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    With the CD ”The Adventures of a Polar Expedition”, Benjamin Koppel follows in the footsteps of Fridtjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, and Knud Rasmussens. The result is an immensely Nordic sounding music. The music of the wide open spaces, the music of silence, the music of light. He has teamed up with the saxophone colleague Hans Ulrik, who also plays soprano and barytone sax, and together they have created the album's 14 atmospherically saturated tracks. The rhythm group is the Nordic super trio consisting of Norwegian Jon Balke on piano, Swedish Palle Danielsson on double bass, and Danish Alex Riel on drums.
    The Adventures of a Polar Expedition is a result of a collaboration between Cowbell Music ands former director of the Nanortalik Museum and specialist consultant for the Arctic Institute, Sörine Gejl. The Arctic Institute has been so kind as to put image material at our disposal for the booklet of historical polar photos included with the CD. The institute houses one of the world's biggest archives of historical photos from the Artic regions www.arktiskebilleder.dk. The cover image of the CD is supplied by Grenna Museum in the south of Sweden, where they have a polar center and an exhibition about the Andrée expedition.

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Unanswered Questions, Les Mobiles, The World of Yesterday, At Ease, White Buses - Passage to freedom, Contemplation, Perspective, Humanity, and 24 more. , and , .

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Nothing But Ice 06:30
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Time Piece 04:30
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The Great Sled Journey 06:33
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The Balloon Launch 02:22
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Floundering on the Pack Ice 02:56
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Struggling Homewards, in Good Spirits 02:31
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Kvitøya, the Findal Destination 03:40
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Hallucinating Optimism, yet realizing the end 02:05
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Quietness Before Departure 04:44
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The Legend of Fram 04:27
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Destination Home 05:23
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Farewell my Heart, my House 04:12
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Friendship 04:35
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The Great Open 03:40
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The Adventures of a Polar Expedition
– the sound of ice and snow


The poles. Arctic seas as far as the eye can reach, polar bears, seals, and sled dogs. Humans and animals who live on the edge of existence and become one with the elements. The incredible variety of shades of white on the North Pole and in Greenland. The many expeditions that went out, and the many adventurers who never returned home again.

With ”The Adventures of a Polar Expedition”, Benjamin Koppel follows in the footsteps of Fridtjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, and Knud Rasmussens. The result is an immensely Nordic sounding music. The music of the wide open spaces, the music of silence, the music of light. He has teamed up with the saxophone colleague Hans Ulrik, who also plays soprano and barytone sax, and together they have created the album's 14 atmospherically saturated tracks. The rhythm group is the Nordic super trio consisting of Norwegian Jon Balke on piano, Swedish Palle Danielsson on double bass, and Danish Alex Riel on drums.

The Adventures of a Polar Expedition
is a result of a collaboration between Cowbell Music and former director of the Nanortalik Museum and specialist consultant for the Arctic Institute, Sörine Gejl.

The album consists of four suites with each their theme. Starting from Knud Rasmussen's great lifework, the first suite, Time and Ice Suite, embraces the experience of and connection between endlessness and the present on the ice plains of Greenland. The second suite, The rise and fall of the Andrée balloon expedition, describes the story of Salomon August Andrée's fatal balloon journey in 1897 over the inland ice with the clear, but for the time unfortunately also utopian goal of reaching the North Pole. The expedition crashed after a few days' flying, and all three participants perished from hunger and cold. The third suite, The magnificent journeys og Nansen and Amundsen, recounts the story of the two legendary polar explorers Fritjof Nansen og Roald Amundsen, who actually and both with the same fabled ship, Fram, journeyed out and also returned home again. The fourth and last suite, Friendship suite, tells the story of the friendship and firm solidarity it took to abandon oneself to the whims of nature in the attempt to open up the world.

Hans Ulrik, Benjamin Koppel – soprano and baritone saxophones
Jon Balke – piano
Palle Danielsson – double bass
Alex Riel – drums

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released September 20, 2010

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Benjamin Koppel Copenhagen, Denmark

Benjamin Koppel is a superb Danish musician from an illustrious music family. He is all about music—of just about any kind. He is known for his versatility and virtuosity as a saxophonist and composer. His approach is thoughtful, not manic, and he glides effortlessly from phrase to phrase when he pours out blazing bebop licks, quick and smooth. ... more

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