Kenneth Dahl Knudsen - Tété (2018)

“When I was very little, before I could speak… I somehow managed to give myself a name. A word that I would call out every time I was in need of something. My mom still named me by that name until the day she died…… Tété. It has a joyful ring to it, and I see before me a boy that grew up in a safe, loving place…. With this project i’m trying to find my way back there.

I have written so much sad music the last couple of years, maybe because I’m maturing, but also because my mom was sick. On her deathbed she told me that it was very important, that I live my life to its fullest. That I remember to have some fun.

With that in my mind, and with the childish ringing sound of my callname, I decided to put together a band that can do just that…. they can make me have fun. With the rhythmic influences of Africa, and Latin America… the expressiveness of the Jewish folk songs and the harmonic elements of our European tradition, I now have a band that can go anywhere in the music that I want it to…. and hopefully….It can lead me back to Tété.”