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Thingpower (THING001) materialising on the vinyl's terms - one experience among many
Thingpower (THING001) materialising on the vinyl's terms - one experience among many
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Recording Thingpower at Grapehouse Studios
Recording Thingpower at Grapehouse Studios
Recording Thingpower at Grapehouse Studios
Recording Thingpower at Grapehouse Studios
Cellist Maria Isabel Edlund
Cellist Maria Isabel Edlund
Else Torp joins Troels and Peter in the studio
Else Torp joins Troels and Peter in the studio
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Troels and Peter have worked together on multiple film and sound projects over the years, but it was in 2016 during a commissioned concert for the Copenhagen Architecture Festival that they formed their current collaboration - Thingpower.

In Thingpower, sounds are felt and voices, music, and ambient life fuse to tell an intimate story. It's a living project challenging the basic structure of how we experience sounds and engage in music-making. Each track turns sounds into dynamic entities that touch, reshape and move with a life of their own.

This first release on Metalabel is available for pre-order, which funds:

  • 1 full week studio recording at Grapehouse Studios in Copenhagen
  • Mix and mastering
  • Printing the vinyl record

World-renowned soprano Else Torp and cellist Maria Isabel Edlund join Troels and Peter in the studio on their almost decade-long creative journey as they continue to explore the question, "How can we create something boundless?"

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More pics from recording

Here are some pics we snapped during our week of recording at Grapehouse Studios in Copenhagen. Enjoy :)

Process note 1 THING001

With THING001 we think musically about sound and use sound as instruments. How can we craft sounds that inspire a fresh perspective on our world’s multiplicity, breaking out from repetitive loop-based thinking?

Process note 2 THING001

THING001 is dynamic, featuring moments of silence then shifting to harsh, deep bass noises. It oscillates. You become more aware. Now, you're really listening. And hear that there's no grid, no tempo. Sound becomes music and music becomes sound - a deliberate antithesis to conventional music.

Process note 4 THING001

Can THING001 be a tool to prepare for the increasing unpredictability of nature, to train our listening—an underused skill in a world full of distractions?

Process note 3 THING001

'Listening takes time. Everyone hears everything all the time but listening takes time.'

Peter Albrechtsen

Sound designer

Troels Abrahamsen

Producer and singer-songwriter

Else Torp

Award-winning soprano

Maria Isabel Edlund

Cellist

CategoryMusic
Release Date28 October 2024
Catalog NumberTHING001
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THING001

Thingpower album

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Pre-order Thingpower, a music experiment and sound journey that started eight years ago between life-long friends and artists Troels Abrahamsen and Peter Albrechtsen. It will materialise as an eight-track vinyl record later this year.

Estimated shipping: November 15, 2024
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Limited run of 48