Om utgivelsen
Yûgen is a word that describes an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and powerful for words. It has also been called «mysterious grace», «subtle profundity» and the «beauty of the unseen». It doesn’t describe beauty itself, but describes the feeling that you have when you see something beautiful, or hear something profound. It’s felt with the heart, not seen with the eyes.
Yûgen is Marius Gjersø´s debut album as a solo artist. Before he started producing Yûgen, Gjersø traveled around Japan, where his encounter with Japanese culture, manners and aesthetics made a big impression. On his return to Norway, these impressions from the east remained very much alive for him, and became a major influence on the album. Nine soulful pieces of electroacoustic improvisation lay a perfect foundation for his exquisite trumpet lines. Combining improvisation with melodic, ambient and minimalistic electronics, he creates a musical space to really embrace.
These manifest through his carefully sculpted horn lines that swish and sway like a Samurai sword cutting its poetically precise way through the air. Backed with aching restraint by a softly thrumming quartet of cellist Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen, double bassist Sebastian Haugen, electric bassist Jo Berger Myhre, and guitarist Stian Larsen with occasional, muted beats, Gjersø also adds subtle static buzzes and fizzes that provide a gauzy lo-fi edge to the music. Yet, the sheer breathless beauty of Yûgen is indeed, hard to put into words.
Musikere
Marius Gjersø - Trumpet/Electronics/Composer/Producer
Stian Larsen - Guitar
Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen - Cello
Øystein Skar - Synth
Sebastian Haugen - Double Bass
Jo Berge Myhre - Co-Producer
Eivind Helgerød - Co-Producer
