Arrivato secondo i termini. Questo trombettista, già coi Supersilent, ha un grande suono e ambiente. L'insieme con le percussioni e i loop, rende dinamica la musica oltre che ambientale
5つ星のうち5.0further timeless artistry from Arve Henriksen...
2008年7月7日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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For his second album, Arve Henriksen chose to work with Jan Bang (livesampling and other samples) and Audun Kleive (drums, percussion) in a trio setting. The music here is still meditative at times (see Sakuteiki), but with a broader audio palette - the contributions of the other two players are stunning, especially in some of the sensitive improvisational passages. Henriksen's vocals continue to evolve - his range is incredible, at times leading the listener to think there's a female singer on the recording. Bang's sampling never ventures into the area of `noise' - he brings sounds into the mix from outside sources, looping them and altering them into unrecognizable but completely appropriate entities, as well as taking samples from the ongoing performances of Henriksen and Kleive, re-coloring and re-shaping them and putting them back into the mix. Kleive's work is a wonder (he was also a member of Terje Rypdal's fine band, The Chasers, back in the 80s) - his drumming is subtle, never heavy-handed...and least of all, predictable. He brings all sorts of percussive elements into play, shading and shaping his sound to reflect and expand the work of the other two and the sound of the trio as a whole.
At times, Henriksen's trumpet asserts itself in a way more `expected' - as it does toward the end of the second track, `bird's-eye-view' - but as if to remind the listener that this is not meant to be a `jazz setting', `chiaro' opens with some delicate percussion from Kleive, with Arve's voice sounding like a siren luring sailors through the mist. The album's title finds a perfect analogy in this music, which contains some of the most `visual' sound you're likely to find. Like its predecessor, CHIAROSCURO is a collection of sound paintings - this is a work of great beauty and emotion, incredibly evocative both of mental images and feelings.
How the previous reviewer can possibly call this background music is beyond me. Yes, a lot of wallpaper chillout music has taken the surface of this kind of soft trumpeteering and used it to layer a generic house beat, but Henriksen's compositions are frankly soul-stirring. I've found that the record really repays listening through headphones, rather than through a stereo (although played loud on a stereo the effect is still stunning). This is essentially quiet music, but when it's notched up a level or heard through the more intimate medium of headphones, its layers and subtle variations really come to life, and distance it galaxies away from 'chill out' dross. Arve's breathy vocals, so high they're almost ethereal, and muted trumpet work with the synths to create an album that, while composed of 10 separate tracks that stand up on their own, really demands to be listened to as a whole (after all, track 1 is 'opening image' and track 10 'ending image', so it's clearly structured to be listened to as a complete piece). As the title suggests, the record offers up a range of contrasts between dark and light, and it really conjures up an image in the mind of the listener. It's more of an encompassing listening experience than any record I can remember buying this century. I can't speak highly enough of it. Anyone interested in genuinely avant garde or interesting music should own this masterpiece.
5つ星のうち5.0What Was That Again? A Countertenor Trumpet Flute?
2014年1月17日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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This CD is from a Norwegian trumpet player that normally plays "Death-Jazz" who sings wordless countertenor while making his trumpet sound like a Japanese flute with modern sound loops & computer generated backgrounds with lots of percussion. WOW this is Great Stuff! Why didn't I think of it when I was doing Performance Art? Arve Henriksen has widen his production from his pervious CD "Sakuteiki" with fuller sound & back up musicians on "Chiaroscuro". The first CD, which was an eye opener, now sounds like an experiment in comparison with this CD. But is it Jazz? Well it's Not Rock that's for sure. A Must Listen to those that like..."And now for something completely different"...