Last week my track “Løvfald” was released on all platforms and now I'm sharing it with you here.
https://rumpistol.lnk.to/lovfald

I wrote the track last winter and recorded the piano at ALICE during the 2nd lockdown. Later overdubs were added at various locations in Copenhagen by the great people listed below.
The full album 'Isola' will be released April 1st, 2022 on Raske Plader.

Credits:
Jens B. Christiansen: piano & synthesizers. 
Jonathan Bremer: upright bass. 
Maria Martine Jagd: violin. 
Line Felding: cello. 
Emil de Waal: drums. 
Nina Smidth-Brewer: vocals. 

Mixed and produced by Jens B. Christiansen. 
Strings arranged by Line Felding, Maria Jagd & Jens B. Christiansen.
Mastered by Antony Ryan at RedRedPaw Mastering. 
Piano recorded at ALICE, Copenhagen. 
Technician at ALICE: Thomas Ring-Knudsen.  
Overdubs at Rump Recordings, MillFactory and various locations in Copenhagen
Tracked to reel-to-reel tape by Steven Jess Borth II at Lærkevej.
Artwork: Mikael Hallstrøm Eriksen - mikaelhallstroem.com
Rumpistol logo design: T Lyngfeldt Skov.

Isola

Løvfald

https://rumpistol.lnk.to/vindheks
New single out from the forthcoming album "Isola".

Video interview with @ras-money here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYhbnPLpzEZ/

Composed by Jens B. Christiansen.
Personnel: 
Jens B. Christiansen: piano, guitar, synthesizers, programming & bird sounds. 
Maria Martine Jagd: violin.
Line Felding: cello.

"Vindheks" is Danish for "tumbleweed" and to me it's a metaphor for the emotional turmoil I was going through back in 2018 and which I, to this day, still struggle with.
Even though I'm in a much better place today, the lurking danger of going back into a high state of stress will always be there. It's something I know a lot of people are struggling with so let's not make it into a taboo please.

In January 2022 Apple Music added “Vindheks” to its "New Music Daily" playlist throughout the Nordic countries and Spotify added it to their "Ambiente", "Música para Pintar" & "Cinematica" playlists worldwide.

Mixed and produced by Jens B. Christiansen. 
Mastered by Antony Ryan at RedRedPaw. 
Tracked to reel-to-reel tape by Steven Jess Borth II at Lærkevej.
Artwork: Mikael Hallstrøm - mikaelhallstroem.com
Rumpistol logo design: Thomas Lyngfeldt Skov. 
Graphical setup: Nicolas Freng.
Supported by KODA.
All rights reserved.
© 2022 Raske Plader

Vindheks

Taken from "ISOLA" - out April 1st on Raske Plader.
https://linktr.ee/rumpistol
Jens B. Christiansen: wurlitzer, acoustic guitar, mellotron, field recordings & drum programming
Tobias Elof: ukulele
Kristian Hoffmann: lap steel & guitar
Emil de Waal: drums & percussion
Maria Martine Jagd: violin
Line Felding: cello.

Jossi

Rumpistol

Hey Man?

Gargamel & Cholic

Songs from Isola

Jossi 2.0

October 14th , 2022 I released a single with Icelandic Dìsa on vocals. 
Dìsa, is mainly known for her excellent esoteric pop music as a solo artist, but also works together with Trentemøller, with whom she has just finished a US tour.
Jossi was originally inspired by one of the villains from Astrid Lingrens' "The Brothers Lionheart"  and the early instrumental version can be found on my ISOLA album which came out in the spring.
The new version here with Dìsa deals with inner journeys and transformation and Maria Jagd has made a beautiful and dramatic string arrangement for it.
Check it out here: https://rumpistol.lnk.to/jossi or suport us by buying it on Bandcamp: https://raskeplader.bandcamp.com/track/jossi-20

Violins and arrangement: Maria Jagd.
Piano, wurlitzer, synths, acoustic guitar & samples: Jens B. Christiansen
Cello: Line Felding
Upright Bass: Jonathan Bremer.
Drums: Emil de Waal
Lap Steel: Kristian Hoffmann
Ukulele: Tobias Elof
Artwork by Mikael Hallstrøm Eriksen.

