An hallucinogenic and commanding blending of improvisation, song, spoken word, and tonal/timbral music from double bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen's Filosofer, creating beautiful sonic environments out of which voice and message emerge and submerge, buoyed by a string quartet (two violins and two double basses), computers, turntables, synths and samplers.
Label: Nakama Records Catalog ID: NKM003CD Squidco Product Code: 24567
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2017 Country: Norway Packaging: Cardboard sleeve Track I recorded live at Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria, in Oslo, Norway, in 2015.
Track II and III recorded live in Lavinsalen on two different occasions, Oslo 2015
"Improvisation, truth, joy, jazz and doubt. These are but a few of the elements that frequently emerge in the universe of Filosofer. Using the Norwegian version of a term used for people who spend most of their time pondering, one is lead to belive that their music is rooted in complex concepts and theoretic academia. So it is not. Filosofer focuses more on guts and feel rather than analyzing and thinking. Their basis for comprehension of the material- as well as meta- physical world, lies not within the realm of the intellect, but in the realm of sound.
The music on Landet Er Gitt Oss (the land was given to us) unites an unorthodox string quartet consisting of two violins and two double basses with fresh input from computers, turntables, synthesizers and samplers. In what way are five jazz musicians the same as a string quartet and a DJ? "Filosofer" put their heads together and through the mercy of the moment they contemplate the riddle. It all collides in an improvisational play which holds powerful sounds, tender emotions and surreal musical narration.
The album is a collection from three live events from 2015."-Nakama Records