Mette Rasmussen - saxophone player .
Drawing from the energy of free jazz, grunge and neo jazz, Mette Rasmussen’s playing has been described as a head full of ideas, that she executes to the maximum. With an ongoing study of new sonic possibilities she uses a broad pallet of techniques, constantly extending the grammar of the instrument. The last decade she´s been highly active all around the world, touring the road most of the year, with among others Chris Corsano, Sofia Jernberg, MoE, Tashi Dorji, Julien Desprez, Zeena Parkins - Glass Triangle, ØKSE, Fire! Orchestra, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Weird of Mouth, her own Trio North and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
My artistic PhD project is centered around developing as a composer and examining the effect that will have on me as an artist. I want to examine my role as a composer and my role as a musician. What will happen after 4 years of shifting my primary focus from being a touring musician, into having my main focus on composing.
I have been functioning primarily as a musician in free improvised music for the last 10 years. I want to ground myself as a composer in my artistic research project, and by doing so see how this will affect my role as a musician.
How will these 4 years change me as a musician, improviser and how I see myself?
I will look into what sets the two roles apart. Is there for example a different artistic approach to each role or a different mentality and code of conduct and where lies the challenges and strengths in combining the two.
New releases.
ØKSE © Backwoodz
https://open.spotify.com/album/4T9BgaUV5i2G4juZaC20aI?si=YV-LuqvRT
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WEIRD OF MOUTH © Otherly love
https://open.spotify.com/album/1THabyJyP5c2Si91JTzx2p?si=YoKSz1KdT
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