In our home stands a pump organ – a gift from a dear friend. I love playing it, and so do my children. One of the pedals was broken and the whole thing was covered in dust. My daughter and I worked together to repair and clean it – a small adventure for the two of us.
Several of the compositions on this CD were brought to life on the pump organ. At times, it felt like making wine – slowly pressing out the essence, step by step. One thing I quickly discovered is that a pump organ is an ergonomic disaster. But that has its benefits: I can’t sit and pump through my ideas for too long. You have to stay sharp and make quick decisions – for the sake of your back, and to know which ideas are worth following. You don’t want to press too far in the wrong direction and end up with a slipped disc…
As you can tell, the pump organ is deeply connected to Resonance, in more ways than one. That’s why it felt only natural for it to open the CD with a brief introduction to Beardland – much of which was composed on that very instrument. Enjoy!
– Peter Danemo 2004
- Beardland
- Motvals
- Blåbärsharmoni
- To A Redbricked House
- Samspel I
- Kontrarytm
- Samspel II
- Resonans-Trä
- She Would Never Dream Of
- Seven Of Nine
- Calm
- Wallgren
- Resonans-Mässing
- Try This For Size
- Resonans-Sträng
All compositions and arrangements by Peter Danemo, except track 4 by Peter Danemo/Marie Almqvist and track 9 by Marie Almqvist and track 5, 7 that is collective improvisations by the players.
Staffan Svensson – trumpet, piccola trumpet, flugelhorn
Thomas Cauderey – trumpet, flugelhorn
Peter Dahlgren – trombone
Per ”Texas” Johansson – clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
Cennet Jönsson – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Fredrik Lundin – tenor saxphone, soprano saxophone, flute, bass flute
Krister Jonsson – guitar
Mattias Svensson – acoustic and electric bass
Peter Danemo – drums, percussion and pump organ
Guest’s
Marie Almqvist – vocals (track 4, 9)
Krister Gustavsson – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 2, 5, 6)
Recorded 15-16 January 2004 at Varispeed Studios, Klågerup
and 3 June 2004 Swedish Radio, Malmö
Executive Producer Ulf Rådelius
Recording engineer Hans Larsson
Assistant recording engineer Bosse Christiansson
Mastering: Stage Tech, Malmö
Cover Photo: Erik Nilsson
Layout: dB-Productions