Jazz Articles about SKRAP

SKRAP: K.O.

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 8, 2013

SKRAP ("scratch") was formed six years ago when tubaist Heida Karine Johannesdóttir Mobeck and analog synthesizer player Anja Lauvdal (also the pianist for Moskus, heard on the trio's 2012 Hubro debut, Salmesykkel), got locked together in a small room equipped with two bass amplifiers put up against each other. The Norwegian duo began experimenting with low frequency sound waves, looking for contrasts and similarities between their two distinct instruments. These nuanced and brief interactions within the sound ...