New Album Out!

Today, we’re happy to announce the debut release of the chamber trio HANDS, featuring:
Almut Kühne · voice
Francesco Bigoni · clarinet & motion-controlled processing
Mark Solborg · guitar & electronics

special guest:
Axel Dörner · trumpet & electronics

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Danish author K.E. Løgstrup writes:“We never have anything to do with another human being without holding something of their life in our hands.”

Hands remain humanity’s primary physical interface with the world. With them, we act, create, and make physical contact with one another: we caress, strike, kill, signal, give, receive, conduct - and much more.In a world where many people interact without ever being physically present together, we want to highlight the deeper and more nuanced communication that emerges when we see, touch, and hear one another in the same space.

HANDS contains both fully composed works and structured improvisations. Drawing on compositions, texts, and concepts by all participants, the group explores the relationship between movement and sound. An intense contemporary chamber musical expression that crosses genres, coloured by Kühne’s exceptional voice and surgical precision, Bigoni’s motion-controlled processing, and Solborg’s prepared 6- and 12-string guitars.

With this release, we invite you into a unique musical expression: 13 contrapuntal works across three EPs - mesmerising and intense pieces from both studio sessions and live performances, accompanied by short films.HANDS offers beauty, humour, and edge for both newcomers and specialists alike.

The album is released on ILK Music and unfolds in three EP-sized volumes:
Vol. 1 presents studio recordings from the island of Møn, Denmark.
Vol. 2 contains two larger live works recorded at KoncertKirken in Copenhagen.
Vol. 3 features a guest appearance by legendary German trumpeter Axel Dörner, recorded live at LOFT during Cologne Jazzweek 2024.

We’ve also included a short film from the studio sessions by the fabulous Fredrik Auster.

Enjoy!

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Buy the CD or pre-order the vinyl via the ILK webshop or Bandcamp, or listen on your preferred streaming service:https://orcd.co/handsalbum
The Album will be up at Sleeve shortly.

Join us live to celebrate the release at KoncertKirken on July 10 as part of Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2026.

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Studio sessions recorded by John Fomsgaard, Møn
Live at KoncertKirken recorded by Mads Killerich
Live at LOFT recorded by Stefan Deistler

Mixed by August Wanngren, John Fomsgaard, and Mark Solborg
Mastered by Sofia von Hage and Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering
Cover photos, layout, and artwork by Mark Solborg
Video by Fredrik Auster
Produced by Mark Solborg & HANDS

Special thanks to Bee Brown, everyone at Cologne Jazzweek, LOFT, and KoncertKirken.

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This album and general activities have been supported by Statens Kunstfond, Koda, Augustinus Foundation, Dansk Kapelmesterforening, Dansk Musiker Forbund - DMF, Jazz Danmark, Neustart, Birgitte Tovborg Jensen at the The Royal Danish Embassy Berlin and Goethe-Institut Dänemark.Thank you!