"Elska" means love. "Von" means hope. Love and hope. Two things every single person longs for and needs, and yet two things much too lacking in our world. A professional musician composing for film, TV and web, Minneapolis-based Chris Bartels also … [Read more...] about Elskavon: Skylight
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Hidden Orchestra: Wingbeats EP
As years go by and as the collective embark on different projects, the term “Hidden Orchestra” keeps taking on a multitude of new meanings. Originally a reference to the fact that orchestras playing for silent films in theatres were hidden from view, … [Read more...] about Hidden Orchestra: Wingbeats EP
Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago
Traditional jazz drummers are usually only given a few bars to shine, and consequently these short solos are bursting with brilliant ideas and glimpses of pure rhythmic feel. I began to isolate and reprogram fragments of these rhythmic gems […] read … [Read more...] about Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago
Wesseltoft Schwarz Berglund: Trialogue
Since the early 1990s, Norwegian pianist and composer Bugge Wesseltoft has been a fervent innovator, always keen to experiment with a new and contemporary jazz sound - either as a collaborator with Jan Garbarek, Sidsel Endresel or Arild Andersen, as … [Read more...] about Wesseltoft Schwarz Berglund: Trialogue
Bugge Wesseltoft: Moving
In 1996, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer Bugge Wesseltoft formed New Conception of Jazz, a project which endeavoured to integrate improvisation on acoustic instruments with dancefloor beats and electronics. Because no other music labels were … [Read more...] about Bugge Wesseltoft: Moving
Chassol: Big Sun
Released on Bertrand Burgalat’s Paris based record label Tricatel in May 2015 last - a label which is entirely dedicated to the promotion of genre-breaking acts such as French actress Valérie Lemercier or 2010 Goncourt Prize winner Michel Houellebecq … [Read more...] about Chassol: Big Sun