Lyrics:
Come, into the void deep within
Mystery under the skin
Leading you back to the starlight
Alone

Sleep, feel me weave into your dreams
Your thoughts and mine like a stream
Flowing back into the ocean
As one

Flow, breaking the light as we go
Into a night of our own
Whether my tears are revealing
Unknown

Love, I won't give into the dark
Stay with me under the stars
I see our road is unwinding
Hold on

Jossi 2.0 feat. Dìsa

Walk On Home 2.0

https://rumpistol.lnk.to/walk

After enjoying some nice days off the grid, I hope you feel like taking that long walk home again. If it helps, Raske Plader is releasing my new version of “Walk On Home” tomorrow, which some might remember as the closing track from “After The Flood”. 
It was originally written for an all ambient show I played in New Orleans back in 2018 for the Tipper&Friends Events NOLA run. It took place during the last of 4 subsequent nights at the majestic Orpheum Theatre and most of the audience were lying down in their pyjamas during the show (no joke!). 
Previous to my show they'd shown the French animated movie “La Planéte Sauvage” which somehow made the perfect trippy opening for what turned out to be an epic night. 
A couple of years later I found out that Raske Penge really loved the track, which eventually led us to joining forces for the release of my album “Isola” on his label Raske Plader.
Flash-forward to the summer of 2022 where I asked KIll J if she'd be up for adding some vocals to a track of mine. When she returned the files for this one just a few weeks later, I was absolutely stunned by what she'd done. The vocal arrangement sounded so amazing I couldn't believe it and the lyrics made perfect sense too. 
I built a new production around Kill J's voice and asked the mighty Ekorce to add some of his magical textures to it, and somehow we're now full circle with “Walk On Home 2.0”. 
You can find the track through the link in the comments and sorry for this long rant - I just find it fascinating when music keeps evolving - connecting - and shifting shape.
Thanks to everyone involved.
Vocals & lyrics: KIll J
Flute: Anna Juuliska Nykvist
Violin: Maria Martine Jagd
Sound Design: Ekorce
Mastering: RedRedPaw Mastering
Rumpistol Photo: Mads Fisker
Artwork: Mikael Hallstrøm Eriksen

Walk On Home 2.0 feat. Kill J

Going Inside

Let Go

Due to "popular demand" and to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Albert Hofmanns great discovery (on this day April 19th, 1943), I'm sharing my 2 hour live set from Ozora's Dome Stage last year.
It was a true honor to play this stage just before Shpongle by Michele Adamson.
Thanks to everyone who came and shared this magical night with me.

Tracklist:
01 Last Venture At The Edge Of The World
02 Jossi 2.0 feat Dìsa (demo)
03 Walk On Home 2.0 feat. Kill J (early version)
04 Lazar (VIP)
05 Slumre Sløjfer
06 (There Is No) There There (Sieren Remix)
07 Love Theme From Cryptomnesia
08 Forest Drops
09 Dragon Jenny (w. Kalaha)
10 Another State of Matter (w. BYLJA)
11 A Town
12 Endlessly
13 Isla de Pascua
14 Cape Star (Bwoy de Bhajan Remix) (w. Kalaha)
15 Sommer i Triol
16 Mobile
17 Amnesia
18 Eyes Open Wide (VIP)
19 Hey Man (VIP)
20 Lapsus
21 Vindheks
22 Slower Drops
23 Gargamel & Cholic (VIP)
24 Reflex (w. IKI)
25 New Beginning feat. Kill J

Live Set Dome, OZORA (HU), Aug 6th, 2022

The Way Out

Trust

Is In

Be Here

Remember

Surrender

To Love

b b b O d d d

Be Open

d d d O b b b

My first new song in a long time was written in collaboration with the great Ane Trolle, who also features on vocals. 
Ane Trolle has helped shaping the Danish - as well as the international musical - landscape over the last ten years, and her rough and vivid voice have reached a wide audience both through different collaborations and as a solo artist. You might know her voice from Trentemøller's hit ”Moan”. 

In the song we've taken elements of footwork/juke thrown into an electronic dream-pop universe, or maybe it's the other way round.

The artwork was done by the great Zven Balslev.

Check out the music video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU5gIM5Moog

Preorders: 
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1Q2rgXU
iTunes: http://apple.co/1Sm1Ec1

Eyes Open Wide (feat. Ane Trolle)

To all my friends in the US: 
I'm more than excited to announce that I'll be playing a sunrise set at The 4,3,2,1 Event in the stunning Astral Valley in Missouri, which takes place during the greatest duration of the American solar eclipse in August, 2017. 
A truly unique gathering with a lineup that includes some of my all time favourites: Dave Tipper (playing 3 sets!), Kid Koala, LTJ Bukem DJ, Glen Velez, Sekou Kouyate, Cut Chemist, Richard Devine, Lusine, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, mr. projectile and many more!
To give you a taste of what to expect from my set, I've done a mix containing old and new tracks, edits, instrumentals as well as some brand new unreleased stuff. Enjoy!

