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"The Nature Of Connections" almost entirely features pieces composed by Arve'™s collaborators.Visit product page →
Recorded in the sparkling acoustic of Oslo'™s legendary Rainbow Studio by Jan Erik Kongshaug, it'™s an album with closer ties to Nordic folk and contemporary, minimalist chamber music than any of Arve'™s previous releases. At the same time it features some of the most melodic and seductive music he has recorded.
The trumpeter had planned to make an album with a string quartet for many years but never quite found the right formula. Finally, a special commissioned tour brought him together with violinists Nils Økland and Gjermund Larsen, cellist Svante Henryson and double bassist Mats Eilertsen, all of whom now appear as the central planks in "The Nature Of Connections".
Another welcome guest is drummer Audun Kleive, veteran of Norwegian jazz ensembles including Oslo 13, JøKleBa!, Generator X, Terje Rypdal and Jon Balke.
Tracklisting:
1. Blå Veg
2. Hambopolskavalsen
3. Budbringeren
4. Seclusive Song
5. Hymn
6. Aceh
7. Keen
8. Arco Akropolis
9. Salm -
"The Height Of The Reeds" started as a commissioned work to the city of Hull, Great Britain's cultural capital 2017. Composed by Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang, the work celebrates the longstanding seafaring relationship between Hull and Scandinavia.Visit product page →
It was originally the musical companion to a sound walk that took place in April, May and June 2017. Those who took part could listen to the music on headphones while crossing the Humber Bridge.
Initially intended for April only, the arrangement proved so popular it ended up with selling out three months, a total of 15.000 tickets. Whether it will be repeated in the future remains to be seen, but at least the evocative music can now be experienced on this release. Only minor adjustments have been done to justify the transition from sound walk to album.
Other than Henriksen, Aarset and Bang, the work includes important contributions from Hull sound artist Jez Riley French, providing field recordings from the bridge itself: the river below, the noise of engines, the creaking of steel wires, wheels against asphalt and the song of the reeds in the wind.
Opera North's choir and orchestra provides the necessary musical space for the soloists, and two actors and a child are reading from translated poems by Norwegian poet Nils Christian Moe-Repstad.
This is a beautiful addition to Arve Henriksen's large and fast growing discography, and sits well with his very popular Jan Bang contributions "Chiaroscuro" (2004) and "Places Of Worship" (2013).
Tracklisting:
1. Come April
2. Reefs And Roots
3. The Swans Bend Their Necks Backward To See God
4. Height Of The Reeds In The Wetlands
5. Is There A Limit For The Internal?
6. Nymphs And Eurasian Horses
7. Waders
8. The Wind In The Willows
9. Pink Cherry Trees -
Visit product page →With 'Towards Language' trumpeter Arve Henriksen is back with his trusted long time musical partners Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. Arve first collaborated with the pair on the much loved and highly praised 'Chiaroscuro' (2004), Arve's second album, and later on 'Cartography' (ECM 2008) and 'Places Of Worship' (2013).
Also an important part of the line-up is Eivind Aarset, the ECM associated guitarist extraordinaire. 'Towards Language' is Arve's ninth album (eight on Rune Grammofon and one on ECM) under his own name, in addition he has collaborated on records with artists like David Sylvian, Jon Balke, Trygve Seim and Trio Mediaeval, as well as a dozen albums as founder member of free noise trio Supersilent.
Arve has never been short of praise when it comes to expressing the importance his collaborators and musicians have on the creative process. Asked to comment on his new album, and its title, here's what he has to say: 'To express something on your own can be quite challenging at times. I have for years been in creative collaborations with musicians and producers that have ecouraged and inspired me. With this help and inspiration to discover new sounds and music I have struggled and made my way to gradually be able to create some sort of language and a way of telling stories with my trumpet and singing.
They have all coloured and gradually transformed me through different artistic timezones that I have passed through. All the information, concerts, discussions and impressions have had a significant impact on the process of gradually coming closer towards the core of communication through music.
With this recording, the good help and inspirational artistic contributions from Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang at the recording session in Oslo has led to these selected tracks. Music that has a connection to 'Places of Worship', but this time recorded 'live' in the studio in a chamber music like approach inspired by contemporary elements from composers like Toru Takemitsu and Manuel de Falla, to traditional organ music, and at the end of the album bringing in a traditional 'kven' (ancient Nordic song tradition) theme from the roots of my family from the North of Norway, sung by Anna Maria Friman of Trio Mediaeval.
Tracklisting:
1. Patient Zero
2. Groundswell
3. Towards Language
4. Demarcation Line
5. Transitory
6. Hibernal
7. Realign
8. Vivification
9. Paridae
