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Bushman's Revenge: Ah, Les Vaches
by Glenn Astarita
Norway's Bushman's Revenge has long occupied its own corner of the Scandinavian progressive music scene, where jazz improvisation, psychedelic rock and heavy guitar music regularly cross paths. Guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, drummer Gard Nilssen and new bassist Tor Egil Kreken retain the power-trio format, but brute force is only part of the equation. What distinguishes the band is its ability to turn open-ended improvisation and prog-rock architecture into something unusually organic, moving from atmospheric restraint to near-chaos without sounding as ...
Continue Reading...Bushman's Revenge: All the Better For Seeing You
by Glenn Astarita
The eleventh album from the celebrated Norwegian trio Bushman's Revenge is an entrancing exploration of avant-garde jazz and rock fusion. Released in September 2023, the album highlights the band's prowess in pushing boundaries while delivering a raw, energetic musical experience.The trio--guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, bassist Rune Nergaard, and drummer Gard Nilssen---demonstrate a remarkable synergy throughout. Their collective improvisational skills create an electrifying atmosphere which engages the listener from start to finish.The album's tracks exhibit a dynamic ...
Continue Reading...Bushman's Revenge: Jitterbug
by John Kelman
With Jitterbug, Bushman's Revenge asserts that the modern power trio continues to be alive, well, and living in...Norway. You Lost Me At Hello (Rune Grammofon, 2009) was an intense, often-times relentless debut that married Hendrix-ian psychedlia with Ayler-esque abandon. Leaning hard towards the rock side of the jazz-rock equation, the personnel remains the same, but is augmented by Supersilent/Elephant9 keyboardist Stale Storløkken on two of the disc's nine songs, all written by guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, with the exception of ...
Continue Reading...Bushman's Revenge: You Lost Me at Hello
by John Kelman
Norway's Rune Grammofon label has, since its inception over a decade ago, gradually broadened its horizon, though the majority of its music remains highly experimental and unequivocally eclectic, often exploring the nexus of musical styles that might seem, on the surface, to be incongruous. Certainly Bushman's Revenge, led by guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, brings together elements of free jazz and heavy metal, recalling label-mates Scorch Trio and Shining (the latter of whom is a member). With a fervent combination of ...
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