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Nils Landgren
Funk For Life

VÖ: 22.01.2010

Genre: Funky Jazz

€17.50*

ACT 9500-2, 614427950024

Nils Landgren / trombone, vocals
Magnum Coltrane Price / bass, vocals
Magnus Lindgren / woodwinds, background vocals
Jonas Wall / woodwinds, background vocals
Sebastian Studnitzky / keyboards, trumpet, background vocals
Andy Pfeiler / guitar, vocals
Robert Mehmet Ikiz / drums, background vocals
Wolfgang Haffner / drums (when 2 drummers)

For further project information, photos and video please visit www.funkforlife.com

All songs written and arranged by the Nils Landgren Funk Unit

Produced by Magnum Coltrane Price
Co-produced by Nils Landgren

Recorded at Hansa Studios Berlin on June 9 - 12, 2009 by Jan Ugand, Fredi Janz & Arne Schumann

Additional recordings at The Beatbox, Manges basement, Andy’s dungeon, Sebastian’s pad, and Kibera

Mixed at LUV studios Paris between September 30 - October 8, 2009 by Magnum Coltrane Price & Gordon Cyrus

Mastered by Hoffe at Cosmos Stockholm

"A groovy, danceable record with cool vocals, crisp funk rhythms and brilliant horn sections." STEREO

Nils Landgren

For the words versatility and curiosity, there is a synonym: Nils Landgren. Virtuosically, "Mr. Red Horn" navigates from perspective to perspective, partly because he thrives on constant change. Two souls reside in his chest: When the audience experiences him with his "Funk Unit," the Swede reveals his distinctive, relentlessly groovy side and becomes the jazz action hero. But there's also a very gentle, melancholic, highly sentimental Nils Landgren. This side of him emerges, for example, during the Advent season when the instrumentalist and singer celebrates "Christmas With My Friends," or in his ballad projects. On the trombone, he intones with unparalleled smoothness, and his uniquely textured, fragile voice touches the heart and soul with its sensitivity.