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Etnolab - a cultural meeting in music

Etnolab is an exciting new ensemble on the Danish music scene mixing stylistic features of folk music from Bulgaria and Turkey with the language of jazz and improvisation. The music is rich in odd meter rhythms, funky grooves, nice tunes, and moods from heartfelt melancholy to exuberance.
There are new fresh compositions in this jazz folk intersection as well as old folk songs that have been through the pipes and flasks of the ethno laboratory. Etnolab features a special guest who has been following the band around recently, Orhan Özgür, a great talent in Turkish folk music with his bağlama and his beautiful vocal. He and the four experienced Danish musicians create a concert where the sensous rhythms from Bulgaria and Turkey mixes with a tonal color explosion from the jazz universe creating a state of ecstasy in the body. The band moves the audience between mournful valleys and euphoric mountain peaks. The band is led by Aarhus Jazz Orchestra saxophone player Johan Toftegaard and has played with great succes at Aarhus Jazz Festival 2015 and 2016 and The Turquoise Tent 2016.

Etnolab is:
Johan Toftegaard Knudsen, sax, clarinet, kaval, vocal
Jens Christian Kwella, guitar
Torben Bøtker Bjørnskov, bass
Frederik Emil Bülow, drums

Featuring: Orhan Özgür Turan, bağlama, vocal

7-8 Minutes Rachenitsa - composed by Johan Toftegaard Knudsen
Uşşak Neşesi - composed by Orhan Özgür Turan
Bağa Girdim Bağ Budanmış - traditional Turish song

All tracks arranged and performed by Etnolab and recorded in Finland Studio by Jacob Schjødt Worm.

Uşşak Neşesi

Bağa Girdim Bağ Budanmış

7-8 Minutes Rachenitsa

Johan Toftegaard Knudsen

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