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Akmee: Sacrum Profanum (Nakama Records)

"Sacrum Profanum is the follow-up to Akmee's first album Neptun (2018), and releaseas as CD, LP and digital download. All members of the band contributed with compositions for this recording session which was done in Toyen Kirke, a chur...
 

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Personnel:



Erik Kimestad Pedersen-trumpet

Kjetil Jerve-piano

Erlend Olderskog Albertsen-bass

Andreas Wildhagen-drums


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Label: Nakama Records
Catalog ID: NKM021CD
Squidco Product Code: 36236

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2022
Country: Norway
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded in Toyen Kirke, in Oslo, Norway, on May 27th, 2018, by Ingar Hunskaar.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"Sacrum Profanum is the follow-up to Akmee's first album Neptun (2018), and releaseas as CD, LP and digital download. All members of the band contributed with compositions for this recording session which was done in Toyen Kirke, a church in Oslo that is also known for providing a meeting place for people in difficult situations, be it in the need of a religious/spiritual connection or simply food to fill their stomachs. The quartet was drawn there by the rumors of a good sounding grand piano in a wooden church room, and the curiosity to play in a different acoustic situation. The result is both in and out of this world.

Although Akmee's sound world can appear floating and abstract, the music often involves melodic and rhythmic counterpoint as a starting point to be stretched out in improvisation. Other times it can be repetative and trance-like, these characteristics resulting in a sound that is at the same time technical, emotional and spiritual, depending on the listeners involvement and personality, and the performers' individual and collective creativity in the given moment. The members have a strong connection between each other and are discovering a lot musically, but the band has no commercial potential or value. Freedom! You are welcome to listen, come to a concert or fuck off - as you please! The quartet wishes you the best anyways!"-Nakama Records


Artist Biographies

Erik Kimestad Pedersen is a Copenhagen-based trumpeter, known for the groups Akmee, Horse Orchestra, JKA Quintet, MMO-Ensemble, RødssalG nEEn GlassdøR.

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/4322243-Erik-Kimestad-Pedersen)
5/12/2025

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"Kjetil Jerve was Born in Ålesund, Norway on August 28th, 1988.

Raised by a family of five in the same town.

Played recorder for one year at age 6, and started taking piano lessons the year after. Age 8 was the first on clarinet in the local school ensemble (Åse Skolekorps).

After finishing high school at Fagerlia VGS and 11 years at Ålesund Kulturskole (the local music school, as nearly seen in the picture), it was all about Sund Folk College on Inderøya and its jazz department.

Age 20 brought Trondheim's Jazz Department "Jazzlinja" at NTNU, and after two years Jazz and Improvisation Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.

He is currently doing a master degree at The Norwegian Academy of Music in improvisational music and jazz."

-Kjetil Jerve Website (http://www.kjetiljerve.com/b-i-o.html)
5/12/2025

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"Erlend Olderskog Albertsen is a bassist and saxophonist in the jazz miljeau of Norway, Oslo. He is currently playing in groups such as: Filosofer, AKmEE, Kristo ff er Eikrem Kvintett, Avatar, Espen Jørgensen Bjarnar Trio, as well as doing his own project "rødssalG nEEn Glassdør".

Erlend is also teaching the bass, focusing on jazz, improvisation and interplay. He believes that everyone that has a keen interest, can learn the art of making music."

-Erlend Olderskog Albertsen Website (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e66816b3db2b1dd11677bb/t/583fe34b440243a9c93a9e19/1480581965440/English+Cv%2C+Erlend+Albertsen+November+2016.pdf)
5/12/2025

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"Andreas Wildhagen was raised in Oslo and attended the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2012, earning his Masters degree in 2014. He is a sought-after jazz drummer and participates on a series of records with bands like like Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Nakama, Lana Trio, Momentum, Jonas Cambien Trio, and Mopti. He has released a solo drum album in 2016 on the Nakama Records label, No Right No Left"

5/12/2025

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Track Listing:



1. Zolty 5:11

2. Ciemnosc 8:42

3. Dziewiec 6:10

4. Zgorzknienie 5:24

5. Winieta 1:13

6. Rozpacz 6:46

7. Fraktal 2:11

8. Dzwiek 6:22

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Improvised Music
Jazz
Free Improvisation
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
Quartet Recordings

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