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We’ve finally got another album where the groove button is stuck in the "on" position, and creativity overflows. With Unit of Time, Hans Hulbækmo and Egil Kalman aim to show that we can experience the essence of time through rhythm. By zooming in on rhythms from traditional music from around the world, the hyper-focused interplay of free jazz, and the rhythmic structures of just-intoned drone music (which is essentially about resonant intervals built on polyrhythms), these gentlemen create a wholly unique rhythmic universe.

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Håkon Thelin is a generation-defining double bassist whose exuberant musicality and high-level technique have been heard in a wide array of album releases and concert performances over the past 25 years. For many years, he has arranged and transcribed folk tunes for double bass, using rhythmic and melodic material from them as the basis for his own works. The double bass is called “storfela” in certain folk music communities, and rarely has this enlarged fiddle sounded so much like an ordinary fiddle as in the hands of Håkon Thelin.

4/5: "this isn't a cosy ride, it's a rollercoaster of thrills and spills, emotionally charced ancient melodies stretched into new, fantasy worlds of myths and legends. Hymns and dance tunes launched into a world of virtuosity and a passion for music" - Fiona Talkington, Songlines Magazine

"It's unique, narrow, and completely enchanting (…) a technically brilliant and enormously responsive playing where every sound of the double bass captivates from the first note. Strain your ears and listen!" - Lars Brinck, Lira Musikmagasin

“Slåtter på kontrabass is Thelin’s most beautiful, moving and personal love affair with folk music. A masterpiece.' - Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts

"When the material is so eminent, as is the case, then you end up with a refreshingly free folk music universe with a chamber music feel." - Ivan Rod

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When two become one. A cliché from romantic texts, perhaps, but also an apt saying for the duo that has created the music on this album. In Klangkorpus, something is absolutely at stake, but through Tanja Orning and Helga Myhr’s wild practice and soulful musicality, we can all find our own meaning, conviction, and satisfaction.

“Rich, pleasantly redeeming, deeply satisfying. As if there is hope.” - «Lira gillar»- Leif Carlsson, Lira Musikmagasin

“Such connections between what you see and what you hear are an explosive experience for the brain to take part in.” – Torkjell Hovland, ballade.no

"The music sounds otherworldly and untimely, often quite abstract and sometimes even industrial-like, but flows in a deep organic manner." - Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts

«Myhr & Orning are – as a duo – preoccupied with the possibilities of improvisation (…) they succeed in their attempt to explore new possibilities, new textures, a distorted fusion.» - Ivan Rod

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Joel and the Neverending Sextet, led by cellist Joel Ring and consisting of a close-knit group of musicians from Sweden and Norway, take the listeners on a musical journey through the borderlands of avant-garde jazz. With inspiration from, among others, Henry Threadgill, Andrew Hill and Abdul Wadud, Marbled is a sonorous gem with a rawness and energy that is as cool as gangster rap. Playful and gutsy!

5/5: “Marbled” is an exciting and powerful experience. An elegant and intelligent meeting of hard, simple structure and free expression." - Kevin Ward, UK Vibe

5/6 – "Joel and the Neverending Sextet never stands still" - Chris Monsen, Musikkmagasinet/Klassekampen

"The balance between listening to each other and almost proclaiming a musical statement is perfectly balanced.” – Torkjell Hovland, Ballade

"You get a round of soul-shaking, expressive avant-garde jazz with the brass in determined demonstrations of power. Marbled is definitely worth a listen. Really worth delving into.” – Ivan Rod

“Marbled offers a sort of a soundtrack to a feverdream, or a series of nine, short breathless scenes from a detective movie, or perhaps a combination of the two.” – Eyal Hareuveni, Salt Peanuts