About
Winners of two Danish Music Awards Jazz in 2019 (New Artist of the Year and Composer of the Year), Svaneborg Kardyb are bringing their ever-evolving sound to the audience of Control on Thursday, May 7. The Danish duo, Nikolaj Svaneborg (keys) and Jonas Kardyb (drums, percussion) craft intricate, cyclical compositions that balance introspective warmth with an underlying sense of movement. Jazz-tinged minimalism that drifts between contemplation and momentum, where soft Wurlitzer swells and crisp percussion ripple like echoes in still water. Their latest album, "Superkilen", is named after a public park in the ethnically diverse Nørrebro district of Copenhagen. Its title feels emblematic of their music, which, equally inventively, creates space and serenity as a tonic within the tense and cluttered environment of 2020's living. In the same way that the regeneration project has that neighbourhood, Svaneborg Kardyb have drawn on that positive energy to help instigate changes in their own music. Nikolaj Svaneborg says that his gentle, silky style on the keys derives from the Young Chang model he learnt on as a child at home. "With instrumental music," he reflects, "there are no words, so there
About
Winners of two Danish Music Awards Jazz in 2019 (New Artist of the Year and Composer of the Year), Svaneborg Kardyb are bringing their ever-evolving sound to the audience of Control on Thursday, May 7. The Danish duo, Nikolaj Svaneborg (keys) and Jonas Kardyb (drums, percussion) craft intricate, cyclical compositions that balance introspective warmth with an underlying sense of movement. Jazz-tinged minimalism that drifts between contemplation and momentum, where soft Wurlitzer swells and crisp percussion ripple like echoes in still water. Their latest album, "Superkilen", is named after a public park in the ethnically diverse Nørrebro district of Copenhagen. Its title feels emblematic of their music, which, equally inventively, creates space and serenity as a tonic within the tense and cluttered environment of 2020's living. In the same way that the regeneration project has that neighbourhood, Svaneborg Kardyb have drawn on that positive energy to help instigate changes in their own music. Nikolaj Svaneborg says that his gentle, silky style on the keys derives from the Young Chang model he learnt on as a child at home. "With instrumental music," he reflects, "there are no words, so there