moLd

New release out !! Voodoo Down Jump
8 new moLdings by the infamous Danish/German quartet. Voodoo Down Jump is a kaleidoscopic journey through groovy and dense jungle, wide open spaces, playful party-zones, revolutionary riots and honest prayers. Improv meets intricate composition, simple songs meet orchestrated suites and folklore meets quartertones in a highly original melting pot.
The Voodoo cast containes a wide range of instruments including euphonium (a small tuba), bass clarinet, piccolo trumpet, bowed cymbals, percussion, guitars, knobs, a.o. Add curiosity, strong commitment, instrumental skills, spontaneity, and a warmblooded need for musical prescence and individual freedom. moLd is about high level group-playing that accomodates expressive “bang for the buck” in Funkytown as well as heartfelt poetry.
Voodoo Down Jump is the third release from moLd. It is the result of intense work with the music and a major leap towards an even stronger, clearer and more organic aproach to the wildgrowing fungus of moLd.
Do your Voodoo..
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On Voodoo:
“..from a New-Orleans March on acid to Solborgs beautiful closing statement "Prayers" with chrystal chords and delicate hornparts whispering like a breeze on a quiet night .. But more important than the musical virtuosity is a lyrical depth” - Geiger.dk
"moLd is unmistakably in good shape on their 3rd album since the group very convincingly took on the Danish Jazzscene with the debut"Republic of...". ....more than a gang of young males.. I doubt that Meinberg and Bankes playing has been stronger on CD. moLd is playing a winning hand with a release they can be proud of" Chr. Munch Hansen - Jazzspecial
“Veloplagtheden er ikke til at tage fejl af på moLds tredje plade siden gruppen på overbevisende måde stemplede ind på den danske jazzscene med debutpladen Republic of... ...Med Voodoo Down Jump får man en række nye og ofte inciterende numre der varierer fint mellem det bastante og det luftige: kantede rytmemønstre formleg og melodik med indtryk fra bl.a. Balkan som i Mark Solborgs spændende og højoktane Tricycle. På  Brightness in Danger rejste anmelderens nakkehår sig i takt med legesyge Peter Bruuns rastløs klikkende, gokkende og swingende trommespil, der så overbevisende bærer de øvrige musikeres fuga-tagfat. Det som altid har fascineret ved denne gruppes identitet er den fremsynede vilje til at anvende den frie improvisations snørklede og dristigt skurrende veje, kombineret med en kompositorisk ambition, der gør moLd til noget andet og mere end en flok unge hanner, som pølser på musikhistoriens traditioner og spiller frit, fordi det er dybere og finere end at tage udgangspunkt i et på forhånd bearbejdet materiale. MoLd virker som om de arbejder seriøst med at udvikle deres koncepter med hjerte for både det intuitive sammenspil, den substantielle instrumentbeherskelse og kompositionens spændende muligheder. Stephan Meinbergs trompetspil og Anders Bankes saxofonspil har næppe stået stærkere på CD. Meinberg spiller fremragende på Gated Perception, Gated Community, der tumler sig stadigt større og bredere i retning mod kaos. MoLds musik stryger ikke katte med hårene, men får dem nærmere til at hvæse og rejse børster. Og samtidigt er der de livsvigtige kontraster, hvor pauser og melodierfår plads til at ånde. Dermed falder tingende endnu en gang i hak for moLd på sin egen ugly beauty facon. Med Voodoo Down Jump har gruppen smidt en hård serie kort på bordet som de roligt kan være stolte af.”
Chr. Munch Hansen - Jazzspecial
"moLd er et kollektiv, hvor den enkelte musiker hele tiden presses til at yde sit bedste. Mark Solborg har skrevet fire af numrene. Han har en evne både som musiker og komponist til, at lave vedkommende og interessant nutidig jazz. De to andre musikere, Anders Banke på klarinet og sax og Peter Bruun på trommer kommunikerer perfekt med Meinberg og Solborg. Det er i det hele taget dejligt at moLd fastholder deres samarbejde år efter år. Her kan man så følge en musikalsk udvikling fra den første CD Republic of... fra 2002, som Christian Munch Hansen i 2007 udråbte til en af de vigtigste danske jazzplader der er udkommet i årene 1970-2007, til den ny Voodoo down jump, hvor kvartetten fastholder et musikalsk udtryk der både er krævende og givende - for lytterne og musikerne.
