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Peder Simonsen & Jo David Meyer Lysne: Spektralmaskin
by Glenn Astarita
Strap yourselves in, spectral travelers, for a journey into the sonic labyrinth that is Peder Simonsen and Jo David Meyer Lysne's Spektralmaskin. This album is not background music for folding laundry. Simonsen and Lysne weave a tapestry of sound that is both unsettling and strangely beautiful. Imagine a haunted music box possessed by a playful but ...
Aviva Endean: cinder: ember: ashes
by Glenn Astarita
Aviva Endean's debut album for the Norwegian label SOFA is heady and gleams with interesting abstracts. In addition to her improvisational acumen, she is a shaper of sound. Endean toggles between various clarinet types on each track. With asynchronous minimalist parts and microtonal aspects, she also executes darkly weaving passages, iterated with an alien dichotomy. This ...
cinder: ember: ashes
By Eviva Endean
Label: SOFA
Released: 2018
Track listing: burst in black: under; apparition: above; vapour: between; distant song: afar; smoulder: beneath;
undulations: behind; ashes for viv: before; cinder: ember: ashes.
Like Driving
Label: SOFA
Released: 2018
Track listing: Everything We Touch Is Electric; Astronaut Peace; Like Driving.
Streifenjunko: Like Driving
by Glenn Astarita
The artists' first venture into the world of electronics is quietly mesmerizing and off the beaten path as some would say. Espen Reinertsen (saxophone) and Eivind Lønning (trumpet)'s previous albums, No Longer Burning (SOFA, 2009) and Sval Torv (SOFA, 2012), were acoustic sound-sculpting endeavors. And both musicians have performed together in pianist Christian Wallumrød's ensemble. On ...
Muddersten: Playmates
by Glenn Astarita
The amusing cover art is a take-off on a 16th and 17th century Flanders and Netherlands tradition of still life themes known as vanitas (vanity) paintings that basically portray aspects not deemed important when it comes down to living a fruitful life. Somehow, this experimental Scandinavian trio ties all of these connotations into four distinct tracks, ...
15 Emerging Norwegian Jazz Musicians You Need To Know About
by Luca Vitali
Double your Norwegian jazz pleasure: listen to our companion Norwegian jazz mixtape while reading this article. Far too many people talk about the Norwegian scene as being “interesting because it's so exotic." Those who think so, have in mind its “Nordic Tone," that distinctive mood which evokes snow, mountains and icy fjords. This kind ...
