Kasper Bjorke – Nothing Gold Can Stay (Part A)

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Kasper Bjørke – Nothing Gold Can Stay (Part A)
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Nothing Gold Can Stay (Part A)

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25.10.2019

TRACKLIST

01. Water ft. Toby Ernest
02. Seabird ft. Christian d’Or & Toby Ernest
03. Du Du Du ft. Bon Homme
04. Nothing Gold Can Stay ft. Justin Strauss
 
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After a three year absence, Kasper Bjørke returns to hfn music with a sublime new double EP entitled Nothing Gold Can Stay.

Having followed a deeply personal ambient music path that last year led to the release of Kasper Bjørke Quartet: The Fifty Eleven Project on Kompakt Records, (named 5th Best Contemporary Album 2018 in The Guardian), Kasper has found his way back to producing some of his signature leftfield danceable beats, which “the past decade has seen Bjørke steadily rising amongst the ranks of artful, eclectic electronic producers…” (XLR8R)

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Nothing Gold Can Stay (Part A) contains four collaborations with four friends from LA, New York and Copenhagen. Water feat. Toby Ernest, the slow mo opener to the EP, revives the partnership with Toby that was last seen on 2014’s After Forever album (on the single Rush). Toby also provides the vocals on the cover version of Alessi Brothers’ 1975 classic Seabird – a track that came about through Kasper’s friendship and musical synergy with DJ and vinyl digger Christian d’Or, who is lead crooning while Toby delivers his signature falsetto. The Seabird cover adds a distinct contemporary feeling to the original version while staying true and respectful to the delivery and mood of the songs core.

Next up, Du Du Du (“You You You” in Danish) features bassist Tomas Høffding (of WhoMadeWho and Bon Homme), who besides playing the live bass on all tracks on the EP also delivers the exotic Danish vocals reminiscing 80´s Danish Post Disco pop classics, playfully enhanced by Kaspers synth and production wizardry.

On the closing track of Part A, Kasper asked his New York friend, the legendary Justin Strauss, to gently recite Robert Frost’s 1923 poem Nothing Gold Can Stay over a calm instrumental piece – rounding off the release with a gentle lullaby which reminds you, that nothing can last forever.

 
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