Experience Caktus at Studenterhuset
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Caktus' music is somewhere between the fragile and the strong - the beautiful and the violent - chamber music and grooves. It is the acoustic sound that is in focus, and the desire to experiment and improvise in and out of the otherwise tight compositions. Caktus is close to being a double trio, with two basses and two saxes, and with this harmony and mirroring it is obvious that themes are also mirrored, turned, twisted and challenged.
The group was formed in Aarhus in 2017, and has since played more than 50 concerts around the Nordic countries and has had its music performed by the DR Bigbandet, among other things. In 2023, Caktus released its second album 'Flimrende', which was called 'a masterpiece' by reviewers, among other things. The debut release 'Under Solen also received many praises along the way, including a Steppeulv nomination as 'Composer of the Year', a nomination for 'Album of the Year' at the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2021, and a place on both Passive/Aggressive's and Dagbladet Information's annual list of the 20 best Danish releases in 2020.
Caktus has collaborated with the Oslo Jazz Composers Orchestra in the past year and played two concerts with Caktus in an expanded 15-person lineup. This project has just been recorded and will be released as an album in the spring of 2026. In addition, Caktus will release a new quintet album on September 10, 2025, and several singles are on the way before then.
Caktus:
- Maria Dybbroe – alto sax
- Zeki Jindyl – alto sax
- Thorbjørn Kaas – cello, double bass,
- Frederik Hagner – double bass
- Tobias Andreassen – drums