Label: Nakama Records - NKM011

ドラマーのAndreas WildhagenとピアニストのKjetil Jerveを中心に2013年結成したノルウェーのカルテットAkmee。メンバー全員がオリジナルの楽曲をバンドに持ち込み、すべての楽器の音が浮遊するように演奏を行うという、ジョンコルトレーンの後期の作品及びタイトル"海王星"をイメージしたコンテンポラリージャズ。Nakama Recordsの作品は実験調でありつつもスッと入ってくる普遍的な気持ち良さがあります。

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Akmee is a Norwegian collaborative quartet formed in 2013 by drummer Andreas Wildhagen and pianist Kjetil Jerve. With only a handfull of concerts in Norway, Denmark and Germany, the band has been a ghost on the scene. Until now, it has been a group dedicated to practice and exploration. All of the musicians brings original music to the band - accurate, written out material, but with the intention to allow all parts to float between the different instruments. It is very much a collective sound where all players are equally important in shaping the music, drifting and stretching beyond control.

The title «Neptun» refers to the planet Neptune. Invisible to the naked eye, it was originally discovered through mathematical deduction after scientists noticed unexpected changes in the course of Uranus. It was named after the Roman god of the sea. In addition to being ruler of the liquid element, he was said to have tremendous power over our subconsciousness and emotions, which we ourselves still today have little understanding of. The title represents the unknown, stretching from the depths of the human mind and oceans on our planet, to distant space.

The album is partly inspired by author Jens Bjørneboe’s novel «Haiene» («The Sharks») and the latter period of John Coltrane’s music.