Danish author K.E. Løgstrup writes: “We never have anything to do with another human being
without holding something of their life in our hands.”

Hands are (still) humanity’s primary physical interface with the world. With them we act, create,
and make physical contact with one another: We caress, strike, kill, signal, give, receive, conduct, and much more. In a world where many people interact without ever being in physical contact, we want to highlight the deeper and more nuanced communication that takes place when we see, touch, and hear each other in the same space..

Hands contains both fully composed and structured improvisational works. Drawing on compositions, texts, and concepts by all participants, the group explores the connections between movement and sound. With this release, we invite you into a unique musical expression: 13 contrapuntal works dispersed across three EP's — mesmerizing and intense pieces from both the studio and live concerts, accompanied by short films. Hands offers beauty, humor, and edge for both laypeople and specialists.

Vol 1 holds studio recordings from the island of Møn, DK, Vol 2 contains two larger pieces live from KoncertKirken in Copenhagen. Vol. 3 features a guest appearance by legendar y German trumpeter Axel Dörner, recorded live at LOFT during Cologne Jazzweek 2024. The versatile chamber trio consists of German vocalist and composer Almut Kühne, saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Francesco Bigoni, and bandleader, guitarist and composer Mark Solborg. Over the past years, the group - suppor ted in par t by research funding from the Goethe-Institut Denmark, the Danish Ar ts Foundation, the export fund Neustart and others - has developed an intense, contemporary chamber musical expression across genres, colored by Kühne’s exceptional voice and surgical precision, Bigoni’s motion-controlled processing, and Solborg’s prepared 6- and 12-string guitars. Selected performances include Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Cologne Jazzweek, Nordische Botschaften in Berlin and the Willumsen Museum in Frederikssund (DK).