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Grindstone

By Shining

Label: Rune Grammofon
Released: 2007
Track listing: In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster; Winterreise; Stalemate Longan Runner; To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again; Moonchild Mindgames; The Red Room; ASA NISI MASA; To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again; Psalm; 1:4:9; Fight Dusk With Dawn.

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Shining: Grindstone

Read "Grindstone" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

It's hard to imagine, based on Grindstone, that Norwegian group Shining started out as a post-bop jazz quartet. While fellow Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer's current electronica/ambient-based music seems a far cry from his early days with the similarly post-bop Masqualero, there's still evidence of lineage. Shining has virtually nothing to tie it to its jazzier ...

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In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster

By Shining

Label: Rune Grammofon
Released: 2005
Track listing: Goretex Weather Report; REDRUM; Romani; Perdurabo; Aleister Explains Everything; 31=300=20 (It is by Will Alone I Set My Mind in Motion); Where Death Comes to Cry; The Smoking Dog; Magazine RWRK; You Can Try the Best You Can

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Shining: In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster

Read "In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

In a radical departure from their previous jazzier albums, Norwegian's Shining have headed for progressive or art rock territory. While the press release talks about “bridging the gap between classic King Crimson and ECM lyricism," there are far more influences at play, including Rock In Opposition bands like Henry Cow and more ambient noise groups like ...

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Shining

By Native Son

Label: Nature Bliss
Released: 1982


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