A Musical Encounter with Gods and Heroes
On January 23, the electronic jazz duo Cort Lunde releases the album Mythos on vinyl – a work inspired by extraordinary mythological narratives and created in close collaboration with Thorvaldsens Museum.
The album originates from a commissioned work by the museum for performance during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2024, where Cort Lunde composed five pieces dedicated to selected mythological gods represented in the museum’s collection.
The specific Thorvaldsen sculptures that inspired the tracks on the album depict Mercury, Psyche, Vulcan, Minerva, Prometheus, and Bacchus, respectively – and the sold-out premiere performance took place in the museum’s grand and impressive main hall.
Throughout the entire compositional process, active work was carried out with the hall’s distinctive acoustic and sonic qualities, including a residency during which Cort Lunde composed and completed the music within the space itself.
The vinyl was recorded live in the entrance hall of Thorvaldsens Museum during another performance at Vinterjazz 2025. In addition to Cort Lunde, the musicians Laura Toxværd, Maria Jagd, Signe Strandsdorf, and Josefine Larsen also appear on the recording.
The creation of the album was supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and KODA Culture.
The duo debuted in 2023 with the album Flora Electronica, which interpreted plants from the Flora Danica collection and was selected as Album of the Week on P8 Jazz.
Mythos is their fourth album, and earlier critically acclaimed releases have been described, among other things, as “(…) a new wave of ecopoetic improvisational music” in Politiken.
In addition to their collaboration with Thorvaldsens Museum, they have created commissioned works for SMK, Brandts Museum, Designmuseum Denmark, among others.
Hollywood stars Ted Danson and Lily Collins are fans, and their music has been used in everything from documentaries about the Alps to DR’s Frank and Kastanjegården.
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