Luck can sometimes play interesting tricks: all it took was a flyer and a few clicks on Myspace for the Belgian pianist Eve Beuvens to meet Swedish saxophonist Mikael Godée. That was ten years ago.
From the first concerts as a duo, a very natural complicity grew between these two musicians whose melodic lyricism and sense of rhythm complement each other perfectly. Very quickly, they were joined by Magnus Bergström on double bass and Johan Birgenius on drums, one of the most popular rhythmic sections in Sweden. They brought life to the MEQ quartet, an abbreviation of Mikael-Eve Quartet. The frontmen Eve and Mikael wrote the compositions that come across as a homogeneous ensemble. Linked by natural trust, the four instrumentalists propose music that is bold.
Although it evokes northern lyricism, it is both energetic, unique and warm. Their music is an expedition into a Nordic forest that comes alive with bursts of colour!
They recorded four cd’s, the first is released on Spocus Records, the three others on Igloo Records.
“Ingen Fara Live” released in April 2025
“Ingen Fara” released in November 2023
“Looking Forward” released in Februari 2019
About “MEQ” released in 2013…. Not online, write me, I’ll send you one!