Dungen performing “Ta Det Lugnt” (SE) – Copenhagen Jazz Festival


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Swedish psychedelic rockers Dungen released their influential album “Ta Det Lugnt” in 2004, inspiring musical soulmates such as Tame Impala and Fleet Foxes. This summer, Dungen celebrate the sunny album’s first 15 years with a complete live rendition at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019.

Dungen performing “Ta Det Lugnt” (SE)
Saturday, July 13, 10:00 PM in Den Grå Hal, Christiania
Presented by Copenhagen Jazz Festival & smash!bang!pow!

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At lytte til “Ta Det Lugnt” er én af de største musikalske vitaminindsprøjtninger, man kan opdrive. Albummet, der udkom til anmelderroser i 2004, var Dungens tredje, og spredte sig som ringe i vandet til et forbløffet publikum – både i det solhungrende Skandinavien og i allerede solbrændte egne i Australien og USA. Under Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019 får publikum mulighed for at tage deres helt egen dosis D-vitamin ind gennem øregangene, når Dungen helt enestående fremfører “Ta Det Lugnt” i sin helhed i Den Grå Hal lørdag den 13. juli. Jubilæumskoncerten præsenteres af Copenhagen Jazz Festival og smash!bang!pow!

Historien om det svenske syreorkester Dungen, dannet i 1999, er først og fremmest historien om multiinstrumentalist, komponist og forsanger Gustav Ejstes. Som gruppens egentlige bagmand – Ejstes spiller de fleste af instrumenterne i studiet og har både mixet og produceret størstedelen af bandets udgivelser – har han sat et afgørende fingeraftryk på den moderne psykedeliske lyd, der det seneste årti har præget hitlister verden over.

Det var netop med udgivelsen af “Ta Det Lugnt”, at det svensksyngende band for alvor blev etableret som et globalt navn med en optræden hos talkshow-værten Conan O’Brien, internationale turnéer og en række celebre fans som Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), Fleet Foxes, Jim Jarmusch og mange andre. Med inspiration fra svenske folkeviser, psykedelia og klassiske rockdyder har Dungen med andre ord, og til Ejstes store overraskelse, formået at nå et stort udenlandsk publikum, der ikke forstår et ord af gruppens svenske titler og tekster.

Årsagen skal sandsynligvis findes i Dungens lyd. Delvist i studiet, men altid live flankeres den tidligere hiphopper Gustav Ejstes af bassist Mattias Gustavsson, trommeslager Johan Holmegard og ikke mindst psych-veteranen Reine Fiske, der også af flere omgange har udlånt sine syrede guitartoner til norske Motorpsycho. Dungens studieproduktioner befinder sig i den absolut mest vel- og varmtlydende del af 1960’erne med plads til både rigelige mængder ekstase og fuzz, og særligt live vedstår de deres gæld til årtiets spraglede og udflydende jams.

Det er derfor med stor glæde, at Copenhagen Jazz Festival og smash!bang!pow! til sommer præsenterer en unik mulighed for at opleve en af de største moderne rockplader i sin helhed, når Dungen fejrer 15-året for “Ta Det Lugnt” i Den Grå Hal på Christiania.

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Swedish psychedelic rockers Dungen released their influential album “Ta Det Lugnt” in 2004, inspiring musical soul mates such as Tame Impala and Fleet Foxes. This summer, Dungen celebrates the sunlaced album’s first 15 years with a complete live rendition at Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019

Listening to “Ta Det Lugnt” (trans. “Take It Easy”) is one of the most rejuvenating musical vitamin shots you’ll find. The album, released to international acclaim in 2004, was Dungen’s third, and managed to spread like wildfire to a stunned audience – both in sun-deprived Scandinavia and in sunburned reaches in Australia and the US. During Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2019, the festival audience will be able to administer their own dose of auditive vitamin D, when Dungen performs “Ta Det Lugnt” in its entirety in Den Grå Hal, Christiania on Saturday, July 13. The anniversary performance is presented by Copenhagen Jazz Festival and smash!bang!pow!

The story behind the Swedish psych-band Dungen, established in 1999, is first and foremost the story of multi-instrumentalist, composer and lead singer Gustav Ejstes. As the band’s main driving force – Ejstes plays most of the instruments on Dungen’s studio records and has produced and mixed the majority of them as well – he has put his determining fingerprint on the sound of modern psychedelic rock as it’s been exemplified on record charts around the world during the past decade.

The release of “Ta Det Lugnt” was the catalyst for the Swedish-singing group, establishing Dungen as a global act with a performance at talk show host Conan O’Brien, international tours and a long list of celebrity fans such as Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), Fleet Foxes, Jim Jarmusch and many others. Drawing inspiration from Swedish folk songs, psychedelia and classic rock, Dungen have managed to reach a sizable foreign audience, despite most of this audience’s lack of ability to understand even a word of the group’s Swedish titles and lyrics – much to the surprise of Gustav Ejstes.

Dungen’s signature sound seems to be the key here. Participating only partly during studio sessions, yet a constant factor when performing live, Ejstes is flanked by bassist Mattias Gustavsson, Johan Holmegard and modern psych-veteran Reine Fiske, whose acidic guitar virtuosity has been a big part in the performing side of Norwegian psychers Motorpsycho as well. The studio output from Dungen sits firmly in the warmest-sounding part of the 1960s with equal parts ecstacy and fuzz, and their live act pays its dues to the decade’s sprawling, ever-evolving jams. Copenhagen Jazz Festival and Smash!Bang!Pow! are honoured to present a unique act performing one of their biggest triumphs in its entirety, when Dungen celebrates the 15 year anniversary of “Ta Det Lugnt” in Den Grå Hal in Christiania this summer.

The 41th edition of Copenhagen Jazz Festival takes place in Copenhagen on more than 120 venues on July 5-14 2019. Info & program: www.jazz.dk

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