“When Animals Dream”, debut feature film by director Jonas Arnby (with original musical score by Mikkel Hess) is selected for the prestigious Critics Week Lineup at Cannes Film Festival 2014. Congratulations to Jonas and everyone on the team… Hurra!

The music was mainly composed and produced at This Is Care Of Studio, integrating long distance session recordings of Prague Symphony Orchestra with pump organ and other elements.

Did you hear the new acoustic trio album from Hess / AC / Hess Spacelab ?

Hess Is More presents 3 nights of live music at Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn. Preview by Brooklyn Vegan here. Poster series by Jacob Wildschiødtz / NR2154.

This Is Care Of recently released the debut album “Example One” from Listening Center. Now the great UK based label Ghostbox features Listening Center on vinyl with a brand new track Titoli + Pye Corner Audio remix of “Town of Tomorrow”. Yes Sir Mason!

The largest Danish newspaper on Facebook ‘Dagbladet Information’ runs story on creative collective ‘This Is Care Of’. The article is based on an interview with Martin Burcharth at Clocktower Gallery NYC, May 2013. (Text in Danish) :  >>http://www.information.dk/462458

The Sun Also Rises features two sets of songs: Five obscure tracks of African origin, recorded between the early ’80s and this past year, alongside five reinterpretations by artists drawn from the Scandinavian dance-music world. The album was initiated by Quartz+Co to create a musical reflection of its activities in Africa, where the company, which is based in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, has worked extensively to aid local entrepreneurship. To create the album, Quartz+Co called upon the services of This Is Care Of, a multimedia arts collective centered around the musicians Rasmus Bille Bahncke and Mikkel Hess and the designer Jacob Wildschioedtz—all Danish natives living in New York City. Unearthing the songs proved no small task. As Hess notes, “It was especially important to find songs that were, basically, the most bad-ass things we had heard in a long time.” – J. Ruttenberg Dec 3rd 2012, New York >> www.thesunalsorises.info

Congratulations to Sound of Copenhagen – Volume 10 is out now!

We are proud to have contributed with 2 tracks from This Is Care Of. Theodor Clausen’s remix of “Call for Change” (Hess Is More feat. Nomi Ruiz) and Willie Mays’ remix of “Portable Electronic Musical Instrument” (Listening Center).

New mini documentary about Hess Is More album release + collaboration with The Royal Danish Ballet. Camera and editing by Theodor Clausen & Malthe Risager.

Limited edition casette tapes from Listening Center – available now right here

New track from Hess Is More – up for free download

Composed by Mikkel Hess. Produced and arranged by Theodor Clausen, Rasmus Bille Bahncke and Mikkel Hess at This Is Care Of, NYC 2012. Mastered by Natal Zaks

Special thanks to our dear partners in the adventures of recorded music:
Nublu Records, A:larm Music, Playbutton & The Orchard.

On September 16 we proudly release “Listening Center – Example One”. Debut album composed, produced, mixed and artworked by David Mason.

Find an early review on INKBOTTLE , and visit Listening Center.

Now seems like a good time to have a party. Two live acts from our music department:

Come early for the 10PM set by Listening Center - new solo project by David Mason, soon to be released via This Is Care Of.

And, Hess Is More  will play an almost unplugged double electric guitar double sh101 set at 10:30 PM.

RSVP here

Earlier this year, Lianne La Havas performed solo in front of an invite-only audience
organised and produced by Hikari Yokoyama.
We art directed, edit and animated this piece for NOWNESS.

Art directed and designed by us – Go get it!<

Yes, the remix album is out now and we are pretty very much proud of it. Tracks from “Hess Is More – Creation Keeps the Devil Away” remixed by our friends and heroes! Artwork by Jacob Wildschiødtz / NR2154.

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This week The Avant/Garde Diaries opened editorial office in New York. We were happy to contribute with music and design for the launch.

Visit The Avant/Garde Diaries here. And, check the recent video “Emenius & Hess in conversation” here.

Our music department is developing an addiction…. We are of course talking about the act of playing music live in concert.

In April and May the Hess Is More Live Tour includes shows in Istanbul, Copenhagen, Moscow, New York and Sao Paulo.  Below is the invite for the local part of the fun – Live at Mercury Lounge NYC.

Haven’t seen the live show yet ? Check the latest video here: Live at The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.