''Oofotr II'' (released 2001 in Norway by

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- HCD 7169) is a Norwegian studioalbum by the band

Oofotr Oofotr is a Norwegian music group consisting of jazz musicians from Narvik. They arrange traditional music from Ofoten and had their debut in Kjeldebotn Church, 1994 with music contributions from local historian Magnus Pettersen from Ballangen. Af ...

performing

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from

Ofoten Ofoten is a traditional district in Nordland county in Northern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Tysfjord, Ballangen, Evenes, Tjeldsund, Narvik, and Lødingen. It is named after the main fjord, Ofotfjorden, which is at the center o ...

like World Ambient in a Nordic Traditional style.

Review

''Oofotr II'' is the second album from this acclaimed Norwegian jazz trio. The project of presenting electronic versions of traditional music from Ofoten in Nordland, is resilient and deserve attention. Keyboardist Jørn Øien and Arve Furset, drummer Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk and vocalist Kjersti Stubø creates intense soundscapes, heavily melody-based, but with a wide enough range of rhythms, harmonies, beats and timbres that they are far more interesting music to listen to, than a lot of other computer based music. The term ambient world is printed on the cover, and it may so be, but the album consists of a series of fine tunes anyway.

Reception

The review by the Norwegian newspaper

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awarded the album dice 4.

Personnel

;Standard lineup *

Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk (born 28 September 1957) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) and music tescher. Known from a series of concerts, festival performances and records with the likes of DumDum Boys, Thorgeir Stubø, Frode Alnæs, Palle Mikkel ...

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and

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Jørn Øien Jørn Øien (born 19 January 1968 in Narvik) is a Norwegian jazz pianist and keyboard player. He is known from a number of festival performances and record releases, and cooperations with the likes of Thorgeir Stubø, Kjersti Stubø, Ernst-Wiggo ...

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Kjersti Stubø Kjersti Aasan Stubø (born 25 April 1970) is a Norwegian Jazz musician vocalist, daughter and musical successor of Jazz guitarist Thorgeir Stubø (1943–1986), mother of elektronica musician Mathias Stubø (b. 1992), and sister of Jazz guitaris ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

;Additional musicians *

Arve Furset Arve Eilif Furset (born 5 December 1964 in Askvoll, Western Norway) is a Norwegian composer, jazz musician (piano, keyboards) and music producer, known from a series of record releases and cooperations with the likes of Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Kje ...

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Gunnar Andreas Berg Gunnar Andreas Berg (born 14 January 1954) is a Norwegian musician, educator, owner of the record label "Bergland Productions". He is known from cooperations with musicians like Palle Mikkelborg, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Bjørn Alterhaug, Siri Gjære ...

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*Ivar Gafseth -

Track listing

#«Meeting Of The Hidden» (5:35), vocals by Ivar Gafseth #«The Soul» (4:56) #«New World» (3:34) #«The Message» (6:42) #«Walking In The Desert» (4:01) #«O Lam jeg Ser» (3:13) #«Poorboy» (4:41) #«Where You Go» (6:51) #«Land Of Babel» (5:15), feat. Gunnar Andreas Berg (mixed by Rune Holme) #«The Face» (6:42)

Credits

*Featuring Arve Furset *All titles based on trad folk songs from Ofoten, Norway *Recorded and mixed in Volt Studio,

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*Engineer Arve Furset *Mastered in Skansen Lydstudio,

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, by Stein Brattland *Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 produced by Arve Furset and Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk *Tracks 3, 5, 9 produced by Arve Furset and Jørn Øien *Executive producer: Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Oofotr albums