There hasn't been a lot of Jazz on this blog, lately. Luckily, we just received fresh promo copies from a young, promising label.

Contemplate Music is based in Berlin and was founded in fall, last year. Their current website does not reveal much information, so I am guessing the following albums are the first releases.

ADHD is a quartet from Iceland, whose sound moves somewhere between Jazz and Indie-Rock. On "#2" you will find calm, atmospheric asongs, such as "Örté", as well as some faster, rock-infused ones that don't cease to have a strong melodic structure. While ADHD was already nominated for the "Icelandic Music Awards" in various categories and the current album "#2" even for the "Nordic Music Prize 2011", they are still quite unknown over here in Germany. Let's hope that this will change...



ADHD - Örtré by Diggin'...good music

Sebastina Studnitzky's band KY produced their new album "Do Mar" in Portugal and Iceland. As the title already tells you, the main theme for the 8 songs on this CD is the ocean. One could imagine, that the whole album changes between romantic sunsets in warm Portugal and wild, stormy waves in cold Iceland. However, KY always maintains a soothing mood throughout where one can do nothing but having beautiful pictures in mind, such as the one below.
If "O Pescador" suits you, you should go and see KY performing in Münster this Friday (27.04).



KY - O Pescador by Diggin'...good music