''Sonic Codex'' 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 fourth solo album ''Sonic Codex'' from Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset incorporates concepts from his earlier albums, restates, elaborates and reinforces them to generate a genuine masterpiece, that might be a defining moment in both Aarset’s career and the history of Jazzland. ''Sonic Codex'' puts forward rules of engagement that Aarset collaborate with the audience, and very deliberately quotes and redefines the musicality that made up his previous three albums, “Electronique Noire”, “Light Extracts”, and “Connected”, yet also points his way forward: it is an innovative present that simultaneously summarizes the past, and predicts the future.

Reception

The review of the Norwegian newspaper

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awarded the album 4 stars (dice).

Track listing

#«Sign Of Seven» (6:26)
Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik
Baritone guitar & celesta –

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 ...

#«Quicksilver Dream» (6:23)
Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik
Drums –

Anders Engen Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering, Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres (name), Andres via metathesis (linguistics), metathesis. In Sweden, A ...

Featuring (sample) – Punkt #«Dröbak Saray» (6:47)
Synthesizer – Audun Erlien &

Wetle Holte Wetle Holte (born 4 September 1973) is a Norwegian drummer and composer known for his collaborations with Silje Neergård, Kirsti Huke, Eivind Aarset, Wibutee, Bugge Wesseltoft, Anja Garbarek, and others. Life and career Holte was born in Ski ...

#«Cameo» (5:17)
Celesta – Wetle Holte #«Still Changing» (8:11)
Banjo –

Tor Egil Kreken Tor Egil Kreken (born 30 March 1977 in Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass, banjo, guitars). Biography Kreken plays within the bands Eivind Aarset Trio (bass), Faircastle Four (guitar, banjo), Shining (bass), The Holstein United Bluegrass B ...

Organ (Wurlitzer), vocal sampler – Audun Erlien
Synthesizer & piano – Wetle Holte #«Black Noise/White Silence» (3:06)
Electric bass –

Marius Reksjø Marius Julian Reksjø (born 3 October 1973 in Horten, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from cooperation within Bugge Wesseltoft's Jazzland Community and the band Beady Belle with his wife Beate S. Lech. Career Reksj ...

#«Family Pictures III» (3:38)
Electric bass – Eivind Aarset
Sampler (field Recording), producer – Erik Honoré
Sampler & producer – Jan Bang #«Sleeps With Fishes» (6:28) #«The Return Of Black Noise And Murky Lamabada» (11:34)
Electric bass – Marius Reksjø

Credits

*Acoustic bass – Marius Reksjø (tracks: 1-2, 8) *Drums, percussion & programming – Wetle Holte *Electric bass – Audun Erlien (tracks: 3-5) *Guitars, kalimba, percussion (logdrum), programming, glockenspiel & additional recordings – Eivind Aarset *Artwork – Stoffen Ganes *Mastering – Thomas Eberger *Mixing – Erik Honoré, Mike Hartung (tracks: 1, 5), Reidar Skår (tracks: 2, 6, 8-9), Ulf Holand (tracks: 3-4) *Photography (cover) – Fin Sersk-Hanssen *Photography (of Eivind Aarset) – Johannes Rodach *Producer – Eivind Aarset, Erik Honoré (tracks: 7), Jan Bang (tracks: 7) *Recording – Erik Honoré (tracks: 7), Espen Gundersen (tracks: 3-5), Mike Hartung (tracks: 1-2, 6, 8-9) *Recording (clarinet & bass clarinet) – Pelle Fridell (tracks: 1-2, 5)

Notes

*Sample on track 2 taken from "Body Language" appearing on the album "Crime Scenes" *Track 1, 2, 6, 8 & 9 recorded at Propeller Studio *Track 3 to 5 recorded at Audiopol *Track 7 recorded at Punkt Studios *Clarinet and bass clarinet recorded at Pelles room *Additional recordings at Katakomben *Track 1 & 5 mixed at Propeller Studio *Track 3 & 4 mixed at Lydlab *Track 2, 6, 8 & 9 mixed at 7 etg *Track 7 mixed at Punkt Studios *Mastered at Cutting Room, Stockholm

References

External links

Eivind Aarset Official Website
Eivind Aarset albums 2007 albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub