Danmark nu Blunder den lyse nat – in a radically reconfigured version. This is Højskolesangbogen as you have never heard it before.
Soffie Viemose!, Jakob Høyer!, Kasper Tranberg!, Jakob Munck!, Andreas Johnsen!, August Wanngren!, Thomas Vang!, April Records!
Thank you to Augustinusfonden & Statens Kunstfond for supporting the recordings.
Fun fact: The song lyrics by Thøger Larsen (b. 1875) are written in, and a description of, the landscape and the summer nights in the exact area I grew up in. And yes, the choice of season for our release date Oct 13th is … stretching it for a summer song, I know. However, the entire album is as much about the DREAM of those songs, the idea of the songs, the memory of the songs. And about opening up the well known versions, to access existential dimensions to the material, beyond or beneath the regular approaches. More on this in the album liner notes by the one and only Kresten Osgood.
Available on all digital platforms. Video of entire take can be found here.
Next single out November 24th, 2023

Third album from the multigenerational trio, first one from a studio recording.

“Even at its most intense, the performance retains its lyricism” – wrote The Wire Magazine about the 2020 album Ecstatic Embrace.

The new album is, according to PassiveAggressive.dk, micro-dosing from the inner cacophony of possible sounds…: “Med en kliché og en meget tekstnær tolkning af pladens tema, som det angives af titlerne, kunne man også kalde “Nocturnal” en feberdrøm eller morfindøs, men det, der er på spil her, er snarere en art natlig klarhed. Det minder om den måde, ens sind ved nattetid kan åbne sig fuldstændig overfor andre indtryk. Det er som at stå i en skov af musik og ikke være bange for ikke at kunne finde hjem, for man har ikke brug for hjem lige nu. … voldsomt interessant at lytte til.”

Out on vinyl and digital on all platforms – including ILKmusic.com.

Fox drawing is by Jesper Zeuthen. For brand new band photos, see Photos (Bands).

Photo for the NOCTURNAL album release. The single “Nocturnal Beings” is out now on all digital platforms. Photos by Mike Højgaard / Neue Pink. Here is one photo – check the entire series in Photos (Bands).

The photo session and the PR work for our upcoming NOCTURNAL album was made possible with support from Koda’s Cultural Funds (KODA KULTUR). Thank you!

Zeuthen – Anderskov – Vestergaard will release our third album, “Nocturnal”, after the internationally acclaimed live albums “Out of the Spectacle” and “Ecstatic Embrace”. This time, for the first time, it will be a studio album, recorded with perfect sound at The Village in Vanløse. First single will come out later this week.

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Jacob Anderskov: EMERALD. Lotte Anker, saxophones – Anders Banke, clarinets and alto flute – Henriette Groth, clarinet & viola – Jacob Anderskov, piano & composition – Nils Davidsen, cello & bass – Peter Bruun, drums. Recorded at The Village, 2021 & 2022. ILK, vinyl + digital. Digi release March 31st, 2023 – LP release April 21st, 2023. Release supported by KODA Kultur, Artistforbundet, Kulturministeriet & Kapelmesterforeningen. Emerald Press UK – Emerald Press DK – Emerald EPK. 

Out now on all digital platforms. LP will arrive late April 2023.

Behold, the cover for the upcoming EMERALD album, out 10 days from now. Design by Mike Højgaard.
I dig how Mike was able to capture the music’s thematics around colours, symmetries (inner molecular symmetry within the materials, as well as outer symmetry in their arrangement), light, shadow, transparent stones, etc., into this 3D graphic design.
The observant observer (singular? plural?) might have noticed the similarity to the cover of the Gemstone Series sheet music book that came out very recently; All compositions on the album are also found in the book.

Listen (sunstone, single) at https://open.spotify.com/album/0FMKZKHBMqc4PNdZEAGIgd or https://orcd.co/rrvr6a7

Photos from the 2023 photo series by Mike Højgaard/Neue Pink will be gradually rolled out during the release process for the EMERALD album and singles.

NB: for full size photo file, go to the Photos (Jacob) page. The image below refers to a lower resolution version.

Direct URL link for full size file: https://usercontent.one/wp/jacobanderskov.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/J_Anderskov_2squat_by_Mike_Hojgaard_71.tif?media=1670923044

Featuring Lotte Anker, Anders Banke, Henriette Groth, Nils Davidsen, Peter Bruun, and yours truly.
First release from this new band featuring a bunch of amazing musicians and beautiful people. I have really been looking forward to share this music with You. 
Listen here:

Two ensembles, both including Danish & German musicians.

Anders Mogensen / Hans Ulrik 4tet featuring Pablo Held … & … Fosterchild (Tranberg, Gille, Anderskov,Helm, Arends). Tour in Denmark + Germany: Bornholm, Ollerup, Flensborg, Düsseldorf, Odense, Darmstadt, Köln, Hamburg – 9 musicians, 8 venues;

Feb 21 – Svanekegården, Bornholm

Feb 22 – Ollerup Efterskole

Feb 23 – Flensborghus

Feb 24 – Jazz Schmiede Düsseldorf

Feb 26 – Kulturmaskinen, Odense

Feb 27, Stadtkirche Darmstadt

Feb 28, Loft, Köln

March 4, Jazzfederation Hamburg

The project was supported by Statens Kunstfond, JazzDanmark, Goethe Institut DK, Kapelmesterforeningen, KODA KULTUR (Musikforlæggerforeningen).