Turning Point
Adam Forkelid (piano), Niklas Fernqvist, Daniel Fredriksson, Carl Mörner Ringström
It’s music that returns the social function to jazz, where you sit down with friends have a chat, tune in and tune out of the music, which conveys an agreeable contemporary feel
Turning Point
Adam Forkelid (piano), Niklas Fernqvist, Daniel Fredriksson, Carl Mörner Ringström
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It’s music that returns the social function to jazz, where you sit down with friends have a chat, tune in and tune out of the music, which conveys an agreeable contemporary feel
About
Following the 2021 release '1st Movement', hailed by Swedish National Radio as one of the best of the year, Adam Forkelid's latest upcoming work, 'Turning Point', offers a contemporary Nordic mirror into the journey of life. The music represents a sonic exploration of life's inevitable changes that make up each of our personal stories. Written across a month and recorded in a single day, the record showcases a poignant fusion of the piano and guitar - a collaborative interplay central to the record's identity. His expansive palette of influence includes flavors borrowed from classical composers Satie and Chopin, Brazilian and Cuban rhythms, to Bill Frisell and Chick Corea. Blending the acoustic jazz idiom with hints of electricity and a distinctive Nordic touch infuses the album with soulful, albeit energetic allure self-described as 'New Nordic Jazz'. From the stark melancholic textures synonymous with the Nordic sound to euphoric highs, Forkelid's compositions are grounded in jazz's rich history of songwriting. Marrying lyrical, memorable melodies with deep grooves and high-octane virtuosic improvisations, the composer feels the role of his music is to 'to move people and give them something relatable, not being specifically forward looking or retrospective, but just to be here and now'.
Contents and tracklist
Side A
1. Turning Point
2. Strive
3. The Space Between
4. No Worries
Side B
1. Moving On
2. The Old House
3. No Man's Land
4. Fragments
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June 2024
It’s music that returns the social function to jazz, where you sit down with friends have a chat, tune in and tune out of the music, which conveys an agreeable contemporary feel