More info and tickets here: http://tippernfriendzevents.com/the4321event/music/#lineup

Eclipse 2017

The first single from my upcoming release "Drops" is a collaboration with @bwoydebhajan featuring the great Dawda Jobarteh on Kora.
"Drops" will be out 30th of August on @rump
https://rumprecordings.bandcamp.com/album/drops

Drops

Forest Drops (feat. Bwoy de Bhajan)

After several requests, my sunrise set from Tipper & Friends' 4321 Event in Missouri is now up.
Thanks so much to @tippermusic for bringing me over to what was definitely one of my highlights this year!
Also huge thanks to all the kind people who have been reaching out to me in the months since this one happened.
It warms my heart to hear that my music still evokes strong emotions in people around the world, and definitely encourages me to keep going. 
Tracks:
01 Stjernernes Lys (Eclipse Edit)
02 Gargamel (2017 Edit)
03 A Drift
03 The Tower pt. 1
04 Slower Drops
05 Nice Man (2017 Edit)
06 Through All This Madness (2017 Edit)
07 Mobile (2017 Edit)
08 Forest Drops
09 G.T.
10 A Glance
11 Howie
12 Swing Drops
13 Kosmik Drops
14 Silver Lake
15 Helt Færdig (2017 Edit)

Photo: Cut Chemist

Live at Tipper & Friends 4321 Event

Full EP: https://fanlink.to/rumpistol-inmyroom
Review: http://www.thewookofwallstreet.com/all/rumpistol-new-ep-in-my-room-the-rust/

Music from the Danish producer Jens Christiansen aka Rumpistol has never been conventional. It was his ability to create experimental yet accessible electronic music that first earned him notoriety over a decade ago. Now, a new five-track collection called In My Room finds the producer leaning ever further into that absence of orthodoxy. In My Room takes artistic risk and combines threads from many electronic styles. It showcases non-linear songwriting, bold textures, and uninhibited array of sonic material. Yet despite Rumpistol’s endless tinkering and flirtations with the edge, In My Room still offers a deeply comforting listening experience.

Tempos and moods are fluid throughout this release, but the common denominator is a sense of wonder. The sort of wonder surrounding something ultimate and grand that we can’t quite grasp, yet we know is out there. The sort of wonder that surfaces when we’re lost in thought alone in our room. Rumpistol can fit so many distinct, disparate sounds into his music without creating a crowded mix. Each element has room to breathe. In My Room offers another great example of this dynamic.

In the past several years, Jens has been working with his jazz and world fusion supergroup Kalaha, and maneuvering through the United States’ bass music circuit. The sounds of these two different worlds appear to have heavily influenced In My Room, and as such, it represents a new evolution of Rumpistol’s music.

Mastered by Malakai Linden.
Artwork by Carlin Diaz.

In My Room

Lapsus

My remix for the amazing Danish vocal group @ikivocal is up on soundcloud :-)
The original track was produced by @mikesheridan and can be found on IKI's last album "Oracle" which is highly recommended.
The remix will be released on all digital platforms tonight at midnight (CET).
https://orcd.co/iki_rumpistol-reflex_remixed

IKI - Reflex (Rumpistol Remix) - OUT MARCH 27th 2020

https://lnk.to/QSempcpe

“(There is no) There There” is the first single from Rumpistol's upcoming sixth album “After the Flood”, out later this year on ØEN REC.

The track and the album as a whole represents a significant creative shift towards a more classical and analogue sound partly due to Rumpistol suffering a stress-related burnout, which forced him to work in a completely new, minimalistic manner away from computer screens.

The new compositions all stem from composing on the piano. Therapeutically, as well as artistically, this turned out to be rewarding, which is evident when listening to “(There is no) There There”, which has an uplifting, ethereal quality to it, yet remains tangible, almost tactile, in its use of organic, non-electronic instruments and textures.

Rumpistol also invited other artists and musical instruments to join in: Mike Sheridan plays an old french glass organ called 'Cristal Baschet' in addition to Line Felding on cello, Maria Jagd on violin and Emil de Waal on drums.

During his burnout Jens went on walks around his city and if you listen closely you can hear how Jens' own field recordings of Copenhagen's many construction sites blend with the other instruments of the track.

Jens says about the track:

"The track deals with the feeling of being an alien in your own city - and in your own mind. Not to be able to recognize your own backyard, due to the constant development and gentrification going on. The title is inspired by the book "There There" by Tommy Orange who got his title from American novelist Gertrude Stein."

Piano, würlitzer, synths & guitar: Jens B. Christiansen
Violin: Maria Jagd
Cello: Line Felding
Drums: Emil de Waal
Mike Sheridan: Cristal Baschet
Artwork : Thomas Lyngfeldt Skov

The release was supported by KODA KULTUR.

