Susi Hyldgaard - Homesweethome

1. Intro
2. Isn´t A Terribly Foolish Thing
3. In The Fog
4. Not Me
5. Elvira
6. She´s Free
7. Woo Woo Woo
8. Who Says
9. Mummy
10. Sex Is Out Of The Question
11. Beautiful Baloon
12. Homesweethome
13. Dance With Me
14. Softly Tread
15. There Is A Place

All compositions by Susi Hyldgaard
except tracks 4, 10, 14 by Susi Hyldgaard/ Charlotte Garner
and track 15 by Susi Hyldgaard/ Michelle Sanders

Susi Hyldgaard: vocals, piano, accordion, synth.
Gunnar Halle: tp
Johannes Lundberg: bass
Lisbeth Diers: percussion

Recorded at Soundtrack, Copenhagen
Engineered by Pelle Giøbel
Produced by Susi Hyldgaard

Manche sehen in Susi Hyldgaard eine neue Ricky Lee Jones, andere
vergleichen ihre Songs mit denen von Neneh Cherry. Auch der Name Björk
fällt immer wieder, um die Musik der dänischen Sängerin zu beschreiben.
Susi Hyldgaard wuchs in New York auf. Mit fünf begann sie Piano zu spielen,
später kamen Gitarre, Akkordeon und Keyboards hinzu. Sie arbeitete als
Musikjournalistin u.a. für den Dänischen Rundfunk, wo sie auch
Soundscape-Projekte realisierte. Ihre warme, unschuldige, an die frühe Joni
Mitchell erinnernde Intonation veranlasste unter anderem den
Jazzkomponisten Mike Mantler, sie in mehrere seiner Groß-Projekte
einzubeziehen. So etwa für seine Bearbeitung von Paul Austers Theaterstück
"Hide & Seek" bei dem Susi Hyldgaard neben Robert Wyatt die als Solistin
gefeatured wurde (auf CD bei ECM).

Auf ihrer aktuellen CD schlüpft sie in verschiedene Rollen, denen sie
nicht nur mit ihrem vokalen Timbre, sondern auch am Flügel, auf dem
Akkordeon und am Sampler Leben verleiht. Eine selbstbewusste
Geschichtenerzählerin, die zur Hauptdarstellerin ihrer eigenen gesungenen
Miniatur-Theaterstücke wird. Hyldgaards Kompositionen tanzen geschickt
zwischen Jazz, Pop, Housebeats und Singer-Songwriter-Idiomen - wild und
zart, atemlos und ruhig.

"Home Sweet Home" ist ein Konzeptalbum über die Ideologie der eigenen vier
Wände: "Unser Zuhause ist der einzige Zeuge für eine breite Palette an
Gefühlen. Freude, Trauer, Angst und Hass, alle Farben der Welt und der
Wunsch nach einem vollkommenen Leben bündeln sich da, wo wir am
verwundbarsten sind, zu Hause eben." (Susi Hyldgaard)

Homesweethome is the name of Susi Hyldgaards new CD.

The CD is a comment on the private sphere which we wish could emcompass all
things and withstand almost anything.

Homesweethome is a place that does not always live up to our expectations
and sometimes has difficulty competing with the homes of others where
everything appears to function better.
The CD contains 15 songs. Its starting point is the smaller and larger
expectations to love and life in general. It delves deep into the waves of
solitude yet retains a streif of bitter sweet laughter.
Susi Hyldgaard's new album contains a touch of Cassandra Wilson and Joni
Mitchell, a crazy 60's band, a melancholic accordeon player, a pedal freak
of a trumpeter and finally a pinch of Jazz n' poetry.
The band express the songs with deep involvement and an adventurous use of
their instruments. After intensive touring in both Canada and Europe it is
obvious that this is indeed a band with a unique sound and great example of
what jazz can sound like in 2002.

Homesweethome is the third solo CD from Susi Hyldgaard. The two previous
CD's My Female Family and Something Special Just For You (Best New Name in
Jazz Grammy Award 2000) had a lot of publicity and great reviews both in
and outside of Denmark. Among her sources of inspiration you will find a
great variety of artists from lyrical jazz masters like Bill Evans, Keith
Jarrett and Jan Garbarek to the classics like Bach and Debussy. In recent
years the electronic/acoustic scene has caught her attention with names
such as Lamb, Massive Attack, Moloko and Lamchop amongst her favourites.
When she has not been touring with her own band she has taken time off to
take some musical adventures, eg. a couple of duo concerts in France and
Denmark with NHØP and concerts with Nils Landgren. She also composes film
scores and finds the work with directors and pictures a pleasant change
from performing. This spring she has worked together with Michael Mantler
in his version of Paul Austers "Hide and Seek" which has been performed as
a theatre play in Copenhagen and Berlin. The music to "Hyde and Seek" has
been released on ECM records and features Robert Wyatt and Susi Hyldgaard.

The Band:

Johannes Lundberg - Double bass (S)
Besides being one of the most exciting bass players in Scandinavia,
Lundberg is an excellant sound engineer and composer with several CD's
behind him. He plays in a very melodic style with strong expression and has
an awareness on stage the others can only dream of. He is the favourite
bass player of many Scandinavian singers but tours mostly with Billy
Cobham.

Lisbeth Diers - Percussion and Drums (DK)
She is a magician on anything that rattles or can be hit and she dances the
best 70's shimmy in town. She's a musician who's commitment can never be
questioned and she has the temper and responsiveness of a great artist. She
has also worked and recorded with a great many musicians - Marilyn Mazur,
Nils Landgren, Trilok Gurtu, Lena Willemark, Django Bates, Airto Moreira,
Don Alias, Steve Swallow, Palle Danielson, Bobo Stenson.

Gunnar Halle - Trumpet (N)
Gunnar Halle has the ability to perform miricales with his trumpet,
caressing every melody and phrase. His interest in the electronic music
scene has inspired him to use pedals and loops in combination with his
trumpet playing which can also heard on Homesweethome. He is a very popular
trumpet player within the Danish underground scene and travels all over the
world with Pierre Dørge and New Jungle Orchestra.

Homesweethome is a living organism that will sneak up on the listener.
It is a CD you have to have if you like the kind of music that makes a
difference.