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Sula, Norway (1960 – present)
Nils Petter Molvær (born September 18 1960 in Sula, Norway) is a Norwegian trumpet player, composer and producer, who connects multiple music styles - jazz, ambient, house, electronic and break beats, as well as elements from hip hop, rock and pop music - and melts them into convincing soundscapes of deep intensity. Often eclectic, Molvær’s style is similar to avant-garde trumpeter Toshinori Kondo. His interest in both acoustic and electric music shows the ease with which he handles the conventions of pop, rock and funk, alongside those of modern jazz.
Molvær completed his debut album as a leader in 1997, Khmer, which focuses on a previously unknown blend of improvisation and hypnotically spinning beats, receiving extraordinary public and media response, and was honoured with the German Record Critics Award and a Norwegian Grammy.
The follow-up to Khmer, released in May 2000 entitled Solid Ether, intensified Molvær’s dialogue with club culture. The idea behind the Solid Ether concept is that a piece of music is never really finished and that composing and producing are an ever-evolving process. “‘Ether’ does not exist, so how can it be solid? It’s a paradox - like life”.
Molvær’s album NP3, released in 2002, sees him continuing the concepts that were developed through Khmer and Solid Ether by putting significant differing elements together to combine contrasting structures. A strong presence on NP3 is Molvær’s soulful and creative use of new music manufacturing technology.
Molvær completed his debut album as a leader in 1997, Khmer, which focuses on a previously unknown blend of improvisation and hypnotically spinning beats, receiving extraordinary public and media response, and was honoured with the German Record Critics Award and a Norwegian Grammy.
The follow-up to Khmer, released in May 2000 entitled Solid Ether, intensified Molvær’s dialogue with club culture. The idea behind the Solid Ether concept is that a piece of music is never really finished and that composing and producing are an ever-evolving process. “‘Ether’ does not exist, so how can it be solid? It’s a paradox - like life”.
Molvær’s album NP3, released in 2002, sees him continuing the concepts that were developed through Khmer and Solid Ether by putting significant differing elements together to combine contrasting structures. A strong presence on NP3 is Molvær’s soulful and creative use of new music manufacturing technology.
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ZielonyGrzyb wrote:
One of the greatest in European jazz.
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CasiniProjekt wrote:
Hey, please check out my music, its free! http://cassiniprojekt.bandcamp.com/ or http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cassini+Projekt/Blind+Vision Also check out my new music video, I did the CG http://youtu.be/wL5A88cuxwY
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Doriol wrote:
good background noise, and I mean that in the least offensive way possible
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Vidreven wrote:
The new album is excellent!
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concretica wrote:
!!! 0||0 !!!
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Mechno wrote:
This guy live, is holy jesus fucking amazing!
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rompemonster wrote:
great to hear NPM back 'on track' again (been a while since we could last refer to him as 'groundbreaking')
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mohik wrote:
new album is just ......... and That's all.
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special_user wrote:
new album is fucking fantastic
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SergioNoir wrote:
Genius.
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Ohr16 wrote:
If you like the electronic Molvaer, you might also like Brink Man Ship, who are making interesting experiments between Jazz & Electronic.
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queshelia wrote:
good fun in Ostrava, COLOURS OF OSTRAVA ! ! !
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Mbuti3 wrote:
Nice music, but if you want listen his music, you must listen loud!!!
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edanielsen wrote:
Wow! Just wow! I am norwegian and though I had heard of Molvær before, never heard his music until today. Bought Khmer on iTunes store on a whim and was instantly hooked - perhaps the most interesting work I have ever heard! Immediately bought "Solid Ether" and "Hamada" as well, Nils Petter - you're going to be expensive for me!
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facingeast wrote:
If you like Hamada, Re-Vision is the next album to go to. And, of course, his début, Khmer. If you wanna venture out, although it's a pretty different style, try Ki-Oku by DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo.
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JustChillMan wrote:
The trumpet is hypnotising ... Spiced up with electronic sounds causes some heavy chemical reactions in my brain ... Damn ...
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cmusic007 wrote:
:-)
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stevekeiretsu wrote:
ditto that
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MarcPandaBear wrote:
i'm in love with Hamada, another album to suggest ? (:
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whitemichmilk wrote:
Zapraszam wszystkich do Łodzi na koncert Nils'a Pettera Molvaera, podczas Nordland Art Festival 26-29 Października 2010. www.nordlandartfestival.pl, pozdrawiam wszystkich . Bilety do kupienia tutaj http://www.ticketpro.pl/jnp/wyszukiwanie/index$867.html?segments=all&translateUrl=0&prefixQuery=1&queryANDWords=Nordland+Art+Festival&x=0&y=0&queryField=&category=®ion=&eventFrom=&eventTo=
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Just finished the mix of the new album..... :-)
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