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In 2025 we will begin the creative work towards the next band album. Not an artistic collaboration like the previous albums we have been working on - just us. A starting point is to loosen the idea of a fixed line-up. That sometimes, we might play as a trio, maybe with just one drummer. Other times, we might expand to five musicians. 

Doing collaborations with singers, a bigband and strings have taught us how to adapt to all sorts of soundscapes and we know that we thrive making the music work. This flexible line up would make touring easier and push our sound in new directions. Performing should feel exciting and new.

As singer SZA says it on her newest album: ‘gotta break it if you want it to grow.’

GIA

It’s been exactly 18 years since we started making music together as Moses Hightower, and we’re thrilled about how many beautiful ears we’ve reached in that time. It’s been a fun journey—resulting in some grey beards along with all the music—but now we’re ramping things up! We’re really excited to be joining Sleeve, this fresh new platform, and we hope you’ll come along for the ride.

Here, you can follow our music and the dorks behind it, far from ads, algorithms and tech overlords. Sleeve gives us the freedom to share both old and new music, as well as videos, in high quality—without any middlemen.

It’s a refreshing alternative to the pretty arid and impersonal landscape of streaming and social media, opening up new possibilities. It inspires us to share more of our creative process and connect more directly with the fine humans who are most into what we do.

Right now, we’re deep into work on a new album, so if you subscribe, there’s plenty of behind-the-scenes material coming your way. We’ll regularly dig up old, obscure stuff and demos to share with those of you who are extra invested—you might even find yourselves with the occasional ticket or merch perk. Of course, everybody will get updates on concerts (some happening real soon!) and other shenanigans.

But for now—welcome, and let’s stay in touch!

We're slowly uploading the Solborg catalogue to Sleeve. Full access for all Backstage-Pass and All-Acces subscribers.

Here Maniscalco/Bigoni/Solborg and the album Canto.

Enjoy!

The press wrote:
"Rewriting the rules of contemporary chamber jazz, Solborg’s music is as vital today as Joe McPhee’s Po Music ensembles of the 90s.” 
Fred Grand - JazzJournal.UK 

"proposing a vital experience, making music that can’t forget sound (in its acoustic properties) and listening, both internal (oneself) and external (the others). This music is extremely rich and adorned, [..] as discreet as it is persistent "
Sandro Cerini, Musica Jazz

"Such profound and rare beauty is achieved only when kindred spirits meet and keep refining their poetic agenda"
Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts

" ..radiates a power that’s as likely to deliver a gentle shock as brighten the room with its warmth". Dave Sumner, The Best Jazz on Bandcamp: June 2022

Francesco Bigoni − Tenor & alto saxophone, clarinet
Mark Solborg − Guitars, devices & electronics
Emanuele Maniscalco − Rhodes, piano & keyboards

With a buzz in our ears, we sing our way through the cantos of a new book. Shout – or whisper – our musical poetry into a spacious realm of warm analog keyboards, strings and reeds, flooded with subtle electronics, granular processing and microtonality. Interwoven contemporary chamber music tableaux are carefully folded into a unique multilayered electroacoustic blend – grandiose and yet intimate.

Maniscalco/Bigoni/Solborg navigate freely with and around original materials. This is about improvising as a unit while honouring or challenging the idea of a song. To instantly react to each other and create chamber-like music with a strong presence, that bridges melodic poetry and contemporary abstraction. This music does not care about genre or style. It is essentially about musical conversation and made for ears interested in dialogue.

This Danish/Italian trio has worked their musical approach intensely for a decade. The results can be heard on its two prior albums, praised internationally by audience and critics. With CANTO, the three musicians bring their work and musical approach into a new crisp territory.