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Thanks Mark for the background, very cool! On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:26 AM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote: > I can fill in a bit of background here. > > Both of these Norwegian bands are considered "serious" musician bands, > but > from widely varying backgrounds. Motorpsycho have been around for about > 15 > years, are form Trondheim, and started as quite experimental > "noise-rock". > Infact they used to have a non-musician member of the band playing noise > and > sounds. He went on to get the first ever PhD in "Noise" here in Norway > and > is now more known as Helge Sten or the main man behind Supersilent. > Moterpsycho progressed to be a little more mainstream, but always > considered > clever and accomplished. I have seen tham play 3 times and they have > always > been phenomenal. Infact the first time Cranes played in Norway, we > borrowed > al their amps and drums, and the band introduced us to illegal home made > spirit. > > Jaga Jazzist are based around the Hjortvedt Brothers, and are a bit too > Jazz > for me personally, but I have seen them live a few times and they are an > immpressive ensemble of about 8 to 10 musicians, combining jazz with > electronics. they´re sound is characterised my a quite calm and laid back > Jazz overlyed with the aggressive and hyperactive Drum and Bass of the > drummer Martin Hjortvedt. They have done more than any other single band > in > promoting new and exiting jazz in Norway, resulting in excellent funding > for > both jazz and experimental outfits. > > This album caused quite a stir here when it came out, no one even knew > these > two monsters knew each other... I bought it immediatly, and its not for > me, > but WOW how I respect all these guys... all of them have thriving > careers > in film-music and TV soundtracks and commissioning works for festivals > here > in Norway and rightly so. > > > Mark > > > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Art Simon <simart@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I was laying on the couch today when this came over last.fm and blew >> my mind. It's a 20 minute free jazz work out that visits Steve Reich, >> Ronald Shannon Jackson as well as Tortoise and Mogwai and a nod here >> and there to Miles 70s work. Lovely, if you give it time. Doesn't >> really hit its stride until the 10 minute mark. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOOdNLIAo2g >> -- >> Art Simon >> simart@gmail.com >> myspace [dot] com/artsimon >> > > > > -- > Mark Francombe > www.markfrancombe.com > www.ordoabkhao.com > http://vimeo.com/user825094 > http://www.looop.no > twitter @markfrancombe > -- Art Simon simart@gmail.com myspace [dot] com/artsimon