Scheduled to record their follow-up to 2018's "Eventyrer", Harald Lassen was set to lead his band to the studio. But then spring was cancelled. The world shut down.
But music, the internet and people have never been better friends than now.
LASSEN have replaced those delayed studio sessions with the release of "Ekstase tyvetyve", recorded during the band's last rehearsal.
It is a more subdued and patient form of ecstasy that the band conveys in 2020 in comparison to the 2018 version. "Ekstase tyvetyve" longs for what once was, but remains optimistic for what is yet to come. Relaxed, atmospheric and lyrical, with existential undertones. "The need to slow the pace feels urgent," Harald says of "Ekstase tyvetyve"
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Ekstase tyvetyve,
released April 30, 2020
Harald Lassen - saxophone, vocals, MidiMe, organ, songwriter
Tore Flatjord - drums, percussion
Stian Andreas Andersen - bass
Bram De Looze - piano, rhodes
Mix / recording: Magnus S. Nergaard, Flerbruket
Mastering: Karl Klaseie, Øra Mastering
Cover: Harald Lassen / Sondre Engesæth
Producer: Harald Lassen