Curacao+red marbled vinyl LP. Inside out sleeve, polylined inner sleeve. NB: this vinyl color is a mockup only. The real deal will look hella cool, but also probably a bit different.
Includes digital pre-order of Tell Us.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 3, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
€26EURor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Black vinyl LP. Inside out sleeve, polylined inner sleeve.
Includes digital pre-order of Tell Us.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 3, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
€24EURor more
Streaming + Download
Pre-order of Tell Us. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
Purchasable with gift card
releases May 3, 2024
€7EUR or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD edition with flawless audio quality and glossy cardboard digisleeve.
Includes digital pre-order of Tell Us.
You get 1 track now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
The Swedish quartet Goran Kajfeš Tropiques share their new music We Jazz Records on May 3rd. Tell Us, an album consisting of three long pieces composed by the group, is "slow music" to the bone, a deep body of work utilising the language of jazz as its core mode of communication but echoing way beyond. The quartet is expanded with strings, adding wings to the music and helping it lift off the ground in a personal, highly engaging manner.
The Tropiques quartet consists of Goran Kajfeš (trumpet, synthesizer), Alexander Zethson (piano, organ, synthesizer), Johan Berthling (acoustic bass) and Johan Holmegard (drums) – each a key member in the Swedish creative music scene, with experience from groups such as Dungen, Ghosted, Fire!, Gard Nilssen's Supersonic Orchestra, Oddjob, plus many more, including Goran Kajfeš's own Suptropic Arkestra. Their music, groove based and connected to the tradition of "minimalism" has at times been called "hypno-jazz". Tropiques initially came together in 2011 when Kajfeš was commissioned to compose and perform music to a performance by the Swedish modern dance company Vindhäxor. Since then, the group has evolved in its own ways and independently from, yet informed by, their origins. That is, the experience of creating music together with a strong sense of movement.
All three compositions on Tell Us expand on what the Tropiques have done before, building around their signature style and its spacey texture and rooting the musical narrative in strong melody, rolling groove and their collective limitless urge for sonic exploration. As the opener "Unity In Diversity" goes to show, Tropiques's compositions are like flowers opening slowly, each element and layer growing out of what has come before, in a constantly surprising manner. This music, then, becomes the perfect antidote for the quick-fix eye candy rolling down your smartphone screen. This music will take its time, but it'll also create new dimensions with each second as it unfolds.
RIYL: Alice Coltrane, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Pharoah Sanders, Laraaji, "Crescent" era John Coltrane, Swedish psychedelic music, "Kosmische Musik"
credits
releases May 3, 2024
Goran Kajfeš - trumpet, synthesizer
Alexander Zethson - piano, organ, synthesizer
Johan Berthling - acoustic bass
Johan Holmegard - drums
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Josefin Runsteen - violin
Leo Svensson Sander - cello
All music by Tropiques
String arrangements by Josefin Runsteen and Leo Svensson Sander
Recorded at Studio Rymden by Daniel Bengtson
Additional recordings at Kajfeš Elektrika
Mixed by Daniel Ögren
Mastered by Juho Luukkainen
Vinyl cut by JSA at Timmion Cutting
Design by Matti Nives
GORAN KAJFEŠ TROPIQUES LIVE / SPRING 2024
11.4. Victoriateatern, Malmö, SE
12.4. Montmartre, Copenhagen, DK
13.4. Montmartre, Copenhagen, DK
18.4. Rörane Studio, Rörane, SE
19.4. Victoria, Oslo, NO
20.4. Folk, Gothenburg, SE *SOLD OUT*
21.4. UKK, Uppsala, SE
25.5. Fasching, Stockholm, SE
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