The Swedish quartet Goran Kajfeš Tropiques present Tell Us, an album consisting of three long pieces composed by the group, is “slow music” to the bone, a deep body of work utilising the language of jazz as its core mode of communication but echoing way beyond. The quartet is expanded with strings, adding wings to the music and helping it lift off the ground in a personal, highly engaging manner. Released by We Jazz records.
The Swedish quartet Goran Kajfeš Tropiques present Tell Us, an album consisting of three long pieces composed by the group, is “slow music” to the bone, a deep body of work utilising the language of jazz as its core mode of communication but echoing way beyond. The quartet is expanded with strings, adding wings to the music and helping it lift off the ground in a personal, highly engaging manner. Released by We Jazz records.
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The Tropiques quartet consists of Goran Kajfeš (trumpet, synthesizer), Alexander Zethson (piano, organ, synthesizer), Johan Berthling (acoustic bass) and Johan Holmegard (drums) – each a key member in the Swedish creative music scene, with experience from groups such as Dungen, Ghosted, Fire!, Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra, Oddjob, plus many more, including Goran Kajfeš’s own Suptropic Arkestra. Their music, groove based and connected to the tradition of “minimalism” has at times been called “hypno-jazz”. Tropiques initially came together in 2011 when Kajfeš was commissioned to compose and perform music to a performance by the Swedish modern dance company Vindhäxor. Since then, the group has evolved in its own ways and independently from, yet informed by, their origins. That is, the experience of creating music together with a strong sense of movement.
All three compositions on Tell Us expand on what the Tropiques have done before, building around their signature style and its spacey texture and rooting the musical narrative in strong melody, rolling groove and their collective limitless urge for sonic exploration. As the opener “Unity In Diversity” goes to show, Tropiques’s compositions are like flowers opening slowly, each element and layer growing out of what has come before, in a constantly surprising manner. This music, then, becomes the perfect antidote for the quick-fix eye candy rolling down your smartphone screen. This music will take its time, but it’ll also create new dimensions with each second as it unfolds.
RIYL: Alice Coltrane, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Pharoah Sanders, Laraaji, “Crescent” era John Coltrane, Swedish psychedelic music, “Kosmische Musik”
Goran Kajfeš – trumpet, synthesizer
Alexander Zethson – piano, organ, synthesizer
Johan Berthling – acoustic bass
Johan Holmegard – drums
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Josefin Runsteen – violin
Leo Svensson Sander – cello
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