A Minor Masquerade in Thwaite [DSD Single]

This is a single from the upcoming album MOLS – the Mols Booklet of Melodies. Mols is a small region in Jutland, Denmark, said to have inspired Tolkien in his writing of The Lord of the Rings. It has also inspired the award-winning Danish composer Jakob Buchanan to create this new masterpiece.

“A small tribute to Tved and the town’s old tradition of celebrating Shrovetide and revue. The melody is originally a masquerade from Peter Madsens melody book, but I rewrote it in a minor key and created a harmonic universe in my own colors. Tved comes from the word Thwaite, which in Old Norse means a clearing. The place name is found all over the Nordic countries and also in England, where Jutlandic tribes likely brought it with them from Denmark.”
– Jakob Buchanan, composer & trumpet

Jakob Buchanan
Anders Jormin
Chris Speed
Simon Toldam