Year: 2009
Time: 53:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 123,5 MB
Art: Front
(4:21) 1. Enigma
(5:34) 2. The Light Up Ahead
(5:21) 3. Eternal Three
(4:21) 4. Tidal Wave
(6:00) 5. Black Amy
(4:22) 6. Valentine
(6:02) 7. Into Your Heart
(5:24) 8. Tools And Rules
(4:24) 9. Seeds Of Summer
(4:28) 10. Transparent
(3:25) 11. Good At Goodbyes
Agony & Ecstacy is Malene Mortensen’s fi"h release. Her 2003 debut, Paradise, was produced by Niels Lan Doky, andKasper Villaume produced DATE WITH A DREAM from
2005.She recorded and released MALENE in 2006 with Chris Doky producing, and in the holiday season of 2007, she released TO ALL OF YOU, produced by Søren Siegumfeldt. Each album is the result of a unique collaboration between
Malene, the session musicians and the producer, and eachalbum has its own unique atmosphere.
However, at 27, with a lot of studio experience behind her, Malene decided to take control of her new recording. No outside produ-cers, no guest musicians. Instead she took her road band into the recording studio to expand on their inspiring concert work.
Since 2007 the personnel in Malene’s band has consisted of four friends from Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Conservatory: Carl Mörner-Ringström (guitar), Magnus Hjorth (piano), Petter Eldh (bass) and Snorre Kirk (drums). Together they have play-ed over 100 concerts in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany,Britain, France, Poland, and not least in Asia. It has been an intense development and the inspiration for this recording.
Malene’s repertoire has always included her own music and in part her own lyrics, but where her earlier releases also fea-tured well-known jazz standards and jazzed-up rock and pop songs, all tunes on Agony & Ecstacy are originals writtenby Malene herself or in collaboration with Carl or Magnus.Malene’s sound has taken a twist away from acoustic standard jazz towards something more electric an update of the jazz/rock fusion of the early 1980’s.
Fortunately, this cool, enticing, energetic and spellbindingmusic will raise the eyebrows of some jazz puritans, but it will also fascinate the rest of us. Audiences unaccustomed to jazz will love the interplay, the great solos, the guitar riffs and Malene’s virtuosic voice and musicality.
Agony & Ecstacy makes it clear that Malene Mortensen can write, and that she composes melodies that stay in your ears long after the tune is over. Her vocals have the con-viction and courage that give the songs a personal sound and carry emotions from Agony & Ecstacy. These are songs from a hard-working artist, continuously pursuing her own path.
http://www.malenemortensen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/09.-AE-engelsk-kopi-.pdf
Personnel: Malene Mortensen (voc), Carl Mörner Ringström (g), Magnus Hjorth (p, keys), Petter Eldh (b), Snorre Kirk (d, perc).
However, at 27, with a lot of studio experience behind her, Malene decided to take control of her new recording. No outside produ-cers, no guest musicians. Instead she took her road band into the recording studio to expand on their inspiring concert work.
Since 2007 the personnel in Malene’s band has consisted of four friends from Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Conservatory: Carl Mörner-Ringström (guitar), Magnus Hjorth (piano), Petter Eldh (bass) and Snorre Kirk (drums). Together they have play-ed over 100 concerts in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany,Britain, France, Poland, and not least in Asia. It has been an intense development and the inspiration for this recording.
Malene’s repertoire has always included her own music and in part her own lyrics, but where her earlier releases also fea-tured well-known jazz standards and jazzed-up rock and pop songs, all tunes on Agony & Ecstacy are originals writtenby Malene herself or in collaboration with Carl or Magnus.Malene’s sound has taken a twist away from acoustic standard jazz towards something more electric an update of the jazz/rock fusion of the early 1980’s.
Fortunately, this cool, enticing, energetic and spellbindingmusic will raise the eyebrows of some jazz puritans, but it will also fascinate the rest of us. Audiences unaccustomed to jazz will love the interplay, the great solos, the guitar riffs and Malene’s virtuosic voice and musicality.
Agony & Ecstacy makes it clear that Malene Mortensen can write, and that she composes melodies that stay in your ears long after the tune is over. Her vocals have the con-viction and courage that give the songs a personal sound and carry emotions from Agony & Ecstacy. These are songs from a hard-working artist, continuously pursuing her own path.
http://www.malenemortensen.dk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/09.-AE-engelsk-kopi-.pdf
Personnel: Malene Mortensen (voc), Carl Mörner Ringström (g), Magnus Hjorth (p, keys), Petter Eldh (b), Snorre Kirk (d, perc).
Agony & Ecstacy