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Hand of Benediction

Label: Barefoot Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Aventurine; N.H.F.T.P.H.O.B.; Shocking method restores lost hair; Collect in a bowl, let the afflicted person drink; The Voynich manuscript; Hilarious moments; Black Tourmaline; Harmony; Udug; Embroider it upon black satin and say: "9s¯!(z>W!*#1&/H."

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Henrik Olsson: Hand of Benediction

Read "Hand of Benediction" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


This is the trio's debut recording led by cagey and inventive Swedish guitarist Henrik Olsson for a set that resides in an opaque realm, containing dabs of free jazz, punk jazz and avant-garde rock. The agile and limber trio ventures through some enigmatic musical territory via tight unison phrasings, multipart progressions, animated and linear uprisings along ...

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Henrik Olsson

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Henrik (Thor Oscar) Olsson is a swedish guitarist and composer, based in Copenhagen. He is taking the sonic expression of the electric guitar into new, unpredictable domains through unheard timbres and textures, often with the help of various preparations and unconventional playing techniques. His playing has attracted attention in different projects such as his own groups Hand of Benediction and Penumbra Ensemble, or collaborations like the improv duo Olsson/Rubin, the avantgarde/rock project The Hum, the noise-trio EHM and diverse improvisational contexts. He composed all the music for his Penumbra Ensemble, which has been very well received among critics and referred to as "a surrealist vision, a deeply personal expression of avant-garde rock, jazz, world music and poetic soundscapes" by All About Jazz


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