Electronique noire by eivind aarset, released 26 october 2017 1. Ecm 1257 barre phillips call me when you get there ecm 1258. Scandinavia is definitely a place which sends new impulses in jazz. Eivind aarset one of the voices from the norwegian jazz underground, saw electronique noire, his first release as a leader. Ecm 241415 tigran hamasyan, arve henriksen, eivind aarset, jan bang atmospheres 2016.
Despite making music that could easily lend itself to the kind of guitar pyrotechnics that are so often the litmus test of a good player, aarset s emphasis is on texture, on melody, on groove, and on a kind of collective improvisation thats been reshaping and. Eivind aarset electronique noire, released 26 october 2017 1. In a time when the interactive video game guitar hero is selling in the millions, eivind aarset is, in many ways, the guitar antihero. Jan bang, erik honore, eivind aarset and samuel rohrer.
If you like any of molvaers stuff, this is a natural extension just with more guitar. In 1998, he made his solo debut with electronique noire on the jazzland label. In 2012, aarset signed with ecm and released his fifth fulllength album, dream logic. Ecm 1679 ns alexei lubimov stravinsky shostakovich prokofiev scriabin. Dark star safari present its eponymous recording debut, an evocative songdriven album. Twenty years have past since norwegian guitar hero eivind aarset solodebuted as bandleader with the electronic avantgarde jazz classic electronique noire. Electronique noire is an album by norwegian guitarist eivind aarset. These songs conjure shadows of memory, clouds of dreaming and silhouettes of foreboding through the albums layered, manytextured fabrics and jan bangs silken delivery of erik honores acute lyrics. Eivind aarset biography eivind aarset born march 23, 1961 is one of norways highly appreciated contemporary guitarists, notable also as an electronic craftsman, an eclectic music composer and producer, he is faithfully integrated, from all sorts of various angles such as his main works, his intrinsic and conserved style, and several significant collaborations and connections, in the.
Where electronique noire has tracks that could be individually described in terms of genres, light extracts offered music that could only be described in terms of aarset ness. Aarset is also responsible for all compositions, arrangements, recording, programming, sampling and bass. After trumpeter nils petter molvaers khmer in 1997, which presented a fresh combination of ecm jazz, ambient, and electronica, heres electronique noire by guitarist eivind aarset, who was on of the musicians on khmer. Again, were exposed to such a mixture, but this time, the stew is spiced up by more different ingredients. Dark moisture entranceubahn lost and found superstrings electronique noire wakeup. Classic album sundays oslo presents eivind aarset electronique. The album features the bass clarinet of hans ulrik, an artist aarset met when recording with marilyn mazurs future song. Get it if you can find it you wont be disappointed. Fantasic disc from nils petter molvaers guitarist, eivind aarset.
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