Artist Bio

Behind VoicEquilibrium is singer & improvisor, Pernille Mejer Richardt about whom it is predicted that she will further develop jazz and improvised music in the future. The Scandinavian jazz press has even described her as a courageous and original artist with the skills to do things differently, and with a voice able to practice wise, yet calm voice-acrobatics.

VoicEquilibrium is music centered round the voice in a contemporary jazz context. It moves on a spectrum from gentle elegance to vehemently experimental utilizing organic live looping, extended vocal techniques and a sense of mutual vibration with the piano. The listener is drawn into captivating vocal reflections simultaneously exploring and keeping its balance.

The music strives to let curiosity and courage move freely as a true act of creativity. It contributes with a slowness and a profound connection, the world needs in order to regain its balance.

Pernille Mejer Richardt – voice, loop station, piano and compositions

  • “She wants to do things differently and she has the skills.”

    — Niels Christensen, JazzSpecial

  • "Once you think you have placed VoicEquilibrium she takes an exciting musically u-turn and emerge in a completely different place."

    — Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen

  • “Background vocals sound a bit like the way Bobby McFerrin can sing.”

    — Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts*

  • “In some parts appear sound dubbing giving a sense of wise yet calm voice-acrobatics.”

    — Leif Wigh, OrkesterJournalen

  • "Take it as a challenge. You will move along the way in the abstract world, where not everything is as you think."

    — Niels Overgaard, JazzNyt

  • "The music is not just for connoisseurs, there is a wonderful wealth of attractive expression possibilities here.”

    — Jacek Brun, Jazz-fun.de

  • "Great to see VoicEquilibrium as a recommended new release in the prestigious US jazz magazine The New York City Jazz Records"

    — AMP Music & Records

  • "VoicEquilibrium shows an exquisite, original and thus highly personal way of utilizing the voice. My thoughts go in the direction of Sidsel Endresen, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Trondheim Voices...”

    — Tor Hammerø, Nettavisen