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Field Day Rituals
''Field Day Rituals'' (released February 1, 2011 in Norway by the label Hubro Music – HUBRO CD 2520) is the fourth album of the Norwegian jazz band Splashgirl. Reception The All About Jazz reviewer John Eyles awarded the album 4.5 stars, the reviewer Steven Johnson of Musicomh.com awarded the album 4 stars, and the reviewer Ben Hogwood of the British ''DMC World'' Magazine awarded the album 5 stars. Track listing Personnel * Jo Berger Myhre – double bass * Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød – drums, percussion * Andreas Stensland Løwe – piano, keyboards * Timothy Mason – modular synth * Eyvind Kang – viola Credits * Arranged by Splashgirl * With arrangements by Randall Dunn * Designed by Yokoland * Mastered by Jason Ward * Photography by Aslak Gurholt Rønsen * Recorded, mixed and produced by Randall Dunn Randall Dunn is an American record producer, audio engineer, and musician. As a record producer, he has worked with musical acts such as Sunn O))), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splashgirl
Splashgirl (initiated 2003 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz ensemble comprising the three young musicians Andreas Stensland Løwe (piano and electronics), Jo Berger Myhre (doublebass and tone generator) and Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød (drums, percussion and sounds), playing original music. Biography Since 2007, Splashgirl has released four highly acclaimed albums ''Doors. Keys.'' (2007), ''Arbor'' (2009), ''Pressure'' (2011) and '' Field Day Rituals'' (2013), has played a great number of concerts in Europe, USA and Japan, and collaborated with musicians like Sidsel Endresen, Jan Bang, Eyvind Kang, Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Randall Dunn and Timothy Mason. Discography * 2007: ''Doors. Keys.'' (AIM Records) * 2009: ''Arbor'' ( Hubro Music) * 2011: ''Splashgirl / Huntsville'' (Hubro Music) *2011: ''Pressure'' (Hubro Music) *2013: '' Field Day Rituals'' (Hubro Music) *2016: ''Hibernation'' (Hubro Music) *2018: ''Sixth Sense'' (Hubro Music) References External links *{{Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Jazz
Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during this period believed that the bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz that had been played before them was too limiting. They became preoccupied with creating something new and exploring new directions. The term "free jazz" has often been combined with or substituted for the term "avant-garde jazz". Europeans tend to favor the term "free improvisation". Others have used "modern jazz", "creative music", and "art music". The ambiguity of free jazz presents problems of definition. Although it is usually played by small groups or individuals, free jazz big bands have existed. Although musicians and critics claim it is innovative and forward-looking, it draws on early styles of jazz and has been described as an attempt to return to primitive, often re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hubro Albums
The following is a summary of the Hubro Music albums. Hubro Music is a Norwegian record label dedicated to releasing music from the Norwegian jazz and improvised music scene, and is a label under the Grappa Grappa is an alcoholic beverage: a fragrant, grape-based pomace brandy of Italian origin that contains 35 to 60 percent alcohol by volume (70 to 120 US proof). Grappa is made by distilling the skins, pulp, seeds, and stems (i.e., the poma ... parent label. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubro Music Discographies of Norwegian record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall Dunn
Randall Dunn is an American record producer, audio engineer, and musician. As a record producer, he has worked with musical acts such as Sunn O))), Six Organs of Admittance, Marissa Nadler, Wolves in the Throne Room, Boris, Anna Von Hausswolff, Akron/Family, Oren Ambarchi, Eyvind Kang, The Cave Singers, Earth, and Jesse Sykes, among others. Pitchfork has described him as "a go-to producer for metal but also for indie acts looking to add more edge and atmosphere." Early life Originally from Michigan, Dunn moved to Seattle in 1993 to explore his interest in film music. He attended the Art Institute of Seattle to study sound design for film, and formed connections with local musicians, including Skerik and Matt Chamberlain. In an interview, Dunn stated, "I'm sort of a frustrated filmmaker that turned into a record producer. The people I met when I moved here spun me in a way that sent me down this path of treating sound the way I would have treated film." During his studies h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near You'', about local concerts and events. The Jazz Journalists Association voted ''All About Jazz'' Best Website Covering Jazz for thirteen consecutive years between 2003 and 2015, when the category was retired. In 2015, Ricci said the site received a peak of 1.3 million readers per month in 2007. Another source said that the site has over 500,000 readers around the world. Ricci was born in Philadelphia. He heard classical and jazz from his father's music collection. He played trumpet and went to his first jazz concert when he was eight. With a background in computer programming, he combined his interest in jazz and the internet by creating the ''All About Jazz'' website in 1995. The website publishes reviews, interviews, and articles pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musicomh
