Ole Matthiessen - Subcurrents - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Three years after releasing the masterpiece The Mechanical Fair, Ola Kvernberg returns with a new magnificent, imaginative, rhythmic deluge of an album Steamdome. The title of Kvernberg's latest project was not chosen at random. Steamdome presents thoroughly percussive music. It lunges brutally ahead like a runaway train. As enthusiastic, surrealistic and swelling as Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns. Fiddle ace Ola Kvernberg has held a prominent place in the Norwegian music community since his early teens. His family is full of folk musicians, but Ola has carved his own distinctive path. So far he has composed the music for seven films, has been remixed by Todd Terje, and has collaborated with saxophonist Joshua Redman, crime writer Jo Nesbø, Stian Carstensen, Mathias Eick, Motorpsycho, Pat Metheny and Jimmy Carl Black from the Mothers of Invention - to name just a few. InchSteamdome is both more limitless and more brazen than my previous projects. The time was ripe to wield the broadest paintbrush and stir up the biggest emotions with this band,Inch says Ola. InchMaybe a lot of what I have done before appealed to a dedicated audience of listeners, but Steamdome is to a much greater degree a physical experience.Inch Steamdome changes track, and barrels along into a landscape where rhythmical patterns, beat and groove are the dominant elements. The Mechanical Fair was described as belonging to a Inchmutton westernInch genre, and this description is, if anything, even more appropriate now. With three of the country's most innovative drummers on board, the bows, strings and resin have been replaced by sticks, metal and a variety of drums. Steamdome is seething with visual energy. The music winds it's way through steep cliffs, far-ranging vistas, sharp curves, sheer drops and nocturnal landscapes where the only anchoring point is the suggestive rhythm of a train that ne

Om made history from 1972 to 1982 combining the energy of rock music with the power of free improvisation. With enormous vitality they bring together the experiences of a young generation electrified by Jimi Hendrix, fascinated by John Coltrane and inspired by free jazz. Om introduced rock music into spontaneous musical processes with uncertain endings. InchElectroAcoustiCoreInch is what the iconic band calls their music. In 2022, Om celebrated it's 50th anniversary with the album called 50. One month before it's , Fredy Studer passed away. InchIn the spirit of survival, Om carried on, touring to support 50 and adding two drummers to fill the titan Studer's shoes,Inch writes Kurt Gottschalk in the liner notes, adding InchOm steps into it's second demi-siècle as an energetic and insightful outfit.Inch On Südpol, long-time members Urs Leimgruber, Christy Doran and Bobby Burri are joined by master percussionists Gerry Hemingway and Tony Buck. The journey goes on! Album Tracks 1. Fast Line 2. Gamelan 3. P-M-F/B 4. A Frog Jumps in / Im Unterholz Bei Kyjiv 5. Behind the Eye

Flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny celebrates the beauty, terrain, and expansiveness of his adopted home in the Pacific Northwest. With ongoing decades of touring, Matheny recorded his 12th album with a trio of longtime Seattle collaborators - pianist Bill Anschell, bassist Phil Sparks, and drummer Mark Ivester - with saxophonist Charles McNeal joining them from Las Vegas. Performing several inspired classics such as Tadd Dameron's 'On A Misty Night,' Coltrane's 'After The Rain,' and Jimmy Webb's 'Wichita Lineman,' adds depth and clarity to Matheny's six original compositions, and 'Humble Origins' by Bill Anschell. 'Perfect Peaches,' a lyrical bossa, 'Dark Eyes,' a seductive noir ballad, 'Evergreen Girl,' a soul-jazz shuffle, 'Bourdain,' a memorial elegy for a great man, 'The Lonesome Road,' a weary traveler's lament, and 'Cascadia,' the evocative title track, combine to create an emotionally expressive set that will be familiar to Matheny's many followers across the country Album Tracks 1. Cascadia 2. On a Misty Night 3. Evergreen Girl 4. Dark Eyes 5. Perfect Peaches 6. Lonesome Road 7. Bourdain 8. Wichita Lineman 9. Humble Origins 10. After the Rain