Ruben Machtelinckx
guitar, baritone guitar, banjo
Thomas Jillings
tenor saxophone, alto clarinet, synthesizer
Nils Økland
hardanger fiddle
Niels Van Heertum
euphonium, trumpet
Ingar Zach
percussion
"Une lumière inattendue les fait trembler, comme si des soleils pendaient à leurs doigts pour éclairer des paradis émiettés. - Emil Cioran"
playful
ostinato
light as Never
affirms Nothing
conway
first notes
echo
On ‘light as never’, the second album by this constellation and the fifth by Linus overall, one no longer hears a meeting of different worlds, but rather the creation of a new one. A world where the blending of Scandinavian fiddle-tunes, abstract electronic soundscapes, meditatively repeating melodies and jazz-inspired free improv is no longer an experiment, but
simply a state of mind.
From the joyful interplay of ‘playful’ to the serenity of ‘ostinato’, the microtonal alienation of ‘afrms nothing’ to the wide-eyed energy of ‘conway’, the almost bluesy warmth of ‘light as never’ to the cold emptiness of ‘echo’, nothing about these connections feels contrived. They simply represent a new outlook on improvised music.