Dreamers’ Circus, en af de mest anerkendte og genreudfordrende trioer inden for nordisk musik, udgiver nu deres længe ventede nye album, Handed On,
Der er gået mere end 15 år siden det skæbnemøde, hvor Nikolaj Busk (klaver og harmonika), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin) og Ale Carr (cittern), blev ført sammen til en jamsession på en lille folkemusikfestival i København. Siden da har de udviklet sig til at være førende internationale ambassadører for nordisk, roots-baseret musik. Bandet turnerer regelmæssigt og optræder for publikum i hele Europa, Nordamerika og Japan. Den påtvungne pause under COVID-pandemien opmuntrede bandet til at komponere en samling melodier, som de udgav i bogform under titlen Handed On. Som bandet udtaler: “Vi så tilbage for at komme fremad.” De vendte tilbage til deres rødder og hentede inspiration fra den traditionelle nordiske musik, der har guidet og drevet dem siden begyndelsen.
I alt er 58 melodier blevet udgivet i både bogform og digitalt format (se www.handedon.com).
Nogle af de bedste melodier fra denne samling tog Dreamers’ Circus med i studiet Farvemøllen i København, hvor de sammen med producer Kristian Leth forsøgte at indfange den levende ånd og energi, der oprindeligt havde inspireret dem til at spille traditionel musik.
Handed On afspejler og hylder betydningen af mundtlig overlevering, fællesskab, delt kulturarv og den levende, nutidige tradition inden for nordisk musik.
Lyt, og du vil høre kærligheden og sjælen i hver eneste tone af denne musik.
“Folkemusik er ikke hvad det engang har været, og det har den aldrig været.”– Torkild Knudsen
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CD; Dreamers’ Circus – Handed On GO1424CD
Vinyl; Dreamers’ Circus – Handed On GO1424LP
Digital: Choose your digital service here
Artist: Dreamer’s Circus: Ale Carr, Nikolaj Busk, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen
Guests
Track 4 Kristian Leth, Percussion
Track 6: Kristian Leth, Mads Mølgaard Helbæk, vocals
Recorded at Farvemøllen,, Copenhagen
Producer: Kristian Leth
Engineers, Mads Mølgaard Helbæk, Christian Afel Refer
Mixed by: Thomas Alstrup
Mastering: Björn Engelmann
Art Direction: Daniela Hasse
Photograph: Caroline Bittencourt
Cat no : GO1424CD and GO1424LP
ISRC : DK 6KA24014 01-13
Barcode CD 5705934006023
Barcode LP 5705934006030
Released by GO Danish Folk Music 2025 (DK, Greenland, Faroe Islands)
Dreamers’ Circus, one of the most celebrated and genre-defying trios in Nordic music, will release their much anticipated new album, Handed On,
It has been more than fifteen years since a chance meeting at a jam session at a small folk festival in Copenhagen brought Nikolaj Busk (piano and accordion), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), and Ale Carr (cittern) together. Since then, they have developed into leading international ambassadors for Nordic roots-based music. The band regularly tours and performs for audiences across Europe, North America, and Japan.
The enforced downtime during the covid pandemic encouraged the band to compose a collection of tunes, which they compiled into book form and published under the title Handed On. As the band states: “We went back to go forward.” They returned to their roots, drawing inspiration from the traditional Nordic music that has guided and driven them since the beginning. A total of 58 tunes were published in both book and digital formats (see www.handedon.com).
Taking some of the best tunes from this collection, Dreamers’ Circus immersed themselves in Farvemøllen Studios in Copenhagen with producer Kristian Leth, seeking to capture live the spirit and energy that originally inspired them to play traditional music. Handed On reflects and celebrates the importance of oral transmission, community, shared heritage, and the vibrant, living contemporary tradition of Nordic music.
Listen, and you will hear the love and spirit in every note of this music.
“Folk Music is not what it used to be – and it never has been” -Torkild Knudsen
Physical sales from our Folkshop.dk – we ship worldwide
CD; Dreamers’ Circus – Handed On GO1424CD
Vinyl; Dreamers’ Circus – Handed On GO1424LP
Digital: Choose your digitale service here
New single The Old Goat by Dreamers´ Circus:
Track #4 from coming full album (CD,VINYL,Digital)
Musicians Ale Carr, Nikolaj Busk, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, and guest Kristian Leth
Cat no : GO1424-2
ISRC : DK 6KA2401404
Barcode 5705934006023
Composer Ale Carr
Recorded at Farvemøllen,, Copenhagen
Producer: Kristian Leth
Engineers, Mads Mølgaard Helbæk, Christian Afel Refer
Mixed by: Thomas Alstrup
Mastering: Björn Engelmann
Art Direction: Daniela Hasse
Photograph: Caroline Bittencourt
Full album “Handed On” GO1424 will be released february 14nd and
available as CD and Vinyl in our folkshop.dk by February 14.nd
