Rebekka Bakken & Band | Valeria Maurer Quartett
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Rebekka Bakken
Scandinavian soundscapes
On "Always On My Mind", singer-songwriter Rebekka Bakken reimagines songs by Annie Lennox, Finneas O'Connell and Peter Gabriel with her unique sound.
On her album "Always On My Mind", which will be released by Sony Masterworks on April 28, 2023, the Norwegian singer and songwriter Rebekka Bakken transfers her favorite songs into her unmistakable sound cosmos between atmospheric Scandinavian pop and jazz.
Together with her band, she brings a completely new sound to classics such as "Yesterday" by Lennon/McCartney, "Here Comes The Flood" by Peter Gabriel and "Why" by Annie Lennox, as well as "Break My Heart Again" by Finneas O'Connell, who together with his sister Billie Eilish represents a new generation of songwriters.
In an intimate band line-up with some of the best session musicians from Norway, the multiple gold award-winning musician and producer taps into the mystical depths of the songs she has selected. The famous clouds of sound from guitarist Eivind Aarset are orchestrated by Rebekka
Bakken skillfully orchestrates the famous sound clouds of guitarist Eivind Aarset with the atmospheric organ and synthesizer pads of Jørn Øien and Torjus Vierli, which are transfigured around piano chords and the bass lines of Tor Egil Kreken and drum beats of Rune Arnesen. This multi-layered soundscape sets the stage for the breathtakingly soulful voice of Rebekka Bakken, whose intensity has led some to compare her to Janis Joplin.
"These songs have 'always been on my mind' and inspired my own songwriting. They are the 'soundtrack of my life' and some of them have stuck with me since my childhood. I have developed my own voice listening to some of these songs and it is just the right moment to re-interpret them my way", explains Rebekka Bakken.
"Always On My Mind" contains a total of 15 colorful titles by Elton John, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman and Nick Cave, among others.
Valeria Maurer
"Valeria Maurer's fusion of jazz, pop and folk on her debut album is full of personal emotions and expressiveness and captivates with its beauty and subtlety while at the same time offering many wonderful, catchy melodies" - Jacek Brun, jazz-fun.deSinger and composer Valeria Maurer compares her music to a wandering bird that floats through myths and poems and encounters many near and distant musical worlds. Born in Kazakhstan and raised in Siberia, Valeria Maurer has been living in Germany for over a decade - shaped by a rich mixture of cultural influences. Together with her band, she weaves jazzy elements, groovy pop and folkloric motifs into lyrical soundscapes.Her debut albumHere is the Silence, released in September 2024, tells stories of loneliness and the courage to change, of impressive mountain landscapes and fairytale characters, of the search for one's own identity and the longing for childhood - poetic, colorful and from heart to heart.Since its foundation in Mannheim in 2021, the band has played at international festivals such as jazzahead! Clubnight, Jazz am Rhein and Jazz'n the Black Forest and was awarded 2nd place in the Future Sounds competition (Leverkusener Jazztage 2024) and the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation's sponsorship prize.Valeria Maurer - VocalsKonrad Hinsken - PianoLukas Hatzis -Double BassJulian Losigkeit - Drums
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