Projekt Drums Vol. 2 Petter Eldh

• 1 MIDSUM BREW (feat. Savannah Harris) 05:00
• 2 BREW 25 (feat. Richard Spaven) 05:09
• 3 NOD YORC (feat. James Maddren) 05:41
• 4 OYSTRI (feat. Richard Spaven) 03:06
• 5 KROYDON RETURN (feat. James Maddren) 05:26
• 6 LORIMER AXES (feat. Savannah Harris) 04:01
• 7 KON (feat. James Maddren) 03:13
• 8 GY2 NATT (feat. Richard Spaven) 03:55
• Total Runtime 35:31

Info for Projekt Drums Vol. 2

Petter Eldh returns with vol. 2 of his adventurous Projekt Drums series – an ongoing deep dive into rhythm, production, and collaboration. Building on the momentum of Volume 1, this new release pushes genre boundaries even further, driven by Eldh’s unmistakable energy and playful complexity.

The restless and visionary Swedish producer and bassist Petter Eldh – one of the most vital and sought-after voices in European jazz and experimental beat music – returns with Projekt Drums vol. 2, a high-definition evolution of his detailed beatcraft. Highly acclaimed for his prolific work with Django Bates, Jameszoo, Kit Downes and others, Eldh assembles a powerhouse trio of drummers – James Maddren, Savannah Harris, and Richard Spaven – to push his rhythmic world further. The result is a dense, pulse-driven record shaped by low-end design, breakbeats, and interwoven melodic fragments.

At its core, this is a breakbeat record – stretched, twisted, and reimagined. Influences run deep from the beat-science of J Dilla, Madlib, and Flying Lotus to the drum’n’bass architecture of Roni Size and Squarepusher. Projekt Drums, vol. 2 draws equally from hip hop’s swing, jungle’s velocity, and the jagged edges of experimental jazz. The album is built on circular logic – in the grooves, the sequencing, and the loops.

Petter Eldh, sampler, double bass, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, Akai MPC2000XL, Fender Rhodes, piano, guitars, electric bass
Ketija Ringa Karahona, flutes
Nabou Claerhout, trombones
Alistair Payne, trumpets
Kit Downes, piano
Per “Texas” Johansson, contrabass clarinet
Guest Personnel:
Savannah Harris, drums
Richard Spaven, drums
James Maddren, drums

Recorded by Erik Breuer at Brewery Studios, Berlin, between August 2024 and February 2025
Assistant Engineers: Rhea Sodemann, Heinrich Matis, Pebo Cifuente
Mastering by Martin Ruch at CONTROL ROOM BERLIN
Mixed by Petter Eldh at Koma Industries
Produced by Petter Eldh

Petter Eldh
was obsessed with Jazz, Classical, Soul, Reggae, Swedish folk music, Middle-Eastern and Hip Hop at an early age and collected vinyl since the age of 7. He initially played the guitar before switching to what became his primary instrument, the double bass. Early influences such as Charles Mingus, Anders Jormin, Charlie Haden, Charlie Parker, A Tribe Called Quest, Monica Zetterlund, Samla Mammas Manna, Aretha Franklin and Earth Wind & Fire have guided his diverse output as a musician.

Long-standing collaborations include the following erratic and progressive forces:

Django Bates Beloved (ECM records), Enemy (Kit Downes/James Maddren), Jameszoo, Lucia Cadotsch Speak Low, Hayden Chisholm, Gard Nilssen, Peter Bruun, Christian Lillinger, Benoit Delbecq and Kaja Draksler. As a producer he has remixed work by Jameszoo – Flake (Brainfeeder), Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra – Vula (Afterhours), Speak Low (Enja) and releases his own music on his own imprint Galatea Records and the Finnish label WeJazz Records where he put out his recent album “Koma Saxo” featuring the ingenious saxophonists Otis Sandsjö, Mikko Innanen and Jonas Kullhammar.

This album contains no booklet.