About
The Heart’s Electrical System plays modern, melodic, improvising jazz with a clear rhythmic focus. The music moves between jazz, electronica and instrumental hiphop, and can be heard as jazz in 2026.
The band's sound is marked by a strong groove and a contemporary rhythmic feel, framing the soloists' free playing over a solid harmonic foundation. Acoustic instruments meet electronic elements in an open, welcoming musical world that works for close listening as much as for more social settings.
The name The Heart’s Electrical System reflects the essence of the band's approach. The heart – usually thought of as the most human, biological and analogue thing there is – runs on electrical impulses. A heartbeat can be described as a sine wave, the same shape that underpins a synthesizer. That makes the divide between analogue jazz and electronic music artificial. Both hold soul, presence and emotional depth, and it is exactly those feelings the music stirs that are at the core of the project.
Members
Trumpet
Trumpeter from Aarhus, studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Active on the Aarhus jazz scene and works across afrobeat, funk and salsa. Has played in orchestras and bands led by John Riddell and Kathrine Windfeld, and collaborated with Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra and Lars Møller. Also plays trumpet for JJ PAULO.
Guitar
Guitarist based in Aarhus, studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Active across the city's music scene in alternative, r'n'b, latin and progressive rock with acts such as Methea, St. Lazar and Prince bassist Ida Nielsen. Explores the sonic limits of the guitar through a playful approach to effects. His playing is melodically indebted to fusion legends like Pat Metheny and Wayne Krantz, combined with the rhythmic intensity of the newer UK jazz scene.
Tenor saxophone
Saxophonist based near Aarhus. Has played in a wide range of settings, mainly jazz, soul and funk, in both large and small bands, and as an orchestral musician for revues and musicals. Has performed with Booze Brothers, Morten Lindberg (Master Fatman), Mek Pek and Cæcilie Norby. Also part of Sunday Deluxe, a jam-funk outfit.
Piano, synthesizer, beats
Pianist, composer and producer from Denmark. Works between jazz, electronic music and beats, and trained as a producer and mixing engineer at the School of Audio Engineering in London. After years focused on piano, jazz improvisation and projects with singers, he has returned to production and composition in a collective, instrumental jazz format. With The Heart's Electrical System he gathers musicians from the Aarhus jazz scene into a contemporary, groove-based sound.
Also on the album: Anders Bøwadt Jensen — trombone · Lauge Sloth Nielsen — bas · Morten Svenningsen — guitar