Annars ar det tyst

Editor's info:
SEKTEN is a six piece band with members from Sweden, Denmark and Norway, ready to release their passionately odd debut album. Though their existence has only been a few years, the reputations about this Copenhagen based ensemble and their distinguished yet slightly bizarr concerts has spread through the Scandinavian underground jazz scene, creating a curiosity and amazement along their way.
A great part of SEKTENs vision is to create a universe where the listener is invited to be part of a naive-abstract story. Managing to entwine the contrasting pieces of music in an elegant and suprising way, their debut album "Annars är det tyst" appears to be a modern ten piece suite, perfomed by six great musicians.
They have an incredible way of colouring the music in each of their own way, due to their different musical backgrounds, still all of them with a clear connection to various forms of improvised music.
This ensemble consists of two female singers, that performs dark and light contrasts both soundwise as well as in matter of atmosphere, a guitar player with a flair for buttons and weird noises, a bass player with both intense minimalism and a ragged expression, a lyrical and contemplative piano player with a focus on prepared piano and finally a drummer that has a unique understanding of groove and timbre.
The music is influenced by various genres such as jazz, minimalism, chansons and all sorts of noisy music. The swedish lyrics combined with made-up words and sounds, creates mysterious and at times humorous and slightly happy stories.
The album is written and produced by all the members of SEKTEN, and the ten songs include both thorughlly arranged and entirely improvised parts. An album that spans from beauty to manic, from intimacy to aggression, letting the listener in to an unforgettable musical experience.