farvel is the self-titled debut album by farvel.

not really fitting in with the dogmas and hierarchies of jazz        and not really being good at playing it either,             farvel slowly realized the music was trying to go somewhere else       than where they thought they wanted to go themselves.

they decided to follow this.

a sound embracing their unpolished unschooled messy way of playing   together finding out that it’s okay to sound like that.

their debut album is a testament to this.

their music is at its core about letting go.                 it deals with the fact of constant change being a premise of living life     and without being sentimental about this,               they let the music be a celebration of this constant change and evolution.

“farvel” meaning “fare well”,                    they deconstruct and reclaim the meaning of the word,          not approaching it as meaning “goodbye”               but instead as a wish for a well onward journey.            

a mentality not only applicable to playing music             but to all aspects of living life.

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farvel is halfdan magnus stefansson, gustav m.k. lauridsen and jens højbøge mosegaard

recorded by anders ørbæk at garagen i øgaderne on 11th and 12th of june 2023 mix by anders ørbæk

master by taylor deupree

photos by magnus munk tækker

made possible with financial support from koda kultur

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released february 2024 on streaming, bandcamp and on cd