Foyn Trio! & Live Foyn Friis
They started in 2009 as a trio, Foyn Trio!, and released in 2011 their debut album “Joy Visible”. They changed the name to Live Foyn Friis when they play with drummer Andreas Skamby, and to Live Foyn Friis with Strings when they play with a stringsquartet, but still keeps the trio Foyn Trio!, which will release more albums later! The two new albums coming will come out in the name Live Foyn Friis “With Strings” & “Running Heart”.
Foyn Trio! Selected to play the 12-Points Festival – Europe’s 12 most promising jazz bands
12 Points 2014 – Umeå
10-13th April 2014
Norrlands Operan, Umeå, Sweden
12 Points showcases 12 young European jazz ensembles each year, creating a unique networking opportunity for its participants. It is a valuable resource for festival bookers and jazz media seeking a high quality pan-European showcase of emerging jazz talent.
Foyn Trio
Århus, Denmark
BAND MEMBERS
Trio
- Live Foyn Friis – Vocals/ Effects
- Alex Jønsson – Guitar/ Vocals
- Jens Mikkel Madsen – Double Bass/ Vocals
REVIEWS
One of the hottest names on the current Danish jazz scene with a recent Danish Music Award nomination and the title as Young Jazz Composer of the Year 2012.– Kenneth Kristensen, Aarhus Musik Festival
ABOUT
Two Danes and a Norwegian comprise the Aarhus based Foyn Trio, but their sound speaks to the wider creative energies of many young musicians across Scandinavia today. Pivoting on the voice of Live Foyn Friis, here is soulful, unhurried music that speaks for itself in an impressionistic spacewhere categorization seems especially futile.
Guitarist Alex Jønsson and bassist Jens Madsen are primarily concerned with texture, painting in loops and colours and their own voices, adding to the music’s panoramic feel. It’s a beautiful frame for the star attraction; Live Foyn Friis’ ethereal, bittersweet, occasionally Bjorkesque delivery, a voice you’d be happy to hear anywhere.
Live Foyn Friis 