Beiggja feat. Kika Sprangers

KIKA SPRANGERS – saxophone
KJETIL MULELID – piano
MATS EILERTSEN – double bass
PER ODDVAR JOHANSEN – drums

In the winter of 2024, pianist Kjetil Mulelid, saxophonist Kika Sprangers, bassist Mats Eilertsen and drummer Per Oddvar Johansen met outside Oslo, at Per Oddvar's home – a house surrounded by snow-covered forest. In the bright and quiet winter landscape, they set up to play music.

– 'Everyone brought some songs, we pressed REC and played for two days... What started as a spontaneous meeting grew into the debut album Morning, released on the Norwegian label Hubro.

– 'None of the takes were the same. A 'take two' often tends to relate to 'take one', especially if 'take one' sounded good. But with Mats and Per Oddvar, each take went its own way. The interaction was fantastic – natural and organic. Even though we didn't know each other that well yet, we were able to follow each other's musical movements closely.

You can hear that on the record. That spontaneity and curiosity.'