“The well is far from empty,” says Bremer. It’s subtle music that sustains feelings for much longer than you’d imagine possible, a freedom inspired by musicians like Jan Johansson, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis. That’s the message of the title track, and it might as well be the message of the whole album because that’s clearly the state of mind McCoy and Bremer were in when they were recording: Open. You’ll find it by waiting and staying open to the world. And although the track doesn’t have lyrics, it carries a message, directly from McCoy to you: You won’t find the meaning of life by chasing answers. McCoy wrote the title track, Natten, while watching the sun set in Sweden. It’s true for the first single, Mit hjerte, which means “My heart” in Danish, and tells thestory of meeting a person who opens new depths in oneself. Some of these tracks reference specific experiences that the duo has had, which can almost be intuited as you’re listening. If this is starting to sound like a soundtrack, then maybe there’s something to that. Music for putting your hand into a pebbly stream, music for walking into traffic. It offers us theĬhance to see what’s around us as beautiful. And while that’s one way to experience Natten, there’s also another, which has more to do with immersion. To call it escapist-the music might be a reprieve from our busy lives. Natten, which means “The Night” in Danish, draws inspiration from the end of day, that regenerative time under the constellations when our lives look different. So the album ranges from tracks where you can hear everything that’s going on, to tracks that take us further out.” “It’s certainly our most cosmic album,” says McCoy. This is the pattern: Feeling grounded and then using that solid foundation to launch to greater heights. “This allows us to venture further out than ever before, because we know that things typically fall into place.” “We felt a greater freedom this time around because we now have a much deeper understanding and grounding in what we’re doing,” says Bremer. When they write music, they aim for direct transmission-idea straight to composition. That’s why they go through the trouble of carrying their own equipment, and it’s why they record analog. That might seem like a lot of effort for a quiet Danish duo, but for Bremer/McCoy, making music is all about what happens in the room. It’s hard to imagine that that’s how they started when you listen to the ethereal sounds they make now, but the influence becomes clearer when you see them live: they insist on traveling with their own sound system. McCoy and the bassist Jonathan Bremer started making music together back in 2012 when they were still in school. Tells you everything about the feeling and nothing about the sound. Pure gratitude for simply being, without all kinds of jibber-jabber filling my thoughts.” A sentiment that “When it works for me,” says pianist Morten McCoy, “it’s pure meditation, pure prayer. Bremer/McCoy recorded straight to tape so that they had as little time as possible to think about it. What were they up to? Nobody could tell-not even them.
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