"The sounds are shimmering, simmering, droning, shifting, ritualistic percussion-wise and quietly Cosmic. If you are into trance music like the Natural Information Society, then you should love this sonic treasure." Review of Rörane by /Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery.
"You feel as if you are drawn into a highly immersive, dream-like, and almost psychedelic sonic journey. Inspiring and unpredictable Sonic Waves – literally – embrace you, letting you flow with the infinite pulse of the eternal now..." /Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/nils-wohlrabe-karin-johansson-hasse-westling/
"...each of the album's 13 acoustic tracks is full of interest." "A varied and richly rewarding release." Review of Hémisphère/Hemisfär by Andy Hamilton/ The Wire
"Hémisphère / Hemisfär suggests the impressive and commanding work of three musicians, each one with his idiosyncratic musical language, who are fully immersed in the exquisite art of the moment." /Eyal Hareuveni, Salt peanuts https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/paul-jarret-karin-johansson-donovan-von-martens/
"I’ve been a fan of pianist Karin Johansson for several years now…" Interview by Phil Freeman in Burning Ambulance (March 2024): https://burningambulance.com/2024/03/22/karin-johansson/
"This mysterious, immersive sonic experience refers to the physical acts of setting anchor and learning to swim…" /Eyal Hareuveni, Salt peanuts https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/rosanna-gunnarson-karin-johansson/
”Amazing piece of work that melts the recording and the improvising of Karin Johansson.” /Corey Mwamba, Freeness BBC Radio 3 (25 February/2024) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b075
"This magnificent new album from Gunnarson and Johansson also feels like the national anthem of an as yet undiscovered country…" /Donald Brackett, Embodied Meanings https://donaldbrackett.substack.com/p/deep-listening
"Il y a dans l’ensemble une grande lenteur solennelle..." /Matthieu Jouan, Citizen Jazz https://www.citizenjazz.com/Rosanna-Gunnarson-Karin-Johansson.html
"Es ist ein so außergewöhnliches Album, dass es schwer ist, etwas Eindeutiges zu schreiben…” "Hier ist nichts offensichtlich. Diese Musik ist anspruchsvoll, vielschichtig, verlangt Zeit und Konzentration.” /Jacek Brun, Jazz-fun https://www.jazz-fun.de/rosanna-gunnarson-karin-johansson-i-grunda-vikar-aer-bottnarna-mjuka.html
"Den här musiken skapad av Karin Johansson och Rosanna Gunnarson behövs nu…" /Thomas Millroth, JAZZ/Orkesterjournalen (nr 1/2024) https://orkesterjournalen.com/
"Pianist Karin Johansson leads a surprising ensemble, ORD, whose airy, vibrant colour is the perfect medium for poetry. Without drums, with four wind instruments and a piano, sometimes prepared, the Swedish quintet offers a magnificent setting of Tomas Tranströmer's minimalist poetry. Tranströmer's poems are set to melody in intelligent and shimmering arrangements."..."Undoubtedly a record to listen to at least once in your life." /Matthieu Jouan, Citizenjazz.com/ Europe Jazz Media Chart March 2023: https://www.europejazz.net/europe-jazz-media-chart-march-2023
"Hemligheter på vägen does not move in the well-known lyrical and immediately accessible Nordic jazz universe, but has its own free jazz tone." /Jakob Hassing: Jazz Special nr 182
ORD - Hemligheter på vägen, album released 2022: "Half-Year Roundup - my favorite 51 releases of 2022 so far." /Phil Freeman: https://burningambulance.substack.com/p/half-year-roundup
"Drawing inspiration from Tomas Tranströmer, one of the giants of Scandinavian poetry, Swedish pianist Karin Johansson and her quintet ORD have forged a memorable and distinctive musical document." /Troy Dostert: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/hemligheter-pa-vagen-ord-havtorn-records
"...a gorgeous song with a beautiful setting of poetry." /Corey Mwamba: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017tvc
"ORD is a new project led by pianist Karin Johansson. (She created a stunning prepared piano video for an online festival I curated on New Year’s Day this year; …)” /Phil Freeman: https://www.stereogum.com/2183713/the-month-in-jazz-april-2022/columns/ugly-beauty
"...the sparse, hypnotic arrangements of Johansson, highlight the mesmerizing, poetic images and the evocative musical allusions of Tranströmer..." /Eyal Hareuveni: https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/ord/
”...the musicians do an impressive job underlying the poetry and taking it further through beautiful and hypnotic improvisation wherever they have space for it." /Paul Medrano: https://bestofjazz.org/ord-hemligheter-pa-vagen/
Daily Tune #1987 - "April och tystnad" by ORD: "...a veritable balm…" /Dave Foxall: https://www.facebook.com/ajazznoise/
"Toujours aussi personnelle dans son approche musicale, Karin Johansson livre ici un disque envoûtant."..."On adore !" /Yves Dorison: https://www.culturejazz.fr/spip.php?article3761
"Ce premier album de ORD est une réussite. Et si on ne connaît pas particulièrement l’état d’esprit dans lequel se trouve Karin aujourd’hui, on devine néanmoins que son sourire espiègle n’a pas disparu." /Yves Tassin: https://jazzmania.be/ord-hemligheter-pa-vagen/
"Eine Anspielung auf Tranströmer, die sich an gedämpfte Kompositionen voller eigenartiger Magie anschließt, darunter das berührende Trädet och skyn. Hier finden wir die Quintessenz von Sensibilität und Vergänglichkeit, die im Spiel dieser außergewöhnlichen Band verzaubert. Ein außergewöhnliches Abum!" /Jacek Brun: https://www.jazz-fun.de/ord-hemligheter-pa-vaegen.html
"ORD: il suono della poesia…” /Mario Ariano: https://www.radioaktiv.it/ord-hemligheter-pa-vagen/
"Bystry tembr kontrabasowego smyczka, pobudzone piano także w formule inside i wzdychający klarnet basowy kreują nerwową opowieść, którą resumuje świetnie improwizujący puzon." /Andrzej Nowak: https://spontaneousmusictribune.blogspot.com/
”Flera har tidigare tonsatt Tranströmers texter och det här är en av dessa som man kommer att återvända till många gånger.” /Roger Bergner: https://orkesterjournalen.com/ nr 2/2022
"Karin Johansson tar sig an Tomas Tranströmers poesi med varsamhet och hon lyssnar verkligen på orden samt låter allt bilda en organisk enhet, som är nära originalet, men hon visar även en stor självständighet och frihet..." /Bo Bjelvehammar: https://www.opulens.se/musik/musik-och-poesi-i-fint-samspel/
"Music that makes resistance is more important than ever. Unesco, which is behind World Poetry Day, writes the following about the value of culture: “Practiced throughout history - in every culture and on every continent - poetry speaks to our common humanity and our common values and transform the simplest poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace ...” /Tobias Magnusson: https://hymn.se/2022/03/21/ord-hemligheter-pa-vagen/
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