(There is no) There There

(There is no) There There - OUT JUNE 04th, 2020

https://lnk.to/0E2agbE7

“Aurolac” is the second single from Rumpistol's upcoming sixth album “After the Flood”, out October 23rd on ØEN REC.
https://oenrec.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-flood

The track and the album as a whole represents a significant creative shift towards a more classical and analogue sound partly due to Rumpistol suffering a stress-related burnout, which forced him to work in a completely new, minimalistic manner away from computer screens.

Rumpistol says about the track:

"I wrote the track after watching a documentary about a homeless community living underground in Bucharest, Romania. 
It left me with a feeling of despair, deeply touched by seeing
the fates of the young kids living there, most of them addicted to the cheap industrial Aurolac paint which they use as an inhalant."

Piano, würlitzer and synths: Jens B. Christiansen
Violin: Maria Jagd
Cello: Line Felding
Flute: Anna Juuliska Nykvist

Artwork : Thomas Lyngfeldt Skov

The release was supported by KODA KULTUR.

Aurolac - OUT SEP 04TH, 2020

New collaboration track with @johnlamonica. Out though @rump!
Written by John Lamonica. Produced by Jens B. Christiansen & John LaMonica.

The track is out exclusively through the Rump Bandcamp Page including remixes from @sieren (DE), @krts (US), @ean-kraytah (UK) & @unkwon-sound (DK).

Order the EP here: http://rumprecordings.bandcamp.com/album/its-everywhere-ep
 
lyrics:

look at the sun with your eyes closed
then watch it glow just like a ghost
and does it scare you what you don't know
and are you like the people you know

even though it's everywhere you go

how do you sleep all by yourself
does your heart beat up/on the shelf
and are you worried, do you pray for peace
or is the money all you need

even though it's everywhere you go

even though it's everywhere 

Rumpistol & John LaMonica - It's Everywhere

"Rum" is the Danish word for space, reverb or room.

Booking Denmark:
Neu Agency - Keld Jørgensen
neuagency1@gmail.com
ph: +45 20 62 66 22

Booking rest of the world:
Feel Life Music / Itay Berger 
www.facebook.com/FeelLifeMusic
feellifemusic.com
email: info@feellifemusic.com
ph: +34647116478

PREVIOUS SHOWS (highlights):
Boom Festival (PT), Boiler Room (UK), Roskilde Festival (DK), Ozora Festival (HU), DADA Beijing (CH), MUTEK Festival Montreal (CAN), Festival Multiplicidade (BZ), Psy-Fi Festival (NL), Fusion Festival (DE), Club Gretchen (DE), The Black Box Denver (US), Orpheum Theater New Orleans (US), Tipper & Friends 4321 Eclipse Event at Astral Valley (US), Ruta de La Amistad (MX), NO+CH Festival (CH), Freqs of Nature (DE), Wormhole Wednesdays (US), Rodnya, Moscow (RU), Circle of Light Festival (RU), ADE (NL), Ekko Festival (NO), Berghain Kantine (DE), Sunrise Celebration(UK), Södra Teatern (SE), Electric Picnic (IE), Norberg Festival (SE), NuMusic Festival (NO), Südpol (CH), Binz (CH), Golden Pudel Club (DE), Malmö Festival (SE), Somewhere Festival (DK), Stella Polaris (DK), Strøm Festival (DK), Click Festival (DK), Trailer Park Festival (DK), Distortion (DK), Copenhagen Jazz Festival (DK), Thorvaldsens (DK) Ungdomshuset (DK) and many more... 

Discography:
"Rumpistol" (Rump Recordings) - 2003.
"Cph Jazz EP" (Auditory Designs) - 2004.
"Mere Rum" (Rump Recordings) - 2005.
"Dynamo" (Rump Recordings) - 2008.
"Talk To You EP" (Rump Recordings) - 2011.
"Floating" (Project: Mooncircle) - 2012.
"Floating Remixes" (Rump Recordings) - 2013.
"It's Everywhere EP"(Rump Recordings) - 2013.
"Asleep EP" (Rump Recordings) - 2013.
"Away" (Rump Recordings) - 2014.
"Away RMXS" (Rump Recordings) - 2014.
"Eyes Open Wide" (Rump Recordings) - 2016.
"Eyes Open Wide Rmxs" (Iboga Records) - 2016.
"Drops" (Rump Recordings) - 2017.
"Drops Remixes" (Rump Recordings) - 2017.
"In My Room" (The Rust Music) - 2019.
"After The Flood" (ØEN REC.) - 2020
"Isola" (Raske Plader) - 2022
"Songs From Isola EP" (Raske Plader) - 2023
"Going Inside" (Raske Plader) - 2023

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