MusicOMH (stylized as musicOMH) is a London-based online music magazine which publishes independent reviews, features and interviews from across all genres including classical, metal, rock and R&B. History MusicOMH was founded and launched by Editor in Chief Michael Hubbard in 1999. In February 2011 the site's former theatre section was spun off, becominExeunt Magazine as MusicOMH refocused from being a general arts publication to writing primarily about music. Main features and coverage MusicOMHs music content consists of reviews of albums, gigs, tracks and festivals, alongside features, interviews and blog posts. The site also provides live reviews and other features. The site's album reviews, usually covering a wide range of genres including pop, electro, classical, metal, rock and R&B, have been quoted by numerous publications such as ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Independent'' and the BBC. The site has also been used as one of many sources to accumulate aggregated revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Berger Myhre
Jo Berger Myhre (born 29 May 1984 in Sandefjord, Norway) is a Norwegian upright bassist, known from performing with the likes of Splashgirl, Blokk 5, Ingrid Olava, Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet and Finland: Grydeland/ Qvenild/ Hausken/Myhre. As a member of the Nils Petter Molvær Quartet (since 2013) he is performing as a bass guitarist and has contributed to two albums, ''Switch'' (2014) and ''Buoyancy'' (2016), to the last even as a co-producer. Career Living in Oslo, Myhre holds a Bachelor degree in performing improvisational music from the Norwegian Academy of Music. In addition he attended one year studies under Anders Jormin at the Music Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has a series of his own ongoing projects, but most active is with Splashgirl, a trio including with Andreas Stensland Løwe (piano and keyboards) and Andreas Lønso Knudsrød (drums and percussion) Their latest albums ''Huntsville'' (2011) and ''Field Day Rituals'' (2013). Discography ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød
Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød (born 1 January 1982 in Revetal, Norway) is a Norwegian drummer living in Oslo. Biography Knudsrød is University Lecturer at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, department of Music Education and Music Therapy and playing with Blokk 5, Philco Fiction, Sacred Harp and Lama. Discography ;With Splashgirl * 2007: ''Doors. Keys.'' (AIM Records) * 2009: ''Arbor ( Hubro Music) * 2011: ''Splashgirl / Huntsville'' (Hubro Music) *2011: ''Pressure'' (Hubro Music) *2013: ''Field Day Rituals ''Field Day Rituals'' (released February 1, 2011 in Norway by the label Hubro Music – HUBRO CD 2520) is the fourth album of the Norwegian jazz band Splashgirl. Reception The All About Jazz reviewer John Eyles awarded the album 4.5 stars, th ...'' (Hubro Music) ;With Jæ * 2010: ''Balls And Kittens, Draught And Strangling Rain'' (Hubro Music) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knudsrod, Andreas Lonmo 20th-century Norwegian drummers 21st-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Stensland Løwe
Andreas Stensland Løwe (born 14 October 1983 in Larvik, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz pianist from Hedrum, living in Oslo, with a taste for electronic sound processing. He is known from bands like Splashgirl, Silent Velcro and The Captain & Me, and collaborations with artists like Hanne Kolstø, Frida Ånnevik and Susanna Wallumrød. Biography As a major composer and pianist in Splashgirl Løwe has played a series of concerts in places from Japan in the east to Seattle in the west, and he has released several albums. He also has appeared as a composer of a number of commissioned works, including for the Tape to Zero Festival in Oslo, and composed music for stage and movies. Discography ;With Splashgirl * 2007: ''Doors. Keys.'' (AIM Records) * 2009: ''Arbor ( Hubro Music) * 2011: ''Splashgirl / Huntsville'' (Hubro Music) *2011: ''Pressure'' (Hubro Music) *2013: ''Field Day Rituals'' (Hubro Music) ;With Xtet Project *2009: ''Phase First'' (Bushbaby Records) ;With Rutger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyvind Kang
Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboards and others. In addition to his solo work, Kang has worked extensively with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Biography Eyvindur Y. Kang was born 23 June 1971 in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. Kang says his family heritage is "a mixture of Icelandic, Danish and Korean." He was raised in Canada and the United States, and has since lived and worked in countries ranging from Italy to Iceland. He studied piano and violin as a child, and as a teen played bass guitar in a reggae band. A recurring theme in his solo work is the "NADE", the meaning of which Kang is not willing to disclose. Referring titles include "Theme from the first NADE", "5th NADE/Invisible Man", "Theme from the sixth NADE" (all three from the debut album ''7 NADEs'', 1996); "Jewel of the NADE", "Mystic NADE" (both from ''Theater of Mineral NADEs'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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