NKM030
ükya
Soon Means Now
Artist: ükya
Album title: Soon Means Now
Label: Nakama Records
Catalog number: NKM030LP / NKM030CD
Release: 12th December 2026
Formats and pricing:
- vinyl from €15
- CD digipak from €6
Shipping:
- From Norway to Norway
- From Slovenia to EU and rest of the world
Press
With Soon Means Now, ükya follows up their debut album We Come for an Experience of Presence, continuing to explore the boundaries between contemporary music and improvisation.
The trio, who always spell their name with a lowercase “ü”, consists of three young Norwegian musicians investigating the connections between just intonation, European art music, minimalism, and improvisational music. Through open forms, they create an expression that combines freedom and structure in an energetic and attentive interplay.
Soon Means Now represents a natural development of ükya’s musical language. The album reflects the trio’s ongoing work to unite organized sound and spontaneity, a meeting between the conceptual and the immediate.
Artist bio
ükya (always written like that) consists of trombonist Emil Bø, guitarist Kristian Enkerud Lien and drummer Michael Lee Sørenmo. The trio works with conceptions around just intonation, European art music, minimalism, jazz and British improvisational music. This results in a contemporary reflection of free form and a rigorous organization of sound in a lyrical and energetic wrapping.
Credits
Emil Bø - trombone
Kristian Enkerud Lien - guitar
Michael Lee Sørenmo - drums
Recordig - Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard at Flerbruket
Mix - Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard
Master - Karl Klaseie
Cover
Cover design - Christian Meaas Svendsen
Kristian / Emil / Michael