August Rosenbaum (born 1987) is a Danish composer, record producer and jazz pianist.
Biography Composer August Rosenbaum has won two Danish Music Awards, performed at the acclaimed Sónar Festival, and has been shortlisted for both the Nordic Music Prize and the National Danish Critics’ Award. His album Vista from 2017 and EP Rasa (2018) were produced by Grammy nominated producer Robin Hannibal and won the award for "Best Alternative Album" at the 2018 Danish Music Awards. In 2021 Rosenbaum exhibited the large scale installation Celeste at Copenhagen Contemporary together with artists Lea Guldditte Hestelund, Ea Verdoner and Cæcilie Trier. The score for the exhibition was released on the Copenhagen-based label Posh Isolation.
Rosenbaum is also known for collaborations with artists like Quadron, Rhye and MØ, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and visual artist Jesper Just. He has commissioned works for film, theatre and performances at a.o. Palais De Tokyo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Royal Danish Ballet.
Discography ArtistTrackAlbumRecord labelCreditYearNoah Carter"Seu"Noah's ArkFORTYFIVEWriter, Producer,
Keyboards,
Synthesizer,
Recording2024Kindness"Falasteen""Falasteen" KindnessPiano2024KIDD "Tanker fra Sandvig"OG SÅ VIDEREUniversalWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Keyboards,
Organ,
Synthesizer,
Recording2024Coco O. "Many Ways" "Someone Younger"
"Choral"
"To A Friend"
"Fertile Feelings"
"Sober Glow"
"August"
"Watching The News" Sharing is Caring (EP) SonyWriter, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards,
Organ,
Synthesizer,
Recording2023August Rosenbaum"5:00 am (light on building)" "8:00 am (in the shadow is the view of the crowd)"
"9:00 pm (nox)"
"2:00 am (dark green)"
"3:30 am (time passes time)"in the shadow is the view of the crowdEschoWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Piano 2023Courtesy ft. Erika De Casier &
August Rosenbaum"You're Not Alone"fra euforiKulørProducer, Piano2023August Rosenbaum"Sorry" "Fiction (ft. Ian Isiah)"
"No Label (ft. Emi Wes & Felukah)"
"Selfish Kind of Love"
"Empire (ft. Moses Boyd & Philip Owusu)"
"Swim On"
"East Side (ft. Lil Halima)"
"Revolve"
"Hypnotized (ft. Jada)"
"Seconds (ft. Coco O.)"
"Tidal Wave (ft. Hans Philip)"
"Empire (solo piano)"songs people togetherEschoWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Keyboards,
Organ,
Synthesizer,
Vocals,
Recording 2023Hans Philip"Ciel" "Rubato"
"Tal Til Mig"
"LATE04"
"OPT 31" [α] & [β]FORTYFIVEWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Piano,
Organ,
Synthesizer,
Recording2022CTM + August Rosenbaum"Cello Permutation" "Masi Stone Duet"
"Sarabande"
"Angel"
"Spider Web"
"Wasa Stone Trio"
"Crumar (Runway)"
"Celeste Song"
"Accordeon Permutation"
"Sedative"
"Even If"
"Piano Permutation" CelestePosh IsolationWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Piano,
Synthesizer,
Recorded by2021Coco O. "Love Won't Win" "Arms"
"Worry"
"Sorry"
"Cruelty"It's A ProcessSony Writer, Producer,
Arranger,
Piano,
Bass,
Synthesizer2021Niia"Not Up For Discussion" (feat. Laura Lee) "If I Should Die" (feat. Girl Ultra)
