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This second album from the Danish jazz quintet Caktus, reflects the uncertainty, fright, but yet love, experienced living during a pandemic. Written through several lockdown periods, the music is created while reflecting upon a lot of existential questions. How does it affect a body having limited body-contact, and being told to be afraid of strangers? Where do we find hope with an uncertain future? How do we move on, into the light, and keep being loving, caring, curious, open and inspired, when everything around us is standing still, closing down and covering up? Caktus music can be described as being in between fragility and strength – beauty and wildness – chamber music and grooves. Caktus is almost a double trio, with two double basses and two saxophones, and with this mirroring of the instruments and in the sound, it gives inspirations to also mirror, twist, wring and challenge themes and melodies. The group was founded in 2017 and with front-woman Maria Dybbroe, Caktus has already gained a lot of attention on the Danish Jazzscene and played more than 50 concerts throughout Denmark. For their debut-album Under Solen they were nominated to 'Album of the year' at Danish Music Awards Jazz, as well as 'Composer of the Year' at the Danish Critic's Prize Steppeulven.