….it all manages to pull you in. The pieces on Voyager convey a wide range of emotions while also focusing on the strong connection between these five musicians. It's all of a piece, yet, in keeping with the group's name, completely in flux.

- Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
The ambitious approach to the music succeeds in full with this new album and there’re even times when I must completely surrender in excitement.……..

Voyager is recommendable and it is one of those albums that grows every time you’re listening to it.

- Niels Overgaard, JazzNyt
It is between the clear rhythmic patterns and clear melody of "Spirit Soul" and the searching soundscape of "Long Johns" that Voyager finds its own expression based on accessible immediacy and meditative beauty.

- Jakob Bækgaard, All About Jazz
… in fact it is the journey and impetus, the nooks and corners, the open spaces and it’s improvisatory potential, that’s explored and staged by the quintet.

- Ivan Rod, music critic

Thomas A. Jakobsen - drums & compositions | Ole Visby - sax, clarinet, bass clarinet |
Søren Møller - piano & rhodes | Michael Møller Porsborg - guitar | Kenneth Dahl Knudsen - bass

Albæk Jakobsen wanted to create a musical journey with the album and he has succeeded. The pieces gradually develop a narrative where melody is just as important as texture. It is between the clear rhythmic patterns and clear melody of "Spirit Soul" and the searching soundscape of "Long Johns" that Voyager finds its own expression based on accessible immediacy and meditative beauty.

Jakob Bækgaard, All About Jazz - read the full review in english

Voyager is the outcome of our musical journey since the critically acclaimed debut album Relationships (2013) where the story behind the music was my relations to different persons, places and experiences. The music on Voyager is a snapshot of FLUX's progression over the last couple of years, after many concerts and tours that have shaped the sound and aesthetic expression of the band. This process has made an impact on the way I compose, hence the music on this album is an open invitation for the listener to travel through various soundscapes and form their own images and associations.
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CD and vinyl available through Pladekisten

Reviews

Niels Overgaard, JazzNyt

The ambitious approach to the music succeeds in full with this new album and there’re even times when I must completely surrender in excitement.……..

This album is in many ways a good take on contemporary jazz with a strong personal interplay between the five musicians.…….

Voyager is recommendable and it is one of those albums that grows every time you’re listening to it.

Info about Voyager….

  • Released December 1st 2015
  • Available as download on iTunes & CDBaby
  • Available on CD and vinyl from Pladekisten.dk
  • Streaming through iTunes Music & TIDAL

Record company: Jazzformidling.dk
Catalogue no.:
  • CD - JFDK-04
  • Vinyl - JFDK-04LP

Sales & distribution: Pladekisten.dk

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All songs composed and arranged by Thomas Albæk Jakobsen

Recorded at FinlandStudio, February 12-13, 2015
Recorded & mixed by Jacob Schjødt Worm
Produced by Thomas Albæk Jakobsen & Jacob Schjødt Worm
Executive producer Thomas Albæk Jakobsen
Cover design TeR www.ddsign.dk

The album was made possible with a grant from DJBFA
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