BABEL

A unique gathering of musicians infused with field recorded interviews in multiple languages.. Susana Santos Silva · trumpet & tape Francesco Bigoni · clarinet & tape Anders Banke · bass clarinet, clarinet, alto flute & tape Mark Solborg · guitar & electronics Simon Toldam · piano, keys & tape Peter Bruun · drums, percussion & tape ❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎ “ Danish master guitar player reminds us that all hope is not lost .. Here the emotions are not just on the outside, they are blown out through the instruments and encloses the listener.” – David Dyrholm, Politiken (DK) Best Jazz on Bandcamp, November 2023 ” I have been unable to stop listening to BABEL. It has its hooks in me deep.” – Dave Sumner ★★★★★ “Masterpiece. Musically awesome, visually over the top. ..Ambitious Mark Solborg builds his own BABEL - Ivan Rod, Gaffa (DK) Nominated to a Danish Music Award Jazz, Jazzcomposer of the year 2024. A compositional investigation of musical languages and conversation. Is the myth of BABEL about God creating communicative discord to control man, or was the intent to nurture fertile diversity? A disruption of a self-perpetuating echo chamber, to stimulate a more varied and complex perspective of the world. Maybe she wanted to show us that we will find strength to solve the problems of the planet in each others differences and multiple talents, not in uniformity and polarisation? With his multilingual Danish/Argentinian background, travels, work and studies all over the world Solborg has experienced how the words, our idioms and mother tongues are deeply connected with our view of ourselves and the way we resonate with the surrounding world. In BABEL he seeks to investigate, illustrate and raise awareness of the continuous cross-cultural inter humane debate. A conversation that becomes increasingly important if we are to solve the challenges of our society and species. BABEL is based on Solborg’s TUNGEMÅL (meaning idiom or tongue) platform concerned with the guitar as a voice in contemporary chamber musical contexts. With this comprehensive project Solborg wishes to elaborate the intimate listening experience, and develop methods and tools for the creative work at hand. An extensive artistic study and qualifying awareness of the modern guitar in interplay with acoustic instruments, and the musical spaces they inhabit. In this next adventure solborgs music is handled by a wonderful and starry gathering of some of scandinavias finest musicians. 18 additional interviewed voices, speaking in multiple languages, are integrated into the rich textures of the music, creating a warm and unique garden of fables. Contemporary musical conversations like you’ve never heard it before. Meet Solborg and The Babelonians online, live or order the double 180g vinyl + extended booklet package for an exclusive experience. Enjoy!

Released

November 17, 2023

Length

51:58