Kjolvatn

Kjolvatn
- Hard on the heels of Lumen Drones, his distortion-saturated collaboration with rock players in comes the next fine album from Norway's Hardanger fiddle master - a quieter but richly creative musical proposal
Following his critically-lauded and distortion-saturated collaboration with rock players in Lumen Drones comes the next fine album from Norways Hardanger fiddle master.

His new band makes a quieter but richly creative musical proposal. All the musicians are well-known in diverse contexts. Mats Eilertsens elegant bass has been heard on ECM recordings with Tord Gustavsen, Trygve Seim, Wolfert Brederode and Jacob Young. Hakon Stene is a Norwegian contemporary classical percussionist of distinction. Harmonium player Sigbjorn Apeland collaborated with Okland previously on LysÃ¸en - Hommage a Ole Bul. And new music saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nylstrom has played extensively with Frode Haltli in the trio Poing.

On Kjolvatn most of the music is from Oklands pen but each band member contributes his unique perspective to the arrangements. As Nils says: Over the years I have moved between a wide range of genres from classical violin to Balkan folk, rock, jazz, free improvisation and Norwegian folk music. Ive always composed my own material inspired by all these expressions. In early baroque music another musical style I let myself be inspired by it was common to have sketches as the basis for making new music. In this band we work with methods influenced by this.

Kjolvatn was recorded at the Ostre Toten stone church outside Lena, in Norways Oppland county. The church, long noted for its excellent acoustics, also factored into the music-making here.

Recorded June 2012 at Hoff Church Ã˜stre Toten, Norway
Recording Engineer: Audun Strype
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Producer: Manfred Eicher
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer ECM
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 17819220
Model 35335761
ReleaseDate 2016-04-08
UnitCount 1
Format CD
UPCs 602537705085
EANs 0602537705085

Country	USA
Brand	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer	ECM
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	17819220
Model	35335761
ReleaseDate	2016-04-08
UnitCount	1
Format	CD
UPCs	602537705085
EANs	0602537705085

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