The single "Up To The Sun Shall Go Your Heartache" announces Kim Myhr’s upcoming album “Sympathetic Magic”, August 19th. Sympathetic Magic is an ecstatic, delirious, and deeply touching piece of music; a towering new work in Kim Myhr’s increasingly substantial output as an artist and composer.

"Up To The Sun Shall Go Your Heartache, which is a line taken from an ancient Indian healing ritual, is a dream of utopian positivity and ecstatic collectivity."
-Kim Myhr

Kim Myhr: electric 6- and 12-string guitars, organ, bass,
synthesizers, voice, drum machine and compositions
Hans Hulbækmo: drum set, percussion
Michaela Antalová: drum set, percussion
Ingar Zach: gran cassa, timpani, percussion, vibrating speakers
Adrian Myhr: bass, additional electric 6- and 12-string
electric guitars
Anja Lauvdal: additional organ and synthesizers
Håvard Volden: additional 6- and 12-string electric guitars
David Stackenäs: additional 6- and 12-string electric guitars

Mixed by Kyrre Laastad at Øra Studio Trondheim, September-October 2021
Mastered by Doug Henderson at micro-moose-berlin, December 2021
Cover photo: Cleo Wächter/Tebbe Schöningh
Cover design: Aslak Gurholt (Yokoland)

Up To The Sun Shall Go Your Heartache

Kim Myhr: "Up To The Sun Shall Go Your Heartache" from upcoming "Sympathetic Magic"

“Gifting Senselessly In Endless Lavishness” is the second single out from Kim Myhr’s upcoming album “Sympathetic Magic”, an ecstatic, delirious, and deeply touching piece of music; a towering new work in Kim Myhr’s increasingly substantial output as an artist and composer. 

“Gifting Senselessly In Endless Lavishness” is a title taken from a book by Bojana Kunst. The music is very generous, almost indulgent. The first thing I wrote on the piece was the organ intro, I wanted to make something ecstatic and soulful, and the rest of the song flowed naturally into different sections. Working with an RnB drum beat like that was a first for me. It’s a very grounded quality that gives a good contrast to the undulating waves of 12-string guitar harmonics.” - Kim Myhr

Gifting Senselessly In Endless Lavishness

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Kim Myhr: "Gifting Senselessly In Endless Lavishness" from upcoming "Sympathetic Magic"

Stein Urheim: Sound - from the upcoming album Downhill Uplift

Erlend Apneseth: Du Fallande Jord - taken from the upcoming album Fragmentarium

Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Oh Gorge - taken from the upcoming album Many

Track title: I Caught A Glimps Of The Sea Trough The Leafy Boughs Of The Pines (excerpt)

Kim Myhr & Australian Art Orchestra announce new album due for release on April 17: Vesper 

Recorded live as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival in June 2018, 'Vesper' is guitarist/composer Kim Myhr’s collaboration with the world-renowned Australian Art Orchestra, led by Peter Knight. A long-form, immersive work consisting of three movements that add up to a combined running time of just under one hour, it further demonstrates Myhr’s masterly command of complex musical resources and extended duration. ‘Vesper’ - which means “evening” in classical Latin - also reunites Myhr with drummer and percussionist Tony Buck, of Australia’s legendary improv trio The Necks. Buck was one of the three guest drummers featured on Myhr’s acclaimed Hubro recording ‘You | me’, shortlisted for the 2018 Nordic Music Prize alongside Bjørk and Susanne Sundfør.

"I had been thinking for a while to do a night piece”, Kim Myhr says about the genesis of ‘Vesper'. "The music I’ve listened to the most, and which is perhaps the closest to me, is the music that I listen to in the hour before going to bed, when the tempo is a bit slower, and the expectations of the day are fading. Daniel Lanois talked about how they recorded Bob Dylan’s 'Oh Mercy' only in the night-time, because musicians tend to be more patient and relaxed then, and even play a few bpms slower. Although this is a nice idea, I was more focused on the music itself rather than the methodology. What interested me was the private spaces of night time, when the listener knows that nothing more will happen for the rest of the day. It’s an embracing and immersive space, where we can be at our most private and intimate.”

The music for ‘Vesper’ is embracing and immersive too, with an associative, dream-like quality that fits the night-time context to perfection. While each of the three movements could be said to follow its own internal logic and sense of development, capable of functioning as stand alone pieces if required, the overall span of the composition as a whole is suitably epic. The range of sounds is equally vast, from Kim Myhr’s own electric 12-string guitar with its special tunings, to the incredibly versatile resources of the ensemble - actually a septet for this date, but sounding far larger. Live instrumental parts for brass, woodwind, strings and percussion are complemented by re-processing from Joe Talia on Revox tape deck and electronics, with Peter Knight covering electronics and hammered dulcimer as well as trumpet. Combined with Tony Buck’s maelstrom of percussion, the overall effect is thrillingly intense, with each mounting climax coming close to a sensory overload, while quieter stretches can seem to roll by timelessly in a somnambulant haze.

Kim Myhr & Australian Art Orchestra: I Caught A Glimpse Of The Sea Through The... (Excerpt)

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Proper Note (UK)
Forced Exposure (USA & Canada)
Outhere (France)
Recordisc (Greece)
Broken Silence (GSA / BeNeLux)
Bomba Records (Japan)

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