Danish & Blue

Description

After their band "Grails" went dormant, Emil Amos and Alex Hall embarked on a search for a new sound for their "Lilacs & Champagne" project. Their eponymous debut in 2012 was filled with samples recorded from around the world. Their second album, Danish & Blue, is both longer and more ambitious. In 1969, Denmark became the first country to legalize pornography, dominating this market for several years before being emulated by the rest of the world. This album is directly inspired by this period of the country's history, with some of its most obscure productions having their soundtracks sampled for this project. With a deviant and ravaged beauty, Lilacs & Champagne demonstrates a sense of humor and aesthetic research that defies classical commercial classifications. "L&C" adopts the hip-hop practice of rummaging through forgotten recordings to rearrange them in their own style. Danish Blue is actually located at a point where retro and avant-garde meet to create music that is both funny and mysterious.