Dream Logic Eivind Aarset
Album info
Album-Release:
2012
HRA-Release:
06.11.2012
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1 Close (For Comfort) 06:36
- 2 Surrender 04:24
- 3 Jukai (Sea of Trees) 03:47
- 4 Black Silence 04:05
- 5 Active 03:23
- 6 Close (Variation I) 02:43
- 7 Reactive 02:23
- 8 Homage to Greene 05:31
- 9 The Whispering Forest 05:42
- 10 Close (Variation II) 01:46
- 11 The Beauty of Decay 07:06
Info for Dream Logic
'Dream Logic' ist treffend betitelt, seine sich langsam entwickelnden, schwebenden Stücke mit ihren sich überlagernden Gitarrentexturen haben eine fast schon halluzinatorische Qualität, eine geradezu außerweltliche Atmosphäre. Jan Bang, Mitkomponist einiger der Stücke, trug Klänge und Samples bei und koproduzierte das Album.
Von seinen Studioalben kennt man den norwegischen Gitarristen Eivind Aarset bisher eher als kühlen Klangästheten, als Architekten atemberaubender Soundscapes im Spannungsfeld von Ambient Music, progressiver Jazzfusion, elektronischer und auch ethnischer Musik. Nur gelegentlich ließ er dort seine Qualitäten als innovativer Rockgitarrist kurz aufblitzen. Wer Aarset aber schon einmal live erlebt hat - ob mit seiner eigenen Gruppe, mit Nils Petter Molvær oder Dhafer Youssef - der kennt diese andere Seite des Gitarristen bereits sehr gut und wird sie sicherlich nie vergessen. Denn auf der Bühne verwandelt sich der coole Norweger schnell zu einem intelligenten Berserker, der seiner Gitarre die abenteuerlichsten Töne entlockt und seinem Publikum mit einer Welle schierer Energie den Atem raubt. Wer die Biographie Eivind Aarsets kennt, wundert sich über dessen Qualitäten als Rockgitarrist indes überhaupt nicht. Denn geweckt wurden die in ihm schlummernden musikalischen Talente, als er mit zwölf Jahren das erste Mal Jimi Hendrix hörte. Mit den vier Studioalben, die Eivind Aarset seit 1998 auf Bugge Wesseltofts Label Jazzland Recordings veröffentlichte, machte er nicht nur in Europa gewaltigen Eindruck. Auch im Mutterland des Jazz zollten die Kritiker dem innovativen norwegischen Gitarristen höchsten Respekt und verglichen seine Musik mit den revolutionären Alben, die Miles Davis in den frühen 70er Jahren gemacht hatte.
Eivind Aarset, guitars, bass guitar, electronics, percussion, samples, programming
Jan Bang, samples, dictaphone, programming
Recorded and mixed 2011/12 at Punkt Studio and Tjernsbråtan by Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, and Jan Erik Kongshaug
Mastering: Jan Erik Kongshaug, Rainbow Studio
Produced by Jan Bang
Eivind Aarset
is a guitarist with a unique musical vision that absorbs and reflects all manner of music while retaining an enviable individualism and high quality craftsmanship that can span from quiet intimacy to searing intensity. His debut as a bandleader on Jazzland Recordings was described by the New York Times as "One of the best post-Miles electric jazz albums," setting a high benchmark that Aarset has consistently met and exceeded, both in the studio and in live performance.
As one of Norway's most in-demand guitarists, Eivind Aarset has worked with Jon Hassell, David Sylvian, Bill Laswell, Jan Garbarek, Paolo Fresu, Marilyn Mazur, J.Peter Schwalm, Mike Manieri, Marc Ducret, Michel Benitas Ethics, Martux-M, Stefano Battaglia, Michele Rabbia, Talvin Singh, and Andy Sheppard. He has worked with Nils Petter Molvaer's band, (appearing on all of Molvaer's albums, including the breakthrough album "Khmer" and 2006's award-winning "ER"). He also has collaborated with Dhafer Youssef, both live and in the studio.
Aarset's musical awakening happened when, at the age of 12, he heard Jimi Hendrix. "I started on the guitar as soon as I heard him," he recalls with a smile. "I bought a second hand Hendrix record and that was it. Then I started getting into rock bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Santana and Pink Floyd before my brother introduced me to the music of Miles Davis, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report and Return to Forever. After a while, I got into the ECM sound of Jan Garbarek, and Terje Rypdal, who was a big influence. Then I went on the road with a fulltime heavy metal band, a fantastic experience, until I got tired of being angry every night! Then I quit and became a session musician."
As part of the band, Ab & Zu, he created the unique guitar style and sound he would later develop further as part of saxophonist Bendik Hofseth's group. However, it was his involvement with Bugge Wesseltoft and the Oslo Jazz underground that crystallized the sound he was seeking: "What drew me to this music was the hypnotic grooves and musical freedom I found," says Eivind. "There's no established rules or tradition in what I am doing, you can make the rules up as you go along. Rhythm is the centre of the music, the landscape the soloist travels through. It's fresh territory and I have no idea where this scene will end up, but there's a lot of great sounds and new music being created which makes it such an exciting scene."
Booklet for Dream Logic
