release of American jazz with “re-poemed“ Norwegian lyrics, vocalist Dickson found out it was time to write lyrics from her own heart contrary to translating the original writings of Porter.

With new lyrics came new musical takes and ideas, and «Fornemmelsen av hjemland» («The sensation of homeland»), is a product of an aspiration to develop and mature. The group has taken a few steps away from traditional jazz, but you can still hear an echo from the past. The water is being tested and will never not be tested. There is no fumbling in their exploration, although always a hint of something called home. The arrangements are attentive and respectful to the original idea and the album as a whole is a melting pot of groove- and riff based songs with a diverse stack of lyrics waiting to be absorbed by the listeners’ heart and ears.

1. Lærdom om vilje 04:02

2. Om stolthet 03:41

3. Mørket får ei komme inn 02:53

4. Fra gull til blått 03:21

5. I ly for regn 05:06

6. Seile alene 03:37

7. I glimt 02:43

8. Vår egen metafor 04:04

Gro-Marthe Dickson – vocals, piano on 6

Aksel Westlund – guitar

Håkon Norby Bjørgo – double bass

Magnus Sefaniassen Eide - drums

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