Recorded this past August at the titular venue located in the reportedly-actually-free area of Christiania in Copenhagen, Loppen 2024, is the forthcoming live album from Causa Sui set to release on Feb. 7. It’ll be here quick, and while I won’t disparage El Paraiso vinyl or those who consume it, I’ll note there are CDs for those like me who remain loyal to the smaller of the plastic-disk formats. However you get it, it’s live Causa Sui. Not like you’re gonna go wrong.

One might inevitably think of Loppen 2024 as a companion-piece to Loppen 2021 (review here), which the band put out through their label in 2023, but I don’t actually know if that’s the intent. They could do six of them, playing different sets each — or, you know, maybe repeating a night across two different sets recorded in two different years to emphasize the change and growth taking place in the band over that time — put them all out for the next 10 years and make it a series, while still doing studio LPs. Honestly, the more these guys record what they do, so much better off is the world.

I’ve still never seen Causa Sui. Could 2025 be the year?

Here’s info from the preorder page and a clip the band posted on socials:

New Causa Sui live LP

Preorder: https://elparaisorecords.com/product/causa-sui-loppen-2024/

Causa Sui returns to Loppen with 4 of 6 tunes never recorded live before, incl. their 22 minute opus Visions of a new Horizon. On 12″ + 10″ double LP on randomly coloured eco-mix vinyl, strictly limited to 1000 copies. Also available on CD. Ships Feb. 7th.

Causa Sui returns with a new live album, recorded at their home turf – the legendary Copenhagen venue Loppen, located at the famous, and notorious, freetown Christiania – a venue the band has played more often than any other throughout their 20 year career.

This set is the perfect companion to last year’s career highlight “From The Source”, which saw the band condense the multiple stylistic aspects of their sound into an awe-inspiring 47 minutes. Represented here are key cuts from that album – including the sidelong 7-part epic “Visions of a New Horizon” – as well as a few fan favorites such as “Red Sun in June” from the band’s Summer Sessions series, which has never previously been released in a live version. In this rendition the band let themselves get carried away, riding on the energy of the room, soaring into jammy Grateful Dead territory. Elsewhere the band explores jazzy, improvisatory group interplay (The Spot) and get as heavy as they can get (Soledad, Boozehound). Getting carried away is what Causa Sui are all about when playing live, and that mentality is captured in entirety on this set. Mixed and mastered by Jonas Munk from a multitrack soundboard recording.

12″ + 10″ double LP on randomly coloured eco-mix vinyl, strictly limited to 1000 copies.

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