Tirsdag d. 6 september kl 20:00

Total Hip Replacement

På Konservatoriet i Esbjerg (SDMK)

Total Hip Replacement is a groovy 7-piece orchestra known for its energetic and unique live concerts. Playfully the band band operates between the organic and the electronic, where heavy grooves, warm brass and intense synthesizers meet in a musical landscape that is dark and longing, but full of hopeful energy. Total Hip Replacement will, at a time when mental health, political security and global humanitarian conditions are under pressure, remind the world of the importance of coming together across classes and cultures. With a text universe that invites to reflection, the audience is taken on a transcendent, ecstatic journey, where the boundary between musician and listener is blurred in the heat of battle.

From the very beginning, the main energy and passion that pushed the band forward was performing live, and this has resulted in 250 concerts in 10 different countries around the world, from Ghana to Greenland, in music venues and international and Danish festivals such as Smukfest, SPOT, G! Festival and Iceland Airwaves.

Laust Moltesens musik er dansksprogede fortællinger, som peger mod en fremtidig folkemusik. Musikken udspringer af mødet mellem en opvækst med dansk kirkemusik og et guitarspil med rødder i vestafrikansk folkemusik og blues fra USA. Teksternes sanselige undersøgelser fortæller historier om en fortryllet verden, hvor bregner, kropsorganer, gopler og menneskelige relationer alle eksisterer på samme virkelighedsplan. De insisterende grooves synkroniserer publikum og smitter tankerne med et åbent, nysgerrigt blik på det velkendte. Fragmenter af tekster bider sig fast, overraskende billeder forankres i klare melodier og får dig til at undres mens du danser. Hans album Citroner udkommer som et samarbejde med billedkunstneren Peter Larsen, som illustrerer sangteksterne med sin farverige stil. Albummet er ude i september 2024.