Under the Surface - Miin Triuwa (vinyl)

Cat. no: JIMLP74751
Format: LP
Barcode: 608917475128
Release Date: 21 Oct 2022
Genre: Jazz

Improvisation, composition, language and culture meet, merge and infuence each other

Under The Surface knows no boundaries. On their extraordinary third album, the group refects on their own background and fnds their own "folk".After the group's frst two completely free-improvisation albums, Under The Surface (2017) and Trinity(2019), both nominated for an Edison, the nextstep for Under The Surface is a fully composed album: Miin Triuwa.

Under The Surface was formed in 2015 and since then the band has enjoyed a great deal of international success. Drummer Joost Lijbaart recognised the group's potential early on and organized more than 200 concerts in 25 countries on 4 continents: from Africa to South America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Inspired by their many travels and the cultures they encountered, the group developed a unique improvisation language thatcombines jazz, folk, ethnic and electronic music.

With Miin Triuwa, Under The Surface embarks on a new musical journey with compositions by guitarist Bram Stadhouders. He wrote a suite of eightpieces in which the characters and qualities of the band members are transcendent. The constantly changing improvisations that are so characteristic of the band are now captured in a powerful musical statement that showcases what the band stands for. Instead of traveling to other worlds, in this project the group looks inward and explores how their own roots infuence their music.

Under The Surface has a common drive to fnd the universal essence of different cultures. Thus, for this album the connection was made with theband's own "forgotten" language, Old Dutch. With the help of historical linguist Peter-Alexander Kerkhof and the Dutch Language Institute, Sanne Rambags carried out research and wrote beautiful lyrics for the album in Old Dutch. This is the language that was spoken in the Netherlands from circa 600 to 1150 CE and sounds similar to Gaelic and Icelandic. Below is a short excerpt from Track 3, "Fear and Trembling," from the album Miin Triuwa.

Tracks: Bure Thii Northwint / Samo Stark So The Dooth / Vrohta Endi Bivunga / Over Himila / Sunna Wiisheida / Reinon Githankon / Miin Triuwa / Thiin Stemma Skelle In Ewon

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