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Rymden – Bugge Wesseltoft, Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström – have launched their second mission, ”Spacesailors”.

It is the perfect sequel to ”Reflections and Odysseys”, their highly acclaimed debut that spawned an equally acclaimed series of live performances. The trio have taken the dynamics, textures, moods, and perfect blend of subtle detailing and big sonic gestures to new levels, and have picked up new elements of 60s psychedelia and punk energy along the way. If you ever wondered what would happen if a Krzysztof Komeda score for a Polanski movie collided with Fugazi, look no further; if you need to know what Chopin writing doom metal might sound like, you might just find the answer you seek. The prog and fusion elements you already know and expect are still here, but with different colours and markings. If ”Reflections and Odysseys” was a first expedition into earth orbit, ”Spacesailors” goes far beyond. This just might be their ”moon landing” album.

Featuring a more diverse sonic palette, with electronic keyboards and various effects coming further into play, there would be a danger of the trio becoming reliant upon the trickery these things afford, but instead they are perfect garnishes to Rymden’s musical recipe of core compositions rich in melody, deep exploratory soloing, and musical elaborations and in-the-moment re-imaginings. Some miniatures of just a minute or two long achieve epic grandeur, while longer pieces take us on determined peregrinations with variegated wonders to behold along the way, or extended meditations on a theme. And although each member has their (almost perfectly equal) share of individual composer credits, the overall signature is clearly RYMDEN. Their name is truly an aptronym, as it means “space”, with their musical arrangements as interstellar maps of the harmonic cosmos. Their playing plots unique navigational paths and orbits around celestial bodies of melody, atmospheric and moody proto-ambient nebulae, the searing heat of exploding supernova riffs, and the occasional asteroid belt of dissonance. Spacesailors, indeed!
As with ”Reflections and Odysseys”, the track titles point to life as a world citizen, both as dweller and traveller, moments of serenity and introspection, a wicked sense of humour, and, of course, the music follows suit. That music, whether entwined around a hard-hammered gigantic riff or a complex tapestry of delicate and nimble-fingered counterpoint and thematic variation, is imbued with a warm, open and generous humanity.
Although no confirmation of their status as a supergroup (in every sense of that eagerly applied but reluctantly worn title) was required, ”Spacesailors” does so with intelligence, humour, wonder, seriousness, joy and seemingly uncontainable creative energy.

Background: The groups New Conception of Jazz and e.s.t. (esbjorn svensson trio) moved in different orbits around the same musical planet, and produced some of the best recorded music and performances that spanned the 90s into the new millennium. The influence of both groups was profound and can still be seen and heard today in the emerging young talents from Scandinavia and beyond, many of whom have found encouragement and a home on Wesseltoft’s Jazzland Recordings label. e.s.t. remain regarded as one of the best live acts of the era, and they hold their position as the most successful artist on the Munich-based ACT record label. Both groups were explorers, experimenters testing the limits of existing forms or trying to discover new ones. That a crossover between these two powerhouses of 21st century European jazz should occur is not surprising, although perhaps long overdue. With the formation of RYMDEN (meaning ”space” – as in ”outer space” or ”universe”), we are presented with a music that is innately Scandinavian in mood and attitude.

This is not the ”Scandinavian sound” one might picture: this is not music for meditating over a view of frozen mountains or tranquil fjords (although the listener is free to do so!): This is music that reflects all aspects of the Scandinavian milieu of the 21st century. This is music filled with rugged dynamism, extended playing techniques, brooding or melancholic atmospheres. It offers cinematic and epic sounds, cascading drama, crashing and splashing, tension and release. It delivers melodic, high-octane unison riffs, Minimalism immersed in rich improvised tapestries, vocal doubling of melodies, and moments of growling menace. It does this with minimal electronic trickery, with Wesseltoft moving between piano and Rhodes, and Berglund and Öström coaxing just about every possible sound from their instruments.

EPK FEATURE https://youtu.be/oOyQokOPuMc
SHORT LIVE VIDEO 2020 (1:20min) https://youtu.be/rCmUT8oH3cA
LIVE VIDEO 2019 https://youtu.be/4oaZSS8HI8o
WEBSITE: www.rymden-music.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rymdenmusic/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rymden_music/

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