Unge musikere imponerer

Kasír ”Reel Irish”

Det er en ganske imponerende debutplade, som trioen, Kasír, netop har udsendt. Med en gennemsnitsalder på bare 18 år er der fuld fart fremad på ”Reel Irish,” hvor Rune Cygan Barslund, Aske Fuglsang Ruhe og Oisín Walsh spiller både egne og traditionelle melodier fra de store skotske og irske melodibøger. Mest fremme i lydbilledet er Rune Cygan Barslund, men han har også den taknemmelige opgave at spille på henholdsvis accordion og fløjter.

Uanset det magter helheden Kasír at levere en skøn gang folkemusik – og alderen taget i betragtning leverer de tre unge musikere fra Viborg – med sikker hjælp af Jamie McClennan på violin og Mark Tucker i producerstolen – en præstation til langt over almindelig godkendt. Der er ikke andet at sige end: ”Klø på. Vi vil meget gerne høre meget mere til jer.”

 Jydske Vestkysten

Af Ole Sørensen

Ungt og Sprudlende

Kasír:
Reel Irish
Go’ Danish Folk Music

Der hersker et interessant fællesskab mellem traditionel irsk folkemusik og danske folkemusikere. Når som helst de render ind i hinanden, er kontakten der med det samme. Det er et album med det meget unge danske band Kasír endnu et bevis på. Ingen af de tre musikere Rune Barslund, Aske Ruhe og Oisín Walsh er endnu fyldt 20 år, men de spiller denne traditionelle musik som om de ikke har lavet andet i en menneskealder.

Instrumenteringen er klassisk, bodhrán, harmonika, fløjte og guitar. De fleste numre på albummet er musikernes egne bearbejdninger af klassiske reels, men også helt egne kompositioner.
Tempoet er overalt til den hurtige og livlige side. Det er dansemusik, dette her. Sådant kan også til tider være ensformigt, hvis man nøjes med at lytte til det. Men hos Kasír er spilleglæden og energien så udpræget, at musikken sagtens kan fungere alene som lytteobjekt.
Dertil kommer, at de tre ungersvende hver for sig er fremragende teknikere på deres instrumenter.

Af Erik Andresen
Vejle Amts Folkeblad, 26/5 2006

fRoots, England
Kasír
Reel Irish

Subtle yet inventive take on Irish music by af Danish / Irish trio.
Never has the blend of accordion, guitar and bodhrán sounded so complete and unfettered. Youthful yet mature beyond their interpretative years, Reel Irish is a welcome breath of fresh air.

Irish Music Magazine
Kasír
Reel Irish

The Danes have had a bad press in Irish history not totally undeserved. It’s almost exactly a thousand years since they had a big trading kingdom in Dublin. And now they’re coming back. We have here a young trio, born 1987-89, who apparently learned their music in Denmark. There’s Oisín Walsh on bodhrán, Rune Cygan Barslund doubles on the accordion and whistles, and Aske Fuglsang Ruhe is on guitar and mandolin.
The three lads are impressive not only for technical fluency, but also for an interpretation that gets inside the tunes. If you didn’t know in advance, you’d be totally justified in thinking they were to the pure drop, born into a hurling parish west of the Dodder. There’s a good mixture of standards; they start off with Drowsy Maggie and the Silver Spear and some original material. I can’t figure out why they went to Devon to record, but they wrote a tune about it which is paired with a Bulgarian number: Runes accordion teacher is from Bulgaria.
If any time you detect that there is a waning of interest in Irish music, and that the pessimists are waiting for it to sink back into the swamps of apathy, get a listen to this CD. It is a revelation and a very enjoyable one too.

John Brophy

Dirty Linen, USA
Kasír
Reel Irish

(Go’ Danish Folk Music Production)

While they might be young (ages 17-19) and from Denmark, Alias Oisín Walsh (bodhrán), Aske Fuglsang Ruhe (guitar, mandolin), and Rune Cygan Barslund (accordion, whistle) sure do know their way around an Irish tune. Sharing a mutual love of Irish music, the three musicians joined forces in 2004 and have just released their first recording. An enjoyable collection of tunes both traditional and original that show you don’t have to be born in County Clare to play first rate Irish music. Recorded in England by producer Mark Tucker, the crisp, clean sound and lively playing dispels any doubts that Kasír is some sort of novelty. The three approach the material in a traditional way, yet there are slight differences that bring a fresh viewpoint to the old. A very entertaining recording, it will be interesting to see where this experiment of Danish musicians playing Irish material will lead.

The Living Tradition, UK KASÍR - Reel Irish
Gofolk Go0106
There seems to be a link between Irish reels and traditional Danish instrumental music, but I don't feel qualified enough to say what those links are. You know that you are not listening to Irish musicians and that is the way it should be, but it is hard to say what the differences are.
Kasír are a trio from Denmark featuring the classic line up of bodhrán, guitar, accordion and whistles. Still all in their teens, they play with a maturity well beyond their years, displaying good musicianship and excellent arrangements of some well known Irish tunes. They also include some of their own compositions which also show maturity and imagination. Kasír make a fantastic sound which has been well produced so that all instruments are clear but mix together to form a rich sound, although my copy did have some distortion on whistle when played with the volume turned up.
Recorded last year in October in Devon, I presume they have played over here, or met up with some of the excellent young musicians coming out of Scotland or The Sage. If not, someone out there should suggest a collaboration and tour.
I don't suppose this is readily available but if you want a CD of Irish tunes, but with a slightly different slant, then this is worth searching out so I have included both their's and the label's website www.kasir.dk and www.gofolk.dk
Dave Beeby

Folker, Tyskland
Kasír.
Reel Irish
Go’ Danish Folk Music Production 2006 med engelske og danske covertekster og fotos.
10 Tracks, 36.50 minutter

Flook-fans, lyt til Danmark! Tre unge fyre betjener der whistle, accordion, bodhrán, guitar og mandolin så rytmisk, pulserende, varierende og indimellem også stille og drømmende, så jeg straks fik associationer til ”Flook.” Fem af numrene på cd’en er oven i købet selvkomponerede.

Af Michael A. Schmiedel
Oversat af Bodil Jansen

Le Canovel, Belgien
Kasír
Reel Irish
Go’ Danish Folk Music

Dette er det første album af tre unge danskere, (16 til 18 år), som har spillet fra barnsben af og nu stiler mod at gøre det til deres profession. Og det er de godt på vej til! Ud fra deres fremragende cd må man forestille sig, at de er en kæmpe succes på festivaler. De fremragende komponister Rune Cygan Barslund (accordion, whistles) og Aske Fuglsang Ruhe (guitar, mandoliner) har udviklet et meget personligt præg på deres musik, som udmærker sig ved (hvor man lægger mærke til) de hurtige ornamenteringer på accordion og den varierede rytme på guitar. Oisín Walsh (bodhrán) giver den også hele armen. På cd’en har Kasír en gæsteviolinist med. Repertoiret er hovedsageligt irsk, og det lyder ganske rigtigt meget irsk, men dog med et særligt charmerende præg på såvel reels, jigs og de langsomme airs. Meget bemærkelsesværdig på alle områder/måder!!

Oversat af Miriam Ariana Monnet Kielberg