''Solid Ether'' is an album by Norwegian trumpeter, composer and producer

Nils Petter Molvær Nils Petter Molvær () also known as NPM (born 18 September 1960) is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and record producer. He is considered a pioneer of future jazz, a genre that fuses jazz and electronic music, best showcased on his most ...

, recorded in 1999 and released on ECM May the following year.Solid Ether
at ECM Records website

Reception

On ''

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'', Chris M. Slawecki called it "a stunning meltdown of classic jazz trumpet styles with modern techno, drum-and-bass and electronic music."Slawecki, C. M.
All About Jazz review
February 1, 2001 The

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review by David R. Adler stated "Not everyone will "get" this kind of music, and die-hard jazzers might laugh it off as an inconsequential fad. But it's actually a seismic innovation that is just getting started."Jurek, T
AllMusic Review
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gave the album an ''A'', noting, "He immerses in chaos and comes out beautiful."

Track listing

Personnel

– trumpet,

piccolo trumpet The piccolo trumpet is the smallest member of the trumpet family, pitched one octave higher than the standard B trumpet. Most piccolo trumpets are built to play in either B or A, using a separate leadpipe for each key. The tubing in the B piccol ...

, electronic trumpet, synthesizer, bass, loops,

electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

, sampler,

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, percussion, piano, synth-bass, vocoder trumpet, voice effects, beats, sound treatment *

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 ...

– guitar, effects (tracks 1, 2 & 5–9) *

Audun Erlien Audun Erlien (born 22 February 1967 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician (bass guitar, guitar and electronica), known from several albums in various genres. Career Erlien was raised in Tønsberg, Norway, and has been a mu ...

– bass (tracks 2 & 5–9) *Rune Arnesen, Per Lindvall – drums (tracks 2 & 5–9) *DJ Strangefruit – electronics, sampler, voice, scratches (tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9) *

Sidsel Endresen Sidsel Endresen (born 19 June 1952) is a Norwegian singer, composer, and actress. She was part of the Jon Eberson group. Since 1987, Endresen has pursued a successful solo career, recording for ECM. Career Endresen was one of the most prono ...

– vocals (tracks 4 & 10)

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Nils Petter Molvær albums ECM Records albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher