NOAH X PETTER - DRIFT NOAH X PETTER

The art of sampling is a delicate craft. Honing in on a gem, separating it from its context and flipping its sound to create something new, the sample brings a trace of the past into future creation. On the debut collaborative project between bassist and producer Petter Eldh and drummer Noah Fürbringer, DRIFT, the duo perfect their sampling expertise to produce six tracks of self-referential, career-spanning creations that break new ground across jazz, head-nodding hip-hop, frenetic dancefloor beats and textural electronics. The EP arrives across all digital platforms and on limited edition vinyl on November 6 via LEITER.
Acclaimed for his improvisational agility, Berlin-based Swedish bassist Petter Eldh has spent the past two decades exploring the fertile fringes of Europe’s jazz scene, collaborating with the likes of British pianist Kit Downes, Swedish saxophonist Otis Sandsjö and playing as part of the avant-garde group ØKSE. It was between Projekt Drums albums in 2022 that Petter first met Berlin-based drummer and member of the virtuosic, German Jazz Award-winning Moses Yoofee Trio, Noah Fürbringer. Providing the rhythmic backbone and kinetic energy for MYT’s three releases to date, Noah has become a key anchoring point in the Berlin jazz scene thanks to his ability to effortlessly switch between complex beats and artful accompaniment.
Meeting in Petter’s Prenzlauer Berg studio whenever the pair had time away from tours and other projects, they spent the next four years honing the hip-hop and dancefloor-referencing sounds of DRIFT. With each track running at under three minutes, the record develops the attention-grabbing quality of a mixtape, condensing the masterful improvisations of the pair’s jazz experience into bitesize yet deeply layered compositions.
Already sitting on a stack of new music created after DRIFT, Noah and Petter are setting out on what will surely be a long and fruitful partnership. They also have plans to bring their compositions out of the studio and onto the live stage, both as a duo and as a backing band featuring the network of players they have come to know in cities across Europe. It’s material that could surely become a sample for something new, carrying on the never-ending loop of crafting beauty from beauty.