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Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang, Erik Honoré: Punkt Live Remixes Vol.2

by Chris May
October 12, 2024

The person who ought to be reviewing this album is, of course, the longtime AAJ writer and editor John Kelman/Dave Binder. Dave attended Punkt festivals on behalf of AAJ from the mid 2000s to the late 2010s, when ill-health stopped him making the long-haul flights to Norway. He was fascinated by Punkt's live- remixes, reporting on them in detail on a daily basis during the festivals. Dave was probably the first North American-based jazz writer to latch on to the ...

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Punkt: Crime Scenes

by John Kelman
January 10, 2007

For those who missed Punktfest '06 in Norway, Crime Scenes is the perfect introduction to the Punkt aesthetic. Created by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré, two increasingly well-known artists in pop and improvised music circles, the essence of Punkt is an exploration into the organic dovetailing of modern technology with conventional musical instruments and methodologies.

Its range includes the concept of live sampling, where music being performed is recorded and fed back to the performing musicians, often as loops or ...