{"title":"Rymden","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"valleys-and-mountains","title":"Valleys and Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter their previous excursions into the outer cosmos - the highly acclaimed studio albums 'Reflections and Odysseys', 'Space Sailors' and the powerful live album 'Rymden+Kork' - Rymden have returned to Earth with their new album, \"Valleys and Mountains\" However, as one might expect from the trio of Bugge Wesseltoft, Magnus Ostrom and Dan Berglund, the music is not strictly earthbound - the inner cosmos, dreams and visions offer new spaces to explore, alongside bucolic rambles and treks. The instrumentation and techniques are once again diversified, the styles multiplied; yet all remains indisputably the music of Rymden. There is a dual sense of nostalgia and hope for the future, a feeling of rediscovery replacing loss. There is an awareness of the natural world and our place within it, the part it plays in our lives, and how our lives are simply part of something greater than ourselves. The homages to the natural world all share a childlike quality, a sense of joyful exuberance and freedom, unshackled from our materialistic digital world and its endless bombardment of unnecessary (dis\/mis)-information. For example, \"The Hike\" (by Wesseltoft) captures the many moods that excursions into natural landscapes create - the moments of revelation and wonder, exhaustion and replenishment - and features John Scofield on guitar, purposefully meandering wherever the path may lead. \"A Walk in The Woods\" and \"The Mountain\" (both by Ostrom) have a sprightly lightness that echoes Vince Guaraldi. The music does not seek to emulate nature's grandeur, but an gives an unequivocal yet humble expression of admiration for it. \"Ro\" (by Wesseltoft) is a meditative ballad, gently shuffling, sparingly decorated, filled with the tranquillity of its title.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jazzland","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50431948063051,"sku":"2053853","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50431948489035,"sku":"2053873","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0687437795800_bb899ff8_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1726861280"},{"product_id":"space-sailors","title":"Space Sailors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRymden\u003c\/strong\u003e - pianist Bugge Wesseltoft, bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Öström - have launched their second mission, \u003cem\u003eSpace Sailors\u003c\/em\u003e. It is the perfect sequel to 2019's \u003cem\u003eReflections and Odysseys\u003c\/em\u003e, their highly acclaimed debut that spawned an equally acclaimed series of live performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe trio have taken the dynamics, textures, moods, and perfect blend of subtle detailing and big sonic gestures to new levels, and have picked up new elements of 60s psychedelia and punk energy along the way. The prog and fusion elements you already know and expect are still here, but with different colours and markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a more diverse sonic palette, with electronic keyboards and various effects coming further into play, there would be a danger of the trio becoming reliant upon the trickery these things afford, but instead they are perfect garnishes to Rymden's musical recipe of core compositions rich in melody, deep exploratory soloing, and musical elaborations and in-the-moment re-imaginings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd although each member has their (almost perfectly equal) share of individual composer credits, the overall signature is clearly Rymden. The special 2CD edition includes a bonus CD with 8 live recordings from Sweden in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jazzland","offers":[{"title":"CD | x2","offer_id":50464226279755,"sku":"1108544","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50464229032267,"sku":"1099865","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50464229523787,"sku":"1099866","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7f09023b-1666-4b92-b177-f3a3617fb392_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727271780"},{"product_id":"rymden-kork","title":"Rymden + Kork","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince forming in 2018 Rymden has established itself as one of the leading piano trios to ever emerge from the Nordic Jazz scene. All three members bring with them long-confirmed and lauded histories as innovators in jazz: Berglund and ?str?m via the Esbj?rn Svensson Trio and their own projects (Tonbruket and Magnus ?str?m Band respectively); Wesseltoft via his New Conception of Jazz and other projects. Now, after several albums and many concerts, they meet KORK, an orchestra capable of responding to the trifold creative power that Rymden vigorously generates. KORK, for over three-quarters of a century has followed its own musical curiosity across genres, from \"standard\" orchestral repertoire, both classical and contemporary, to jazz, rock, and pop. Through close association with NRK, KORK has been heard across the world through its participation in the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert and the Eurovision Song Contests in 1986 and 1996. The combination of Rymden and KORK brings even greater contrast to music that already had its fair share of light and shade and brings a broader textural palette that enriches and defamiliarizes the compositions. These new arrangements expand on their source material, creating a different musical world without sacrifice of its original spirit. The compositions, already filled with drama or meditative passages, menace or light-hearted humour, rhythmic drive or fragmentary expression, are repainted, sometimes with the lightest of nuanced touches, other times with densely layered maximalism. Where the collaboration of RYMDEN and KORK may have been unexpected for some, the perfect alignment of the results suggest that it was inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jazzland","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50831157494091,"sku":"2217058","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_7b5ce4c8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1731557142"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/rymden.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}