Long-term collaborators Fabian Rosenberg (aka Klangriket) and Sjors Mans return to piano and coffee records, six years after the release of their celebrated debut EP The Amsterdam Sessions, with an enthralling full-length record titled Origami Birds.
The music in Origami Birds is a tapestry of emotions—heartfelt and perhaps even naive, with dark and ambient undertones, yet it displays a profound sense of hope. The album encapsulates a journey both musically and thematically, exploring the intricate interplay of light and shadow, despair and optimism.
Origami Birds was released on the 1st of March 2024, featuring artwork by London-based illustrator Jordan Amy Lee.
FACTS
1. Love art, photography and sub-cultures.
2. Aspiring hobby gardener and carpenter.
3. Art is art, there’s just different recipes. The ingredients might differ but the fundamentals are the same no matter if you’re making sounds or pictures
1. What is the biggest inspiration for your music?
Sounds and textures, absolutely. That’s where is starts always.
2. How and when did you get into making music?
I started playing my dads trumpet when I was 7 years old. Been at it since!
3. What are 5 of your favourite albums of all time?
Yikes so hard. I think in no particular order:
Klabbes Bank – Protect the forest
Helios – Eingya
Jon Hopkins – Immunity
Apparat – Krieg und Frieden
Christian Scott – Anthem
4. What do you associate with Berlin?
A subculture paradise!
5. What’s your favourite place in your town?
There’s many nature reserves around and in Stockholm. I love to spend time there, either in the forest or next to the ocean.
6. If there was no music in the world, what would you do instead?
I would probably go down a different creative avenue. That’s what I know and love!
7. What was the last record/music you bought or listen?
Geir Sundstøl – Brødløs
8. Who would you most like to collaborate with?
It’s be really interesting to do a duo trumpet thing with Arve Henriksen
9. What was your best gig (as performer or spectator)?
First that came to my mind was Jon Hopkins at a teater in Stockholm. His intimate piano and cello music and the contrast to his club tracks. Sitting down listening and watching the light performance. It blew my mind.
10. How important is technology to your creative process?
Quite important I’d say. I think I strive to be less in the box but I often end up working in the box. I’m a lazy person I guess.
11. Tell us a bit more about your new album “Origami Birds”?
It’s based on a poem that I wrote about the legend of the 1000 paper cranes. Me and Sjors collaborated over a couple of years and 500+ video calls to make this album. It was made fully remotely. The music in Origami Birds is a tapestry of emotions—heartfelt and perhaps even naive, with dark and ambient undertones, yet it displays a profound sense of hope. The album encapsulates a journey both musically and thematically, exploring the intricate interplay of light and shadow, despair and optimism.
It really is the next step following our last release The Amsterdam Sessions.
