What If

EVENSANNE

What if one musician gets a call from another to do a background gig in an Italian restaurant. There is musical chemistry. “It was a magical evening,” says Eran Har Even, the Israeli born guitarist who had invited Sanne Huijbregts, the Dutch singer, to appear with him that day. Four years on, “EvanSanne” have brought out their third album, What If. “The super strong connection” as Sanne puts it, has produced a remarkable and highly original new album. Sanne’s impeccable diction and pitch is a perfect foil to Eran’s precise, yet richly expressive playing. They are joined by Itai Weissman on EWI- the unusual electrical wind instrument, and Jeroen Batterink on drums. “We both come from a Jazz tradition,” explains Eran, “but we don’t want to be tagged. We use a lot of external vocal and instrumental effects, for example a loop station, octavers, and delays.” Their previous album, released in 2014, won critical acclaim. All of the tracks on this release were written by Sanne Juijbregts and Eran Har Even. Just before coming together for the album, Sanne studied in Copenhagen and Berlin. Eran taught for three months in India. “We both had the chance to develop ourselves in our different ways, then we came back fresh and new. We took what we had before, the acoustic duo and we developed it into this harmonic, lyrical, storytelling, dynamic quartet with sometimes a rock band feel.” (Sanne)

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