Equally Stupid í Mengi / Sigurður Rögnvaldsson, Pauli Lyytinen, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen

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Equally Stupid er framsækið og kraftmikið tríó. Tónlist tríósins er rytmísk og oft á tíðum hröð. Hljómsveitin hikar ekki við að sækja áhrif í rokktónlist eða jafnvel heimstónlist. Laglínurnar eru sterkar og í fyrirrúmi þó tónlistin geti farið hvert sem er í sólóum.

Bækistöðvar bandsins eru í Helsinki þar sem Sigurður og Pauli eru búsettir. Þeir byrjuðu sem dúó en hafa undanfarin ár spilað með svissneska trommuleikaranum David Meier. Nú munu þeir spila á Íslandi með Magnúsi Trygvasyni Elíassen sem spilar með ADHD og Moses Hightower.

Árið 2014 gaf hljómsveitin út plötuna Exploding Head sem hefur fengið góða umfjöllun hjá gagnrýnendum. Í kjölfarið hefur hljómsveitin spilað víða í Finnlandi ásamt því að spila á djasshátíðum í Evrópu. Nú kemur bandið fram í fyrsta skipti á Íslandi.

Sigurður Rögnvaldsson - barítóngítar

Pauli Lyytinen - tenórsaxófónn

Magnús Trygvason Elíassen - trommur

Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20. Tónleikarnir hefjast klukkan 21.

Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.

www.equallystupid.net

http://eclipsemusicrecordlabel.bandcamp.com/.../exploding...

”The album (Exploding Head) takes you on a colourfully vivid trip into the heart of music where fast jazz-oriented music tries to surpass rock ́n roll expression. The outcome is amazingly magnificent, powerfully sounding music.”

- Salon Seudun Sanomat 22.03.2014

”Lyytinen, Rögnvaldsson and Meier make an organic entity that works in a perfect telepathy. Rhythmically this trio reaches a level that is rarely heard anywhere. Equally Stupid plays with fury that comes across through the energetic expression and overall compositions.”

- Matti Komulainen, Turun Sanomat 21.02.2014

“This is truly rewarding improvisational music, with the two leading instruments straining for boundaries of affinitive dissonance in an appealing percussive soundscape.”

- Anthony Shaw, All About Jazz 12.4.2014

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Equally Stupid:

Sigurður Rögnvaldsson - baritone guitar

Pauli Lyytinen - tenor saxophone

Magnús Trygvason Elíassen - drums

Equally Stupid is a progressive and powerful trio. Their music is rhythmical and often fast. Influences come from rock music and world music with strong melodic lines and unpredictable solos.

Sigurður and Pauli are based in Helsinki, starting out as a duo but have for the recent years played worked with David Meier, drummist from Switzerland.In Mengi Sigurður and Pauli will be performing along with Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, member of ADHD and Moses Hightower.

In 2014 Equally Stupid released the highly acclaime album Exploding Head. Since then the trio has performed extensively in Finland as well as at several jazz festival. The concert in Mengi is the trio's debut concert in Iceland.

House opens at 8pm. Concert starts at 9pm.

Tickets: 2000 ISK