Gør dig klar til en aften, hvor væggene kommer til at sitre, og hvor både krop og sind bliver sendt ud på en musikalsk rumrejse. Når Kanaan og Edena Gardens indtager scenen, mødes to af Nordens mest grænsesøgende powertrioer i et fælles univers af tunge riffs, psykedeliske udbrud og improviseret magi.

Koncerten er en del af Vinter Jazz 2026.

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Kanaan:

Kanaan spytter musik ud i sådan et tempo, at fuzz-pedalerne nærmest aldrig når at blive slukket. De tre musikere - Eskild Myrvoll, Ingvald André Vassbø og Ask Vatn Strøm - har de seneste år pumpet musik ud i et tempo, der ville få de fleste andre til at brænde sammen. Nu står de klar med deres nye album Downpour, og det er netop den energi, de tager med sig på scenen.

Musikken bygger videre på den tunge, eksplosive lyd fra Earthbound, hvor jagten på “det store riff” er drivkraften. Kanaan bevæger sig et sted mellem desert rock, psykedelisk rock og improviseret kaos, inspireret af alt fra Kyuss og Sleep til Hawkwind og med melodiske afstikkere, der peger mod Dungen og Needlepoint.

Live handler det om intensitet: ét massivt riff vælter ind i det næste, og bandet skaber den der følelse af at blive suget ind i et lydligt stormvejr, hvor alt kan ske. Publikum kan forvente tunge grooves, vilde udblæsninger og et band, der konstant presser sig selv mod nye højder.

På Downpour får Kanaan også selskab af den norske guitarlegende Hedvig Mollestad på nummeret “Amazon” - et samarbejde, som bandet længe har drømt om, og som kun understreger den kraft, de arbejder med.

Siden Earthbound har Kanaan udgivet både den 27 minutter lange single “Beyond” og sessions-albummet Diversions vol. 1 - Softly through Sunshine. Et klart bevis på, at Kanaan ikke holder pause - de udvikler sig konstant, og på scenen kan man mærke det helt ind i knoglerne.

“It’s a trip that you will want to take over and over again. Their mastery of all things heavy and trippy is a joy to behold.” – New Noise Magazine

Edena Gardens:

Edena Gardens består af Jakob Skøtt (trommer, Causa Sui), Nicklas Sørensen (guitar, Papir) og Martin Rude (baritonguitar og bas, London Odense Ensemble). Trioen arbejder i grænselandet mellem fri improvisation og repetition i et felt mellem psykedelisk rock, ambient og eksperimenterende lydkunst.

Til deres sjældne koncerter præsenterer Edena Gardens musik, der opstår i øjeblikket – med både tunge rytmiske forløb og mere åbne, dronende passager. Materialet udvikles spontant på scenen og tager form afhængigt af stemningen og samspillet mellem de tre musikere, hvor publikum får et sjældent indblik i trioens metode og lydlige univers.

English:
Kanaan:
Kanaan produce so much music that the fuzz pedals hardly need to be turned off between each session. Once again, they step out of the rehearsal room, and with them they’ve got the brand new album Downpour.

It’s not difficult to hear that this is a continuation of their last album, Earthbound, and many of the ideas on Downpour came about when they recorded the previous record in Athletic Sound in Halden, where this one was recorded too. The heaviest songs on the album are a continuation of the idea of ​​”The Great riff” and the feeling of overwhelm and ecstasy when one good riff is replaced by another. When it comes to those parts, bands like Kyuss, MC5, Sleep and Hawkwind are still great sources of inspiration – while Needlepoint and Dungen have been important for the more melodic material on the album.

You got to hold tight so you don’t fall off your chair when they blast out the monster riffs on songs like “Orbit”, “Solaris pt. 2” and not least “Amazon”, where they are joined by one of Norway’s most kick-ass guitarists, Hedvig Mollestad. All three members of the band have long been fans of Mollestad and her music, and the fact that she is on their record is a dream come true.

The band themselves say they feel that the chemistry and songwriting on this record, to a greater extent, allows them to own the rock language that they flirted with on Earthbound, and it feels like a worthy sequel to a record that has been very important in the band’s history. It’s hard not to agree with that.

Since Kanaan released their fourth album Earthbound on Jansen Records in November 2021, they’ve also managed to release the 27-minute long single “Beyond” and the session album Diversions vol. 1 – Softly through Sunshine, before they now release Downpour. There are no days off in the calendars of Eskild Myrvoll, Ingvald André Vassbø and Ask Vatn Strøm.

Edena Gardens:
Edena Gardens consists of Jakob Skøtt (drums, Causa Sui), Nicklas Sørensen (guitar, Papir), and Martin Rude (baritone guitar and bass, London Odense Ensemble). The trio works in the borderlands between free improvisation and repetition, operating in a space between psychedelic rock, ambient, and experimental sound art.

At their rare live performances, Edena Gardens present music that emerges in the moment – featuring both heavy rhythmic passages and more open, droning sections. The material develops spontaneously on stage and takes shape according to the atmosphere and interplay between the three musicians, giving the audience a rare insight into the trio’s methods and sonic universe.