''Électronique Noire'' is an album by Norwegian guitarist

Eivind Aarset Eivind Aarset (born 23 March 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Sheppard, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef, Django Bates, and Nils ...

Background

This is a ground breaking debut solo album, and whether collaborating with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer or recording for

Bugge Wesseltoft Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft. Career In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after ...

's Jazzland label, Eivind Aarset remains a highly treasured ambasadour of the Norwegian jazz scene. ''Électronique noire'' was rated "one of the best electric jazz albums of the post-Miles era" by no less than ''

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''. Melting jazz and electronic music into the most unexpected alloys, incorporating Aarsets unstoppable creativity and very personal sound, the result is an appreciably hearable album.

Reception

The

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review awarded the album 4 stars, and the reviewer Beate Nossum of the Norwegian newspaper

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awarded the album dice 3.

Track listing

#«Dark Moisture» (7:50)
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvær
Bass –

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (born 23 September 1971 in Oppdal, Norway) is a Norwegian double bass, bassist active in the jazz and free jazz genres. (in Norwegian) Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Flaten played electric bass in local f ...

Drums – Anders Engen
Electric piano (Rhodes) –

Mixing (Mix) – Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland
Recording (Rhodes) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Recorded By (trumpet) – Giert Clausen #«Entrance / U-Bahn» (8:33)
Voice (distorted shouting) – Nils Petter Molvær
Bass –

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Bass clarinet (additional), soprano saxophone – Vidar Johansen
Synthesizer –

Kjetil Bjerkestrand Kjetil Bjerkestrand (born 18 May 1955 in Kristiansund, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (keyboards), composer, arranger and record producer, known as music arranger for artists like Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Keith Emerson, Ian Hunter, ...

Drums – Kim Ofstad
Edition – Bugge Wesseltoft & Eivind Aarset
Recording – Kaj Hjertenes & Per Ravnaas
Recording (bassclarinet, sax), mixing – Ulf W.Ø. Holand #«Lost And Found» (7:32)
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Synthesizer, Recording (synthesizer) – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Mixing – Bernhard Löhr #«Superstrings» (8:26)
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvær
Bass – Jonny Sjo
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Edited By, Arranged By – Eivind Aarset
Mixing, edition, arranging – Bugge Wesseltoft
Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland
Recording (trumpet) – Giert Clausen #«Électronique Noire» (3:53)
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Mixed By – Bernhard Löhr
Recording (dissonant chords) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Sounds (dissonant chords), inputs arrangements – Bugge Wesseltoft #«Wake-Up Call» (6:36)
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Mixing – Bernhard Löhr
Recording (dissonant chords) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Sounds (dissonant chords), inputs arranging – Bugge Wesseltoft #«Namib» (3:00)
Composition – Eivind Aarset & Kjetil Saunes
Synthesizer, sampler, recording (synthesizer), sampler, mixing, programming – Kjetil Saunes #«Spooky Danish Waltz» (7:06)
Bass – Bjørn Kjellemyr
Drums – Anders Engen & Kim Ofstad
Mixing – Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Recording (bass) – Giert Clausen
Recording (drums) – Truls Birkeland
Synthesizer, recording (synthesizer) – Kjetil Bjerkestrand #«Porcupine Night Walk» (6:40)
Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Drums – Anders Engen
Mixed By – Bernhard Löhr
Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland

Credits

*Arrangements – Eivind Aarset (tracks: 1–3 & 5–9) *Compositions – Eivind Aarset (tracks: 1–6, 8 & 9) *Cover design – Tina Jørgensen *Guitar (straight, treated, e-bowed, looped, ugly, pretty], programming, sampler, bass, producer – Eivind Aarset *Mastering – Bernhard Löhr *Photography – Mats H. Ljungberg *Recording – Eivind Aarset (tracks: 1, 3–9)

Notes

*Most of the compositions on this album is based on the commission work "7" for Maijazz 97 *"Lost And Found" inspired by Bendik Hofseth *"Dark Moisture" mix in Lydlab, bass and drums recorded in Studio 1, trumpet recorded in Fersk Lyd, Rhodes recorded in Bugge's Room *"Entrance / U-Bahn" recorded live at Maijazz 97 in Stavanger for NRK, bassclarinet, sax recording and mix in Lydlab *"Lost And Found" mix in Mono Music Studio, synthesizer recorded in Dr. Kills Laboratorium *"Superstrings" mix in Bugge's Room, bass & drums recorded in Studio 1, trumpet recorded in Fersk Lyd *"Électronique Noire" and "Wake-Up Call" mix in Mono Music Studio, disonant chords recorded in Bugge's Room *"Namib" mix, programming, synthesizer and sampler recording in Pilfabrikken *"Spooky Danish Waltz" mix in Lydlab, drums recorded in Studio 1, bass recorded in Fersk Lyd, synthesizer recorded in Dr. Kills Laboratorium *"Porcupine Night Walk" mix in Mono Music Studio, drums and bass recorded in Studio 1 *Mastered in Polar Studio

References

External links

Eivind Aarset Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Electronique Noire Eivind Aarset albums 1998 albums