Électronique Noire
| Électronique Noire | ||||
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| Studio album by Eivind Aarset | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, new age | |||
| Length | 59:36 | |||
| Label | EmArcy | |||
| Producer | Eivind Aarset | |||
| Eivind Aarset chronology | ||||
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Électronique Noire is an album by Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset.[1][2][3]
Background
[edit]This is a ground breaking debut solo album, and whether collaborating with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer or recording for Bugge Wesseltoft's Jazzland label, Eivind Aarset remains a highly treasured ambasadour of the Norwegian jazz scene. Électronique noire was rated "one of the best electric jazz albums of the post-Miles era" by no less than The New York Times. Melting jazz and electronic music into the most unexpected alloys, incorporating Aarsets unstoppable creativity and very personal sound, the result is an appreciably hearable album.[4][5]
Reception
[edit]The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars,[2] and the reviewer Beate Nossum of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 3.[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Dagbladet | [3] |
Track listing
[edit]- «Dark Moisture» (7:50)
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvær
Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Drums – Anders Engen
Electric piano (Rhodes) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Mixing (Mix) – Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland
Recording (Rhodes) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Recorded By (trumpet) – Giert Clausen - «Entrance / U-Bahn» (8:33)
Voice (distorted shouting) – Nils Petter Molvær
Bass – Jonny Sjo
Bass clarinet (additional), soprano saxophone – Vidar Johansen
Synthesizer – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Edition – Bugge Wesseltoft & Eivind Aarset
Recording – Kaj Hjertenes & Per Ravnaas
Recording (bassclarinet, sax), mixing – Ulf W.Ø. Holand - «Lost And Found» (7:32)
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Synthesizer, Recording (synthesizer) – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Mixing – Bernhard Löhr - «Superstrings» (8:26)
Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvær
Bass – Jonny Sjo
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Edited By, Arranged By – Eivind Aarset
Mixing, edition, arranging – Bugge Wesseltoft
Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland
Recording (trumpet) – Giert Clausen - «Électronique Noire» (3:53)
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Mixed By – Bernhard Löhr
Recording (dissonant chords) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Sounds (dissonant chords), inputs arrangements – Bugge Wesseltoft - «Wake-Up Call» (6:36)
Drums – Kim Ofstad
Mixing – Bernhard Löhr
Recording (dissonant chords) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Sounds (dissonant chords), inputs arranging – Bugge Wesseltoft - «Namib» (3:00)
Composition – Eivind Aarset & Kjetil Saunes
Synthesizer, sampler, recording (synthesizer), sampler, mixing, programming – Kjetil Saunes - «Spooky Danish Waltz» (7:06)
Bass – Bjørn Kjellemyr
Drums – Anders Engen & Kim Ofstad
Mixing – Ulf W.Ø. Holand
Recording (bass) – Giert Clausen
Recording (drums) – Truls Birkeland
Synthesizer, recording (synthesizer) – Kjetil Bjerkestrand - «Porcupine Night Walk» (6:40)
Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Drums – Anders Engen
Mixed By – Bernhard Löhr
Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland
Credits
[edit]- Arrangements – Eivind Aarset (tracks: 1–3 & 5–9)
- Compositions – Eivind Aarset (tracks: 1–6, 8 & 9)
- Cover design – Tina Jørgensen
- Guitar (straight, treated, e-bowed, looped, ugly, pretty], programming, sampler, bass, producer – Eivind Aarset
- Mastering – Bernhard Löhr
- Photography – Mats H. Ljungberg
- Recording – Eivind Aarset (tracks: 1, 3–9)
Notes
[edit]- Most of the compositions on this album is based on the commission work "7" for Maijazz 97
- "Lost And Found" inspired by Bendik Hofseth
- "Dark Moisture" mix in Lydlab, bass and drums recorded in Studio 1, trumpet recorded in Fersk Lyd, Rhodes recorded in Bugge's Room
- "Entrance / U-Bahn" recorded live at Maijazz 97 in Stavanger for NRK, bassclarinet, sax recording and mix in Lydlab
- "Lost And Found" mix in Mono Music Studio, synthesizer recorded in Dr. Kills Laboratorium
- "Superstrings" mix in Bugge's Room, bass & drums recorded in Studio 1, trumpet recorded in Fersk Lyd
- "Électronique Noire" and "Wake-Up Call" mix in Mono Music Studio, disonant chords recorded in Bugge's Room
- "Namib" mix, programming, synthesizer and sampler recording in Pilfabrikken
- "Spooky Danish Waltz" mix in Lydlab, drums recorded in Studio 1, bass recorded in Fersk Lyd, synthesizer recorded in Dr. Kills Laboratorium
- "Porcupine Night Walk" mix in Mono Music Studio, drums and bass recorded in Studio 1
- Mastered in Polar Studio[6]
References
[edit]
- ^ "Eivind Aarset: cooking in the undercurrent". ListenTo.no.
- ^ a b c "Eivind Aarset – Electronique Noire review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ^ a b c Nossum, Beate (1998-04-01). "Eivind Aarset – Han har bidratt med kyndig gitarspill hos nær sagt alle norske artister av betydning siden midten av 80-tallet". Dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ^ Hammerø, Tor (2001-09-18). "Eivind Aarset's Électronique Noire: Light Extracts - Review" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Eivind Aarset – "Dream Logic"". PunktFestival.no. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
- ^ "Eivind Aarset – Électronique Noire". Discogs.com.
