Effective period / Period of releases: 2005 - 2017

Members: Nikolaj Hess, Mikkel Hess, Michael Demsyn-Hanf

Hess Is More started as a solo project for Danish musician Mikkel Hess, and has over the years developed into a circular transatlantic ensemble including musicians from Copenhagen, New York and Berlin.

Hess Is More has released 9 albums and a bunch of EP’s and singles – music sounding in a borderland between jazz, kraut, electronica, pop, folk and more.

Hess Is More has a long tradition of interdisciplinary collaborations, including music for ballet, art installations and more. This ongoing interest in integrating music with other art forms has lately been expressed in our concert series entitled “Apollonian Circles”. (More info in the menu of this website).

Bandleader Mikkel Hess is also a prolific composer for film and theatre.


ENSEMBLE:

New York: Monika Heidemann, Meagan Gillis, Michael Hanf, Matt Parker, David Mason, Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Pavel Kogan-Liakhov, W. Andrew Raposo.

Copenhagen: Mette Lindberg, Greta Eacott, Maria Faust, Jeppe Skjold, Claus Højensgård, Rasmus Vestervig, Henrik Vibskov, Jeppe Saugmann, Rune Harder Olesen, Nikolaj Hess, Anders Christensen, Mikkel Hess.

Berlin: Daniel Nentwig

Extended live family: Nomi Ruiz, Sylvia Black, Yulanda Fyrus, Bang Chau, Charlotte Munck, Yuka Honda, DENA, Vuyo Katsha & Ned Ferm.