Ora Cogan + Ester Thunander

silent green presents

Ora Cogan
Formless finds beauty, absurdity, humour, and unlikely joy in the bleakest of times. The smoky, psychedelic approach of Ora Cogan to gothic country and hazy folk merges with post-punk, groove, psych rock, and traditional balladry. With a singular voice as much sensation as sound, she seeks out new realities within the smoke-and-mirrors labyrinth of our cruel society.

The album Formless took form in the abyss of grief and pandemic isolation. “I spent a lot of time wandering aimlessly in the woods with my dog,” said Cogan. The result is an outpouring of ruminations on awkward love, pain, internal struggles, and a fight to find ways to feel good when everything goes bad.

Recorded in mostly off-the-floor takes with rhythm section David Proctor and Finn Smith on analog tape at Vancouver Island’s Risque Disque studio and co-produced by Cogan and Loving’s David Parry, Formless features international guest stars including Cormac Mac Diarmada from LANKUM and Y La Bamba.

Raised by a photojournalist and a musician on the islands of Canada’s Pacific coast, Cogan shaped her approach to music far from big-city scenes. Her childhood home played host to a constant stream of artists as it served as a professional recording studio. Cogan absorbed a myriad of influences growing up, from Ladino and Rumbetico to American country blues and outsider art all feeding into her glacial and cinematic yet tinglingly intimate sound.

Ester Thunander
Ester Thunander is an unconventional folk musician from south of Sweden, with an extensive repertoire in the Norwegian and Swedish traditions.

With her practice in contemporary improvisation and the performing arts she writes music and improvises on the forms of the folk tunes and songs on fiddle, hardanger fiddle, song and other surprises. 

As she moves from the old archives to a stage, she gives a concert with expressions influenced by the blue notes, forests, mountains, spells and melancholy of modern scandi-land.

Thursday, April 10
Kuppelhalle
Doors: 7 pm / Start: 8 pm
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