Mary Rose and the Purple Quintet, by Maria Arnqvist

Mary Rose and the Purple Quintet

by Maria Arnqvist

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1.	Esprit 04:21	buy track
2.	Morning Sun 06:03	buy track
3.	Rosalie 03:27	buy track
4.	The Saloon 02:29	buy track
5.	I caught you runnin' 04:37	buy track
6.	Rubies and Gold 03:46	buy track
7.	Sirens of Nicosia 01:28	buy track
8.	L'air Lyre 04:40	buy track
9.	Purple Sails 04:44	buy track
10.	L'air Lyre (instrumental) 04:39	buy track

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”An enchanting and softening restless spirit is at work on this astonishing, well-thought out and enacted solo turn from the Swedish talent; an album that will gently unfurl its magic and depth over repeated plays and time: and for that, will only get better on each listen.”Monolith Cocktail Feb 2024

Brilliant debut album from Swedish multiinstrumentalist and composer Maria Arnqvist!
With seven critically praised and forward thinking albums with her exciting avant/folk/psych duo Siri Karlsson - now is the time to finally hear Maria Arnqvist's beautiful solo work.

While being classicaly trained on the piano and clarinet as a child, she switched to saxophone during a stay in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

"Mary Rose and the Purple Quintet" is an impressing body of work and is also the result of Maria Arnqvist returning to practicing the piano and a will to compose for a smaller ensemble. The colorful music is both instrumental and with lyrics in English and is inspired by musical encounters and travels such as a year in Boston and teaching and touring in West Africa.

The tunes carry stories where Mary Rose is one of the characters we meet. While "Esprit"” is the kickstart of an wild adventure, "Purple Sails" and "L'air Lyre" is the sound of the journey going back, of coming home in the middle of the night and seeing things in a new light...

It’s adventurous music, bold and brave. And deeply moving as well.
The rich and atmospheric arrangements is swirling around Maria and the piano, which is in the centre of a chamber orchestra with an original setting of instruments such as kora, lap steel, violin, cello and more.

Influences stem from Penguin Café Orchestra, Moondog, PJ Harvey, Philip Glass to Art Ensemble of Chicago.

It’s a kind of romantic ”avant-pop-chamber-proto- kraut with spices of jazz and folk”, if you like..

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released February 2, 2024

Produced by Maria Arnqvist

All music and lyrics composed by Maria Arnqvist.
Recorded and pre-mixed at Ingrid Studios and Studio Bruket by Anton Sundell. Additions and mixing at Studio Pansarmarängen by Lars Fredrik Swahn. Mastering by Too Many Notes.
Front cover photography by Eva Arnqvist
Sleeve design by Johnny Chang and Eva Arnqvist
Costume by Lena Almström
Styling by Hanna Rönnbäck

Maria Arnqvist - vocals, piano, saxophone and synths
Karin Hellqvist - violin
Emma Augustsson - cello and backing vocals
Sousou Cissoko - kora, flute and backing vocals
Simon Svärd - lap steel and guitars
Vilhelm Bromander - double bass
Dennis Egberth -drums and percussion
Mira Eklund - synth on "L'air Lyre"
Ryan Packard - percussion on "Esprit", "Morning Sun" and "I caught you runnin' ".

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