Blåly
Bio
Blåly is a brand new trio motivated by the transformative and healing powers of music
Barbara Fiig, Timon Matern and Johan Kjær Houver stumbled into each other at the music education program at the Classical Music Conservatory RDAM as self-described ‘blue sheep’ of the jazz world. Their sound is rooted in collaboration and community, drawing on elements of musical poetry, jazz, folk, Nordic and Classical traditions.
A new beginning
Exploring themes of motherhood, new beginnings, mental health, identity, and the cathartic potential of music, their debut record is built around Fiig’s personal approach to the piano. Combining gentle lyrical melodies and colorful melancholic harmony, Blåly perform and interpret each piece with a mature, spacious and textural sound palette, ebbing and flowing between the composed and the improvised in a collective exchange of ideas and energy.
Driving drum grooves, hypnotic piano patterns and ethereal timbres from bowed double bass craft a stripped back sound world that is simple, immersive, honest, and captures the feeling of an intimate live performance.
This is Blåly
Regarding the name Blåly, the trio explains that it is a made up word open to interpretation. Derived from the word ‘ly’, meaning ‘shelter’ in Danish, the name Blåly is reflective of the shared feelings of safety and introspection the trio find in their music making and that they hope to impart onto their audience.
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Blåly | Nystalgi
Barbara Fiig | PianoTimon Matern | Drums Johan Kjær Houver | Double Bass 1.Nystalgi // Newstalgia2.Helt // Hero3.Afsked // Farewell4.Nat og dag // Night and Day5.Drømmen // The Dream6.Ly // Shelter7.Garnisons Kirkegård // Garnison Cemetary8.Forbundet // Connected9.Gro...