"Mosaic": a piano and percussion duo that takes the power of intuition to new heights on their debut album.

The music of Jacob Karlzon and Rhani Krija is as varied in color and shape, as geometrically stimulating and exemplary figurative as a mosaic. The two musicians, who each had different musical socialization's, are 'Mosaic': a piano and percussion duo that takes the power of intuition to new heights on their debut album. The first encounter between Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon and Moroccan percussionist Rhani Krija took place on the road in Dominic Miller's band. Krija marveled at Karlzon's musicality and openness to spontaneously create melodic and rhythmic gems of the most vital expressiveness. The pianist, on the other hand, was immediately struck by the percussionist's ability and urge to compose live on stage and enter into musical dialog.

Later on the two virtuosos were not in the studio, but on stage first. Knowing full well how much the vitality of their joint music depends on the momentum vector, they didn't hesitate for long. Classic jamming was less in the foreground. Rather, the urge to compose in an experimental way was well received in the live situation. Accordingly, immediately after the concert, they went into a recording studio with the manageable structures of ten spontaneously conceived pieces.
The Mosaic duo's compositions mature out of the moment like puzzles. Fragments that are created in real time are brought into larger harmonic and groove contexts. This results in creative friction and tension, which find their resolution in the extremely finely tuned weaving of stories. The man with North African origins occasionally lets his many percussion instruments sing melodically, while the Scandinavian on the 88 keys of his grand piano sets the pulse pattern throughout.

However, Krija, who has toured every continent with Peter Gabriel, Sting and Herbie Hancock, and Karlzon, who has played with countless jazz greats, see something healing in their music. Dialogue contributes to spiritual, emotional connection, they say.

Track Listing

• Blank Page
• A Walk in Ambivalencia
• Mosaic
• Subsurface
• Serenade
• Glow
• Zenith
• Further Down That Road
• Closer Look
• Lost & Found
• Last Dance

Additional Details

Label: INTUITION

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 52:88 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/08/25

UPC: 750447346529