Artist Biography
Trajectories is a Canadian-Swedish collective consisting of three artists: Malte Leander, Charles Harding and Connor Cook. They compose soundscape, electroacoustic and ambient music.
Trajectories’ work often explores the connection between humans and the natural world. Drawing from practices like acoustic ecology and deep listening, they aim to hear the world from both human and non-human perspectives. Imagine listening to someone’s inner impressions of a moment, or to the roots of trees, the air above the canopy, or the inside of a vein - that’s the kind of sonic world Trajectories invites you into.
Trajectories has been working to develop an approach to field recording and composition that combines historical and present impressions. When they visit a place, they learn about its human and environmental stories, then gather sounds without disturbing the environment -working slowly, carefully. Their 2024 release, “Quiet on Kökar,” was made this way during a residency at the Åland Archipelago Guest Artist Residence on the Finnish island of Kökar. The album weaves together the island’s human stories and the artist’s takes on its natural soundscapes into a rich listening experience.
During another residency at the Sound Art Lab in Struer, Denmark, the group recorded sounds in metal shops, thunderous, crow-filled forests, and atop concrete structures buried in local beaches.
All three members met in Montreal while pursuing degrees in electroacoustic studies at Concordia University. They formed Trajectories during lockdown in 2020, turning their homes and surroundings into instruments and composing with collaborative and experimental composition processes that built on shared chemistry, curiosity, and friendship.
The collective has toured Eastern Canada and Scandinavia, performing in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Montreal QC, Fredericton, and Saint John NB.
Trajectories was originally co-founded with the late Michael Pinsonneault, whose spirit continues to inspire the group’s work. His vision lives on in their ongoing collaboration, reflecting the complex, poetic relationships between people, place, planet and moment.
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