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Treverket: Et Bedre Sted
by Glenn Astarita
Treverket's second album, Et Bedre Sted (A Better Place), is a delightful romp through a musical galaxy where genres collide like overzealous bumper cars. Hailing from Norway's jazz-soaked Bergen scene, this band--led by multi-instrumentalists, album composers Mathias Marstrander and Martin Hjetland--does not merely dip their toes into jazz, country, pop, and other genres; they dive in headfirst, splashing everything in sight. From the opening of “Ouverture," you may be whisked into a melodious, anthem-like soundscape that blends Nordic ...
Continue ReadingA Northern Code: Boundaries
by Mark Sullivan
A Northern Code is a collaboration between Norwegian guitarist Mathias Marstrander, Scottish double bassist Andrew Robb and Norwegian drummer Sigurd Steinkpf. The group balances improvisation with composition; one hallmark is the use of conceptual goals to help shape the improvisations. This is demonstrated right off the bat with opener “Slow Motion," which ably delivers on its premise with a slow-moving mass of sound. “Every Cell Of Your Body" is a bit harder to parse, but it casts a spell through ...
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