"Oh Girl"
Macaroni Salad" If I Should Die NIIAROCCOWriter, Piano,
Organ,
Keyboards2021August Rosenbaum"Selfish" (Selma harp) Escho 15 år (compilation)EschoWriter, Producer,
Piano2020August Rosenbaum Loke Rahbek
Frederik Valentin"Solina" (August Rosenbaum rework)Elephant ReworksPosh IsolationPiano, Arranger2020Emi Wes"Issues" Departure Universal Piano, Arranger2020Niia "Whatever You Got" "Obsession"
"Sad Boys"
"La Bella Vita"
"Positano"
"If You Won't Marry Me Right Now" IINIIAROCCOWriter, Co-prod.,
Piano,
Keyboards,2020Kindness "Dreams Fall" "Call It Down" (Bonus track) Something Like A WarFemale EnergyPiano, Arranger2019Yuna “Tiada Akhir”ROUGEVerve PopWriter, Piano2019Yuna“Castaway” (ft. Tyler The Creator) “Blank Marquee” (ft. G-Eazy)
“(Not) The Love Of My Life”
“Forget About You”ROUGEVerve PopPiano, Rhodes,
Arranger2019Niia "If I Cared" If I Cared (single)NiiaKeyboards, Synthesizer2019Goss"Don't Fade Away" Homeland Security AWAL Arranger, Synthesizer2018Yore“Angel Eyes”Angel Eyes (single)independently popular.Arranger, Piano2018Coco O."1000 Times"1000 Times (single) Coco O. Arranger, Synthesizer2018August Rosenbaum"Angelo (Solo Piano)" "Belmondo (Solo Piano)"
"Nomad (Solo Piano)"
"Calling Out (Solo Piano)"
"Skin (Solo Piano)"
"Milo (Solo Piano)"Rasa (EP) TambourhinocerosWriter, Arranger,
Solo Artist2018August Rosenbaum"Nomad" (Solo Piano) Nomad - Solo Piano (single) TambourhinocerosWriter, Arranger,
Solo Artist2018August Rosenbaum"Credo Pt II" (ft. Coco O) "Credo Pt II - live" (ft. Coco O) Credo Pt. II (single)TambourhinocerosWriter, Arranger,
Solo Artist2017August Rosenbaum"Angelo" "Belmondo"
"Nomad"
"Nebula"
"Killer"
"Calling Out" (feat. Philip Owusu)
"Skin"
"Tristana"
"Emo"
"Credo"
"Melville"
"Victim" VistaTambourhinocerosWriter, Arranger,
Solo Artist2017Niia"Last Night In Los Feliz" "All I Need"
"Mulholland"IAtlantic RecordsWriter,Arranger,Piano,Synthesizer2017Jameszoo"Meat"FoolBrainfeederWriter, Organ2016August Rosenbaum"Celeste" "Rhizome"
"Weave"Rhizome HiatusWriter,Producer,Arranger,Solo Artist,Celeste,Piano2016Quadron"Befriend""Sea Salt""It's Gonna Get You"AvalancheVested In Culture / EpicWriter,Arranger,Piano,Synthesizer,Organ2013Rhye"The Fall""Verse""Shed Some Blood"
"Major Minor Love"WomanPolydor / Universal
RepublicPiano2013August Rosenbaum"Bloomer" "Sea Urchin"
"Heights"
"Calm"
"Kimono"
"Fluid"HeightsHiatusWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Solo Artist,
Piano,
Cembalo2013Jameszoo, August Rosenbaum &
Stephen Bruner"Fusion" "Jordi"Various AssetsRed Bull Music
AcademyWriter, Rhodes,
Organ,
Synthesizer2013Sven-Åke Johansson, Lars Greve &
August Rosenbaum"1" "2"
"3"
"4"
"5"
"6"
"7"All RomanticHiatusWriter, Producer,
Piano2013Quadron"Baby Be Mine"Think Like A Man OSTEpicSynthesizer2012August Rosenbaum Trio"Delicate Matter" "Pannon"
"Let Me Leave With You"
"Shoyn Fargessen"
"Be On The Lookout"
"Her Har Vi Balladen"
"D'accord"
"Heinseit"Live LPSelf releasedWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Piano2011August Rosenbaum"Beholder" "Absentia"
"Way Out"
"Still It Moves"
"Romantics"
"Heinseit"
"Delicate Matter"
"Shoyn Fargessen"BeholderHiatusWriter, Producer,
