Final Descent Sessions: Henrik Pultz Melbye - Stranden (Live @ Brønshøj Vandtårn)

Final Descent Sessions #2
Henrik Pultz Melbye - Stranden
Live at Brønshøj Vandtårn
On his new solo album, Drømmene (The Dreams), Henrik Pultz Melbye explores different places where dreams unfold, the emotions they evoke in us, and what they remind us of. While dreams occur during sleep, we often find ourselves daydreaming - often unconsciously - which can affect our emotional state. This album serves as an outlet for all those intense emotions we experience.
“Stranden” is a heavy, noisy piece built around a distorted saxophone loop, topped with a longing, haunting electronic wind instrument. Crushingly heavy yet fragile at the same time.
Henrik Pultz Melbye has been a prominent figure in the experimental and avant-garde music scene for several years. He is best known as a member of the band SVIN, as well as a solo artist and sideman. His contributions have earned him multiple DMA Jazz nominations, and he recently won with SVIN for their album "Introducing SVIN."
Drawing inspiration from noise, ambient, free jazz, and drone music, Melbye’s compositions evoke a dreamy atmosphere that stirs a deep longing for security, hope, and presence, while also conveying feelings of powerlessness, desperation, and loss.
On his new solo album, Drømmene (The Dreams), Henrik Pultz Melbye explores different places where dreams unfold, what emotions they evoke in us, and what they remind us of. While dreams take place during our sleep, we also often find ourselves daydreaming, often unconsciously, affecting our emotional state. This album serves as an outlet for all those intense emotions we experience.
As a one-man band, he plays saxophones and synths through effects while looping riffs. The outcome is a wide range of genre elements ranging from ambient and cinematic to grandiose, minimalist, and sci-fi music. The trance-like and meditative nature makes it a musical experience that invites listeners to linger in the sound of emotion.
This album has been years in the making since the first songs were composed in 2020 with inspiration from artists like Brian Eno, Jon Hassel, Harold Budd, Kate Bush, Jules Reidy, and many more.
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Artist: Henrik Pultz Melbye
Composition: Stranden
Sound: Karl Heding
Art Direction: Emilia Jasmin
Editing: Martin Jensen
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Final Descent Sessions are a series of live-recorded video sessions featuring Denmark-based musicians, primarily but not exclusively artists from Final Descent's concert program.