Description
BACKGROUND INFO
Besides being a virtuoso on the chromatic harmonica, 28-year-old Mathias Heise is a highly skilled composer. Back in 2012, he founded his fusion band Mathias Heise Quadrillion with equally talented peers: Mads Christiansen (guitar), David Vang (bass), Aksel Stadel Borum (drums) + Mathias himself on chromatic harmonica and keyboards.
A select few musicians with harmonica as their primary instrument hold a place in the jazz hall of fame, but at the age of only 20, Mathias Heise was crowned 2013 Chromatic Harmonica World Champion. In 2015, he was awarded ‘New Jazz Star of The Year’ in Denmark, and Quadrillion’s debut album ’Sudden Ascent’ was nominated for the Danish Music Awards in the category ‘Best New Jazz Act’. In 2016, Mathias received the Danish Crown Prince Couple’s ’Stardust Award’ — an annual award that is given to honor and high- light young Danish talents. In 2017, he was awarded with the ’Ben Webster Prize’, as the youngest ever.
TRACK LISTING
- Blue City (6:38)
- Bad Luck (4:43)
- Soft Mind (7:14)
- A Call From Quad (6:21)
- Carsten Kalder (7:50)
- The Beast (5:39)
- Bisse Funk (6:39)
- Hopeful Monsters (11:11)
QUOTES (‘Decadence’ album – 2017)
“Canny investors looking for a hot tip on the jazz stock market should consider purchasing shares in Mathias Heise Quadrillion.”
“Heise & Co. demonstrated with their whip-crack group playing and high energy mix of funk, fusion, rock and jazz – that they can reach a broad base of jazz consumers. Fresh-faced and with boundless energy, and appealing to the young crossover crowd as well as hard- core jazz-fusion fans, Mathias Heise Quadrillion have the feel of a group destined for bigger stages across Europe in coming years.”
— Rob Mallows, London Jazz News
(review of ‘Decadence’ album + album release show at Spice of Life, London)
“Shades of Weather Report and Herbie Hancock circa Sunlight can be detected in their funkified polyglot grooves though they boast a sound and style all their own.”
— Charles Waring, Record Collector
