Biography
The five musicians use their instruments as their voice. Their performances are emotional, intense, and life-affirming as they navigate between composed pieces and improvisation, creating a unique experience shared with the audience.
With guitarist David Miilmann as the driving force and a shared passion for music, DMG invites listeners into a vibrant and uplifting community that also embraces shades of melancholy and introspection.
DMG released their debut album, 'Waiting for Myself,' in late summer 2021 and have followed up with their second album, 'What’s Left.' The band has achieved notable success with two DMA Blues nominations, being finalists in the Jazz Competition, and regular airplay on P8 Jazz.
“David Miilmann is an eminent slide guitarist, and he shares Derek Trucks' genre-defying playing style and tonal language. But you also hear echoes of Carlos Santana and Jeff Beck. David Miilmann Group puts musical elements together in their own way. You sense an artistic identity – and it also sounds really good!” - Jakob Wandam.
"So old-fashioned and exquisitely beautiful that the music is actually modern... Admittedly, it is quite overwhelming in an electronic, digital age to step into a universe with such well-played, tasteful music, delivered by genuine musicians in beautiful harmony... Without any misunderstanding, because the music is also captivating and challenging, it is simply delightful to listen to the second album from the David Miilmann Group. It is accessible in a positive sense and never closes in on itself...
Precisely for this reason, 'What’s Left' is such an astonishing album. It ends up appearing extremely modern by daring to stand firm on its own qualities. This is only possible when those qualities are as high as they are here." -
/ 6 - Erik Jensen.the band
David Miilmann
Guitar
David Miilmann comes from a family of musicians, where he was introduced to classical music and singing at an early age. It was with the introduction to R’n’B and soul singers such as Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King and Aretha Franklin that David moved in the direction of soul and blues music. He found himself drawn to slide guitar and used it to emulate his favorite singers. With his soul and blues inspired slide guitar, he is constantly exploring new musical contexts by mixing slide guitar with jazz, rock and Brazilian music.
Buster Isitt
Guitar
Buster Isitt was born and raised in a musical household in Stockholm, Sweden. Singing in a choir and taking guitar lessons at the local school sparked his interest in music and led to him participating in a number of different bands and projects during his high school years, both as a bandleader as well as a guitarist and composer. His playing and composing has a wide dynamic range. He utilizes pauses and silence in his music and also has a great sense of climax, dissonance and rhythmic development in his playing. He gets inspired by work that portrays a sense of sincerity. Musicians and composers such as Astor Piazolla, Egberto Gismonti and Pat Metheny, as well as other art forms.
Svend Feldbæk Winther
Piano
Svend Winther was born and spent most of his childhood and adolescent years in Copenhagen. He started taking Piano lessons at the age of 9 but it was his introduction to jazz and improvisation at the beginning of his teenage years that really sparked his interest. Svend strives to play with curiosity and a constant focus on interplay and listening. Idols and inspirations include Esbjørn Svensson, Norah Jones and Bill Evans.
Elias HP
Bass
Elias HP is a versatile musician. Growing up in a family full of working musicians has exposed him to many different genres and styles of music. Both as a composer and a bass player he uses this wide understanding of music, to serve the music in the best way possible. Through the Copenhagen upbringing, internationally acknowledged musicians such as Thomas Fonnesbech, Jesper Bodilsen, Mikkel Ribe, etc. have been close at hand and acting as mentors for the young, aspiring musician.
Theiss Nemborg
Drums
Theiss grew up in the suburbs of Holstebro in a non-musical household. His foundation was shaped in his formative years by his peers as well as his own curiosity for exploring the drum set. Theiss has a strong love to learn and play lots of different music, which also led to the discovery of his love for composing mostly with analog and modular synthesizers. Theiss has since then been playing in lots of different settings both playing synthesizers and drums with the goal of challenging himself and the listener and exploring the boundaries of music.
