Results for "Cortex"

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Cortex: Live

by Glenn Astarita
October 14, 2014

As the marketing info implies, this Scandinavian quartet summons remembrances of the Ornette Coleman ensemble featuring Don Cherry performing on cornet. Yet by no means are these gentlemen copycats. Hence, each composition imparts a different story, whether the artists are melding an open-air sound with bursting breakouts and idiosyncratic intonations or generating aggressive free-form escapades on ...

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Gard Nilssen: Drumming Music

Read "Drumming Music" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 2, 2014

Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen is one of the most-in- demand and versatile musicians in the vibrant Nordic scene. The musical range of his own bands--Bushman's Revenge, sPacemonKEy, Astro Sonic, Cortex, Lord Kelvin, PUMA, saxophonist Eirik Hegdal's Team Hegdal and bassist Per Zanussi's quintet--encompasses free improvisation, modern and free jazz, techno, electronica, metal, noise and experimental ambient ...

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Göteborg

By Cortex

Label: Gigafon
Released: 2012
Track listing: Nicotine; virus; Endorphin; Decibel; Cerebrum; Hub.

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Cortex: Göteborg

Read "Göteborg" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 3, 2012

Norway's Cortex released its highly promising debut, Resection (Bolage), in 2011. The members of this high-octane quartet met during jazz studies in Trondheim, and began working as a band in 2007. Cortex follows the free jazz legacy of Ornette Coleman quartet with trumpeter Don Cherry, spicing it with wise, original compositions and uncompromising performances inspired by ...

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SAKA: Cementen

Read "Cementen" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 6, 2012

The second album from Norwegian power trio SAKA, after last year's Posh! (FMR Records), serves as another reminder of the fertile Norwegian music scene that keeps breeding such excellent bands. This trio has already managed to create its own independent, mature voice while still well-versed in past and current powerful trios legacies that marry free jazz ...