Results for "Pixel"

Article: Live Review

Mai Jazz 2014

by John Kelman
May 24, 2014

Mai Jazz 2014 Stavanger, Norway May 6-11, 2014 After visiting Norway as often as four or five times annually, a first trip to the country in early May is surprisingly late for a first visit of the year. The last time visiting the west coast city of Stavanger was in 2008, part ...

Article: Album Review

Sjøen: Live I

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 1, 2014

Sjøen (sea in Norwegian) is a new, Norwegian-Swedish quintet with a debut that was recorded during their first-ever concert, at the Energimølla club in Kongsberg, Norway, in April 2013. Obviously, it would not have been possible without the promising, young musicians that band leader and violinist Håkon Aase gathered. Each of them also play in other ...

Article: Album Review

Pixel: We Are Small Pixels

by Glenn Astarita
January 20, 2014

Hailing from Norway, Pixel's debut release Reminder (Cuneiform, 2012) was a shot of adrenaline for many aficionados and critics with its sprightly and irrefutably seamless alliance between Indie Rock and progressive jazz. Led by bassist Ellen Andrea Wang and her alluring pop-like vocal delivery, there are few operating entities that sport a signature sound, merging technically ...

Album

We Are Small Pixels

By Pixel

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Be Mine; Space; Farris; Edge; Night Dreamer; Easter Song; Passport; Dreaming; Sigma; Daylight; Time.

Article: Extended Analysis

Dr. Kay & His Interstellar Tone Scientists: The Search for True Happiness

by Eyal Hareuveni
November 26, 2013

Who could guess that about twenty years after the spirit of Sun Ra left this planet and went to higher spheres what will transpire in the chilly winds of Oslo, Norway. But anyone who followed even remotely the unbelievable life of Sun Ra already knows that stranger things have happened. The young ...

Album

Reminder

By Pixel

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Prelude; Home; Esset; Call Me; She Knows; Wake Up; Waltz 1; Hvor Ble Den Av?; I Hang; An Apple In The Country Hill.

Video

Call Me

Featuring the music of Pixel
Duration: 04:43
December 21, 2012

The music video debut from Pixel, the Norwegian indie/jazz band led by Ellen Andrea Wang, for the song "Call Me" from their debut album, 'Reminder' (Cuneiform Records). Directed by Ola Martin Fjeld and produced by Filmfaktisk.

Article: Album Review

Pixel: Reminder

by Bruce Lindsay
June 11, 2012

When a band is described as a “powerhouse indie-jazz ensemble" it's a surprise when the first tune on its debut release is a gentle and rather moving solo performance by the band's vocalist and double bassist. “Prelude," the tune in question, demonstrates the more reflective side of Pixel, a Norwegian quartet whose approach certainly includes powerhouse ...