🎷 "There's a purity to instrumental music" |

Mammal Hands has carved out a refreshingly original sound from a disparate array of influences and their love of electronic, contemporary classical, world, folk and jazz music. Formed in Norwich in 2012, one of Britain’s most isolated and most easterly cities, they have forged their own path away from the musical mainstream and their unique sound grew out of long improvised rehearsals. Mammal hands fourth album "Captured Spirits" is released on Gondwana Records on Sept 11, 2020.
In this video Mammal Hands saxophonist Jordan Smart talks to 2 Meter Sessions host Jan Douwe Kroeske about the new record, his ancestors, parents and the year 2020.
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About 2 Meter Sessions
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Based in the Netherlands, 2 Meter Sessions is an independent, ongoing (new) music platform with a great legacy. Monthly we film 3 to 4 sessions with promising and breakthrough acts from all over the world.
Many well-known acts have visited the show; from James Taylor, Elliott Smith and David Crosby to Damien Jurado, Ben Howard and Josh Ritter, via Radiohead, Nirvana, Coldplay and Foo Fighters. Archive footage can regularly be seen in (theatrical) documentary movies, like “Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (with footage of our session with INXS, filmed in 1997), “Heaven Adores You” (with footage of our session with Elliott Smith, filmed in 1998) and “All I Can Say” (with footage of our session with Blind Melon, filmed in 1993).
The show started back in 1987 by radio presenter Jan Douwe Kroeske. On his popular national radio show he persuaded New-Zealand band Crowded House to play a couple of songs. The response of the public was so great, that 2 Meter Sessions quickly became a household name. In 1993, the show made a successful transition to national television. From there the show became a national phenomenon, for over 10 years, with filmed sessions of new talent, breakthrough acts and arrived career artists. Almost a million of 2 Meter Sessions cd’s were sold in the Netherlands.
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[@michaelroy6630]

I so get what you mean about instrumental music being "pure". Without lyrics to create the song's meaning, or the instruments simply being a vehicle to deliver lyrics, we become attentive to the complexity of the music itself and let our imaginations create meaning in it.
Such a great interview. Hope you guys can play in Canada one day!

[@richardgoodison5555]

Looking forward to seeing you on stage.

[@nocomment5006]

I wonder if Jordon also creates electronic music as well as there seems to be gear in the back ground. Anybody know?