Niels Overgård- Jazznyt
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"..moLd is among the essential groups in the new Danish jazz... ripe with original musical ideas delivered with vitality.."
Information
" There are more ways of being radical, the direct and violent, and the more intersting: To compositionally twist and turn more conventional material.
Rotten in Rødby has a slightly mellow vibe - that relates to the traditional realm of Jazz: Horns, Jazzguitar and percussion en masse.. But beneath the album is haunted by a compositional demon, that can break through anytime.. in the beginning often just with a hint of crookedness in the thematic material - but slowly things willbe more more and more twisted in both barbaric and more cleverly and subtle manners
The album is an even greater listening experience than the debut album. Just as radical but in a more mature and wiser way.
Steffen B. Pedersen - Geiger.dk
Songqualität: *****
Interpretation: ****
Klang: ****
Nordische Klang
"... Mold's work, stylistically far-flung though it might be, seems perfectly natural... Together, they model an identifiable collective character. The solos are more than competent, certainly, but the individual personalities have less to do with the music's success than the band's commitment to developing an original group sound. "
Chris Kelsey - Jazztimes
JazzD'or 2005:
"You are tossed from hypnotic tensions like the ones in Miles Davis' "In a Silent Way" to Mats Gustafsons rock-energy an onwards to beautiful ballads.... Music that it is thorough and concentrated - the artists make a fabric of nobleness and tales, were the breeze from the horns make one unit.. a brave musical universe. A beautiful Jazz that seeks it's body and soul in the music of today. "
Velibor Colic - Dernieres Nouvelles d'Alsace
"The need to experiment and envent radiates from every single note.. ..beautiful grotesques that keep growing.. A significant and brave album that illustrates the energy and will-power of young Danish jazz.."
-Tine Godsk - Danish Radio.
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...an excellent release... Wildgrowing & extremely expressive... almost classical purity in Meinbergs interplay with Bankes beautiful clarinet on Solborg's Profet.
Boris Rabinowitsch, jazzcritic, Politiken
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Earlier quotes on concerts and the debut cd --
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" ..the group is a liberating proof on what music can be.." Gaffa.dk
**** "...soundscapes filled with melancholy - just lean back and enjoy the ride... discreet and secretive with a glimpse in the corner of the eye that suits the record very well... it's a blast and far out. Mark Solborg has written a large part of the music and is responsible for the cover too; a great Bauhaus-like collage with a liking of electric installations - thanks for that one."
Frederikke Davidsen-Bille, Soundvenue
" .. A very confident and fully developed group achievement.."
Jørgen Siegumfeldt, Jazzcritic, Jazzspecial DK
"Proven on stage: MOLD is among the country's most interesting ensembles within new experimental jazz.. Not many young bands within the young danish scene has acheieved such an outstanding collective identity - where the sum of the music is greater than the individual parts.."
Chr. Munch Hansen, jazzcritic, Information
"..I don't know if I dare label this a masterpiece, but I don't recall a jazz release that in it's beauty and horror both shocked me and moved me this deeply.." ..It is remarkable how originally all nine pieces has been concieved and brought to life." (Rewiev on "republic of..")
Boris Rabinowitsch, jazzcritic, Politiken
"Fabulous Danish/German quartet.. Mold is another unknown treasure that is certain to grow on you."
(Rewiev on "republic of..")
Downtown Music Gallery, New York
"..an impressive repertoire of sounds.. the quartet is in sovereign command of a spacial expression.."
Stuttgarter Zeitung
"..Great variety and virtuosity.."
Esslinger Zeitung