Mesmerizer, by Selvhenter

Mesmerizer

by Selvhenter

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Daniel Welsch Für eine Band mit zwei Schlagzeugerinnen und einer Posaunistin, die ihr Spiel mit einem Bassverstärker verfremdet, schleichen sich Selvhenter überraschend leichtfüßig an die Hörer*innen heran.

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Daniel Lind Selvhenter is one of the most interesting bands/constellations of the Öresund area, and I am glad they are releasing full-length material again! Not as fierce as their earlier records. Instead, focus is directed towards polyrhythmic complexity. The compositions are generally sparser, even though the growling density typical of their earlier music sometimes also makes appearances (e.g. Connoisseur). A great collection of tracks, and one of the records of the year for me.

stinepine Mesmerizing! Just fantastic :)

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2.	Jhaptal 01:32	buy track
3.	Connoisseur 05:30	buy track
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about

Going past musical genres and instead straight towards something more elemental - Selvhenter’s music creates a strikingly direct, physical experience of sound composed of polyrhythms, acoustic and electric melodies, heavy music and improvised beauty.

Since forming in Copenhagen in 2010, drummers Jaleh Negari and Anja Jacobsen, saxophonist Sonja LaBianca and trombonist Maria Bertel have forged a unique approach to making music that starts with their instrumental setup: two drummers that interlock as frequently as they go their own way, a trombone put through a bass amplifier loud enough to rattle your chest and a saxophone put through a range of effects so that it often sounds unrecognisable. Selvhenter work within their own idiom, drawing from the individual players’ personalities and interests to make a highly collective music, where all four musicians are absorbed into a total sound where an improvised free jazz approach collides with experimental electronic music and avant-garde noise/post-punk sonorities.

Their new LP 'Mesmerizer' - which marks their first physical album release in nearly a decade and their debut on the French label Hands in the Dark - carries forward this process of exploration, deploying original and complex patterns of rhythm through various percussive instruments and finely textured horns and synths. The attention to sonic details is also almost pushed to an extreme on this new offering, making the open auditory adventure suggested by the title of the album all the more captivating. These creative developments have brilliantly kept Selvhenter’s music alive to new uncharted moods and possibilities, while at the same time strengthening their core elements: a propulsive, dense and often ecstatic music.

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released June 23, 2023

Recorded at The Village Recording
Mixing by Anders Bach
Mastering by Stephan Mathieu
Cut by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich
Artwork by Brenna Murphy

Released with support from the Danish Arts Foundation, Jazz Danmark and Koda's Cultural Funds

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Selvhenter Copenhagen, Denmark

The noise free rock band Selvhenter is based in Copenhagen.

Selvhenter's music consists of strong polyrhythmic patterns from the two drummers while the horns intertwine in heavy riffs, pop-like melodies and textures of sound manipulated by the use of effect pedals.

Selvhenter founded the art collective and record label Eget Værelse (a room of one’s own): www.egetvaerelse.dk ... more

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