Tone presents Bremer/McCoy

Bremer/McCoy is a Danish duo of Jonathan Bremer on acoustic bass and Morten McCoy on the keys and tape delay. With 400,000 monthly listeners, Bremer/McCoy have, against all odds, created their own subdued cosmos in a noisy era. Appropriately, “Kosmos” is the title of the duo’s sixth album. Here, they aim to convey a worldview rooted in deep connectedness and a sense of freedom. The raw material includes tracks that have been simmering for 15 years, alongside pieces that emerged in an intense moment within 15 minutes.

“Kosmos” is a statement without exclamation marks or large fonts. It’s the attempt of two Danish musicians to capture the world they stand for—and wish to share with others. The album represents a worldview, and in Bremer/McCoy’s cosmos, we can meet each other without words.

“Humans have always played music. We’ve sat around fires and sung. We’ve danced. When we play together or listen together, we communicate wordlessly. And right now, it’s important to remember to communicate, as many feel we are in tough times. What we represent is an apolitical communication. One of my biggest concerns is division. The fact that people’s political stances prevent them from talking to each other, despite so much common ground. Everyone enjoys a walk in the forest, and I believe everyone feels a fundamental joy and peace when experiencing something beautiful being created,” says Morten McCoy.

At the group’s concerts, this intimate and immediate atmosphere arises. The starting point for “Kosmos” was to capture the emotions from their concerts on record. Hence, they approached the initial studio session as if they were performing a concert and began improvising. Their improvisation style is unique: they don’t improvise solos but songs. They don’t riff aimlessly but delve into a story. They don’t know what story they’ll tell when they start, but they discover it together.