Pørtners Komplot
Oldefar På Tour
Go’ Danish Folk Music
The four piece known as Pørtners Komplot don’t surface often (this is their second full-length disc) but whenever they do it’s a joy. This CD is based in part on a music book that belonged to the great-grandfather of band member Johan Toftegaard Knudsen, but with a few diversions. They don’t try to recreate the old music. Instead they put their own spin on it. It’s still folk music without any doubt, and indubitably Danish. Boasting nine instruments between them, the quartet can inject different colours and textures. Throughout the play is inspired and joyful (Obo-Polka genuinely floats) and there are moment of wonderful grace, like Genglang Af Nr. 70/Novermbervals. But they can also be completely manic, as on the hopsa På Bjerget. That these are musicians familiar with dance music is beyond question. That they perform it all superbly and with plenty of joyful imagination is evident from a single listen. One of the brightest releases to come out of Denmark this year.
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