Peter Wallem Anundsen Consonances Octet - Where Is Direction? (2024) [Hi-Res]

Consonances Octet is an ensemble created by composer and trumpet player Peter Wallem Anundsen with the goal of combining dense harmonic structures from contemporary classical movements with the spontaneity of jazz and improvisational music. The music explores chambermusical timbres and each musician's distinguished sound to create wholly new soundscapes. Composers such as Olivier Messiaen, Jimmy Giuffre, Caroline Shaw, Anna Webber and Erik Hove are all important figures of inspiration, and the ensemble gathers references from their compositional styles into their own music.

Their first album Where Is Direction? releases on Sonic Transmissions Records 11th of october and is Peter Wallem Anundsens debut as a bandleader. The compositions presented on the album explores Anundsens own approach to concepts such as atonality, polychords, and dissonances which is weaved together with traditional harmonic and melodic expressions. The title of the record is an invitation into the unpredictable tonal landscapes which many of the compositions explore , and challenges the listener to perceive both consonances and dissonances in new ways.

Kristian Enkerud Lien - Electric & acoustic guitar
Sondre Moshagen - Piano
Bendik Løland Lundsvoll - Upright bass
Tor Andreas Haugerud - Drums & percussion
Børge Tandberg Brustad - Violin
Selma Sophie Tudor Edwards Granly - Cello
Live Sunniva Smidt - Cello & vocals
Peter Wallem Anundsen - Trumpet & piccolo trumpet