The Crooked Spoke

Biography

Behind The Crooked Spoke are Asger Baden (keyboards and more) and Peter Leth (drums and more). The guys met ten years ago through Copenhagen’s tight-knit music community and have played together in various constellations until The Crooked Spoke was born. The One You Left Behind is a collection of compositions which evolved organically with no particular style or genre in mind. The Crooked Spoke don’t hold back – dramatic effects and powerful emotions activate the senses. To them, escapism is n...

Behind The Crooked Spoke are Asger Baden (keyboards and more) and Peter Leth (drums and more). The guys met ten years ago through Copenhagen’s tight-knit music community and have played together in various constellations until The Crooked Spoke was born.

The One You Left Behind is a collection of compositions which evolved organically with no particular style or genre in mind. The Crooked Spoke don’t hold back – dramatic effects and powerful emotions activate the senses. To them, escapism is no bad thing – it describes the dreamy journey they want to take you on.

The production of the music was an undeniably central to the The One You Left Behind. But the melody and composition remains at the music’s core. The melodies captivate and appeal but the often radical studio production magnifies the ambience.

Working from a tiny studio in Copenhagen’s gritty North West quarter, The One You Left Behind was entirely self-produced by the duo who made the majority of the recordings. But they did get help from a number of prominent collaborators including Claus Hempler, whose smooth and timeless vocals grace the album’s title song. The singer Maria Laurette Friis (Tys Tys) contributes her unforgettable voice to the track Black Tower Hotel with guitarist Per Moellehoej’s dream-like gypsy-jazz solo floating below as a melodic counterpart.

If the names Asger Baden and Peter Leth ring a bell it’s because the duo was the driving force behind the band Malkin Zany, whose 2004 debut album with the same name was released to critical acclaim.
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