Klubb Blaendwerk: Kanaan & Ævestaden + Græns

Kanaan & Ævestaden:Langt, langt vekkTwo powerful young bands combine musical forces, with an altogether unique outcome.The psychedelic power trio Kanaan and the neo-folk innovators Ævestaden are bothamong Norway’s busiest and most critically lauded bands.With Langt, langt vekk (eng: far, faraway) the two bands have created asingular album. TraditionalNorwegian folk music and rock hasbeen combined several timesbefore, but nothing sounds like this.Kanaan contributes its members’jazz/psych background, rooted inimprovisation and jamming.Ævestaden’s modern folktronicautilizes several ancient traditionalinstruments, in addition to theincorporation of traditional Swedishfolk music. The result is somethingtruly groundbreaking, in where bothbands’ identities shines throughLangt, langt vekk serves up reworked old traditionals and psalms along with grand new compositions. It is courageous and both meditative and progressive. Furthermore, the album is impressively coherent, given the two band’s wildly different musical backgrounds. Fiddles, cow’s horn, kravik lyre, mouth harp, synths, harmonies, heavy guitars and a thundering rhythm section: Musically, it is impressively versatile, as well as consistently tasteful.KanaanKanaan has released four albums on Jansen Records since 2021, and the tally adds up to seven studio albums and one live album in total, since the band’s 2018 debut. The band came to prominence with psychedelic, jazz-inspired rock, but has gradually moved in a heavier direction, where their latest studio efforts have been labeled stoner rock. Kanaan consists of Eskild Myrvoll, Ask Vatn Strøm and Ingvald André Vassbø and in 2021 they won the Spellemann award (Norwegian Grammy) in the rock category.ÆvestadenÆvestaden is a neo-traditional folk trio, which combines ancient instruments and folk songs with electronic music in a cutting-edge and idiosyncratic sound. The bandconsists of Norwegian Eir Vatn Strøm (the sister of Kanaan’s Ask Vatn Strøm) andKenneth Lien, along with Swedish Levina Storåkern. They have received several awards for the albums Jag är sen igjen (a collaboration with Benedikt) and Solen var bättre där.GrænsGræns är utforskande musik - utan att vara svår. Ibland går det att dansa till den, ibland bara står du och flummar och undrar vad som händer, fast det samtidigt känns gött. Med inspiration från alla möjliga håll - svensk gammelpsyk, nordafrika och mellanöstern, the upsetter, autotune och experimentella utsvävningar. I våras släppte dom en ny 7a på det göteborgsbaserade bolaget Fauna. Den singeln pekade ut deras nya inriktning och dom medlemmar som nu utgör Græns. Under sommaren och hösten har de spelat runt i Sverige och GBG med omnejd - följ med vidare in i musiken och se vad som händer.