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Playing in Japan - May / June 2012
Nine gigs have been booked for our tour in Japan. This time we're visiting Tokyo, Chiba, Kyoto, Kobe, Yokohama, Kanazawa and Saitama, and the list is about twice as long as our last tour in December 2010. Great news for us as we love Japan immensely; can't wait to get there! |
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 Fire konserter i desember
Eple Trio (Andreas Ulvo, Sigurd Hole og Jonas Howden Sjøvaag) har de senere årene markert seg som en av Norges mest innovative og spennende trioer. Med tre plateutgivelser og en lang rekke konserter og festivalopptredener bak seg, har Eple Trio blitt et navn mange kjenner til. Musikken er blant annet preget av vakre melodier og klanger inspirert av norsk tradisjonsmusikk, og medlemmene i trioen har utviklet et helt spesielt samspill seg imellom over en periode på snart 10 år. På disse konsertene presenterer de sitt mest sakrale materiale i forbindelse med julehøytiden. Det er duket for en annerledes, stillferdig og stemningsfull førjulskonsert, der kirkerommets klanglige kvaliteter vil benyttes til fulle.
Datoene er som følger:
07. desember: Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo (19:30)
08. desember: Hov Kirke, Hov i Land (19:00)
09. desember: Herdahlsalen, Kongsvinger
15. desember: Øvre Rendalen Kirke, Rendalen (19:00)
Billetter til Kulturkirken Jakob kan kjøpes på billettservice.no
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Video from the shop where we made our newest t-shirts. Filmed and edited by Jonas H. Sjøvaag / supremeconnection.no. Music by Eple Trio: River Song II from the album In the Clearing / In the Cavern (2010). |
Liner notes
These two albums, “In the Clearing” and “In the Cavern”, were recorded during an intense week deep in the desolate forests of Sweden. When driving to the studio, the last leg of the journey is on a gravel road through dense vegetation, and although we noisily arrived in cars, we spotted a fox crossing the road, an eagle on territorial watch and some deer grazing lazily in the pine tree shadows. This set the mood for the week to come; a complete focus on music, playing and interaction, and thus an effort to expand our sound inspired by these wondrously calm surroundings. Influenced more than ever by Scandinavia - our nature, our cold, our summers and our wildlife - this is, in many ways, programme music and a tonal description of a part of the northern hemisphere. It all felt very natural to us when playing, so we experienced very little of the confusion, doubts and errors often associated with the recording process. Naturally we recorded several takes on many songs, but although these compositions rely either heavily or entirely on improvisation both in form and harmony, we recorded versions where the length of the take matched the previous version to the second. This is a very satisfying feeling when in the studio, as it means that we have developed a common sense of mood and time, and a level of precision that allows us to stop thinking and just play.
Jonas Howden Sjøvaag August 2010 |
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