Eivind Aarset
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Eivind Aarset – Changing Waltz
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Like many guitarists of his generation Eivind Aarset (born 1961 in Drøbak, Norway) was first influenced by rock players, Jimi Hendrix above all. By the mid-1970s electric jazz caught his attention, especially Miles Davis’s “Agharta” album with the fiercely-distorted lead guitar of Pete Cosey raging around Miles electric trumpet. Aarset was also listening to ECM’s early albums, especially those of Terje Rypdal and Jan Garbarek.
After a period on the road as a heavy rock guitarist, Aarset worked prolifically as a session player, appearing on more than 150 albums in this capacity for both Norwegian and international productions. It was on the session circuit that he first encountered Bugge Wesseltoft and Nils Petter Molvær. In 1997, Molvær and Aarset joined Marilyn Mazur’s band, and recorded “Small Labyrinths” for ECM.
The bigger news that year, however, was the release of “Khmer”, Molvær’s genre-changing album, which featured plenty of Eivind’s exploratory guitar, now weaving its way between free-running samples, programmed beats and turntable scratching. Inside the Molvær band, Aarset had plenty of freedom to develop his textural guitar playing, further showcased on his own discs on Wesseltoft’s Jazzland label including “Électronique Noir”, “Connected”, “Sonic Codex” and “Live Extracts”.
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Sonic Codex
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Connected
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MuzykoLubna
"Sign of seven" wooooooooooooooow
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ZielonyGrzyb
The longer I listen to the new album, the more I like it... First I missed more powerful pieces like "Wake-Up Call" or "Electromagnetic", but this ambient, plastic atmosphere is just something else - not something worse.
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barrospablito
Dream Logic, ECM 2301, 2012!!!!
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pitrafilla
muy ... muy bueno...
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J0-M0
Tips hat in respect
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Murvin01
Powerful, eclectic, unique... great. [2]
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fastlane01
just discovered him, very good
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RussSargeant
Just LOVE this guy's music. A HUGE influence on me.
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Madrangue
Inspiring stuff, great atmospheres.
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ZielonyGrzyb
Powerful, eclectic, unique... great.
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invisiblecrow
anyone going to the concert in Reykjavik on the 30th?
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Spurv007
I can't stop listening to his music. Literally. Can't stop.
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cmusic007
:-)
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Hanode
,m,m.,.,like.,it.,
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Kor21
jazzy
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Kicked
was in jazz concert yesterday expecting to listen to some jazz. i thought 2 guitars, bass guitar and drums were rather strange combo for jazz. then i saw eivind with his loads of guitar pedals, buttons and a laptop... i thought this gonna be interesting. it began as some ambient whale song, continued into dramatic melodies and finished with something like psychedelic evil progressive rock. the whole public was mindfucked and so was i. insane performance.
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ch1llyw1lly
was in his concert today. listened with my whole body because ears are not enough to consume all his music..
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mikemcevoy
Terra Cognita, on C.A.R.E. Music Group Label: http://www.terracognita.co.uk
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Piewl
I got to borrow a bag of mixed jazz-cds from my mothers friend and he commented on how great Eivind was. So I gave it shot, and it fucking blew my mind! So original and amazing!
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@john-peter what's your problem?
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