Incognito - Surreal - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2014 Japanese pressing scheduled to include a bonus track. P-Vine. Album Tracks 1. Amplify My Soul (Part 1) 2. I Couldn't Love You More 3. Rapture 4. Hands Up If You Wanna Be Loved 5. Hats (Makes Me Wanna Holler) 6. Silver Shadow 7. Deeper Still 8. Amplify My Soul (Part 2) 9. Something 'Bout July 10. Day or Night 11. Wind Sorceress 12. Another Way 13. I See the Sun 14. Never Known a Love Like This 15. The Hands of Time 16. Stop Running Away 17. Part of the Plan

Ståle Kleiberg's concertos unfold in the space between poetry, passion and playfulness. This is contemporary music with which listeners can easily engage, but which does not for one moment compromise artistic quality. InchI try to form the musical expression so that it corresponds with my experience of life; or, to put it another way, to form it so that it is in accord with my conception of what it means to be a human being,Inch says Kleiberg about himself and his music. When the pandemic hit the world with full force in 2020, preparations for this album had been under way for some time. A recording involving a symphony orchestra and three soloists can hardly be arranged on a Monday and executed on a Tuesday - to put it mildly. There are many pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that must somehow find their place. When Norway went into lockdown in March 2020, the pieces were ready, contracts and agreements signed, and the recording dates booked. We wondered how it would all pan out. We even wondered for a while if the recordings could take place at all. Fortunately, the flexibility and the readiness to find creative solutions to new problems shown by everyone involved meant that we were able to get the job done in spite of all the difficulties. In fact, we experienced a personal presence and greater attention to detail than ever before, rather like recording chamber music with the sonic palette of the full orchestra.

Music making is enhanced when the music is made with friends. The ability to involve peers who are experiencing life in a similar way makes communication and organization more natural. The Ember band is composed of three Brooklyn based jazz musicians and comrades. The group's new recording, No One Is Any One, shows that the bond and aesthetic that the members have built is solid yet expandable, with the addition of pianist Orrin Evans for a handful of tracks. Album Tracks 1. Reanimation (Zombie Tune) 2. Josephine and Daphne 3. No One Is Any One 4. Pilot Light 5. Glass House 6. Peace of Deoxygenated Sleep 7. Thomas 8. Graceful Without Grace 9. Chia-Sized Standing Desk 10. Harvey Pekar