Arranger,
Solo Artist,
Piano2010Bobby"Move"Bobby EPPlug ResearchPiano2010Quadron"Pressure"QuadronPlug
ResearchPiano, Organ2009
Soundtrack
Music for film, performance, exhibitions Piano Works by August Rosenbaum, 2024, DR Koncerthuset Vores Fars Sol by Jasper Spanning, 2024 Interfears by Jesper Just, 2024, Galerie Perrotin Los Angeles / Nicolai Wallner Copenhagen All Kinds of Love by Casper Sejersen, Tilda Swinton, 2024 Celeste by August Rosenbaum, Lea Guldditte Hestelund, Ea Verdoner, Cæcilie Trier, 2021, Copenhagen Contemporary. Seminarium by Jesper Just, 2021, Gl. Holtegaard / Galerie Perrotin Tokyo The City Cecilie Bahnsen campaign film (2021, Paris Fashion Week) The Summit Cecilie Bahnsen campaign film (2020, Paris Fashion Week) En Helt Almindelig Familie feature film by Malou Reymann (2020, Nordisk Film) Corporealities by Jesper Just, 2020, Galerie Perrotin, New York. Servitudes by Jesper Just, 2019, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Maat, Lisbon. Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen Nomad (video) by Jasper Spanning (2018, Prxjects, New Land) Circuits by Jesper Just (2018, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen. 2020, SMK - the Danish National Gallery, Copenhagen) Interpassitivities by Jesper Just (2018, BAM, New York, The Royal Danish Ballet) Credo Part II ft. Coco O (video) by Jasper Spanning (2017, Prxjects, New Land) Nebula (video) by Andreas Emenius (2017, Prxjects, SPRING Nordisk Film) Simon - a portrait of Simon Rosenbaum by Bente Milton (2017, DR) King Lear by Peter Langdal (2016, The Royal Danish Theatre) In Your Arms feature film by Samanou A. Sahlstrøm (2015, Meta Film) Interruption by Malou Reymann (2015, Nordisk Film) Eliten by Thomas Daneskov (2015, Nordisk Film) Black Rider by Robert Wilson, dir. Katrine Wiedemann (2015, Betty Nansen) Laughter in The Dark by Kirsten Delholm (2015, Hotel Pro Forma) What Difference Does It Make by Ralf Schmerberg (2014, Red Bull Music Academy) Katalog 1 by Jasper Spanning (2014, JS) 16.5 Time by Malou Reymann (2013, Danish Film Institute) Talk Before It's Too Late by Daniel Kragh Jakobsen (2012, Bubbles) Dem Man Elsker by Malou Reymann (2012, Danish Film Institute) Les Amours Perdues by Samanou A. Sahlstrøm (2011, Den Danske Filmskole) Backwater by Thomas Daneskov (2011, Killit Film) Sirens of Chrome by Jesper Just (2010, Jesper Just)
Awards and nominations
Danish Music Awards
2018 - Alternative album of the year (Jazz, Alternative) - Vista (Won)
Danish Theatre Critics Award
2017 - Best Performance (Nominated for Interpassivities) Göteborg Film Festival - Dragon Award
2015 - Best Nordic Film (Winner - In Your Arms)
Danish Music Awards 2014 - Best Jazz Composer (Nominated) 2010 - Best New Jazz Artist (Won) Danish Critics Choice Award 2014 - Musician of the year (Nominated) Nordic Music Prize 2014 - Best Album (Shortlisted) 2010 - Best Album (Shortlisted) Danish Publishers Award 2014 - Best Jazz Composer (Nominated) Danish Arts Council 2011-2013 - Den Unge Elite (Won) Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2011 - Young Talent Award (Won)
References
External links