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Svendsen, Christian Meaas: New Rituals [3 CDS] (Nakama Records)

Ritual and unveiling of Buddhist philosophy in a 3-CD exploration of the relationship between form and freedom, between modern Western culture and traditional Eastern culture, and between written and open musical material, from composer and bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen presented in 3 parts: (1) ensemble and a chant-choir, (2) ensemble, and (3) solo bass.
 

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Label: Nakama Records
Catalog ID: NKM016
Squidco Product Code: 27635

Format: 3CDS
Condition: New
Released: 2019
Country: Norway
Packaging: 3 " CD w/ booklet
Recorded at Rainbow Studio, in Oslo, Norway, in May and October 2017, and January, 2018, by Peer Espen Ursfjord.


Personnel:



Agnes Hvizdalek-voice

Adrian Loseth Waade-violin

Ayumi Tanaka-piano

Andreas Wildhagen-drums

Christian Meaas Svendsen-bass, compositions

Peter Davami-lead singer (Ino)

Karoline Ruderaas Albrigtsen-vocals

Susanne Monka-vocals

Kjetil Jerve-vocals

Hilmar Fredriksen-vocals

Petter Lohne-vocals

Aris Kaloudis-vocals

Pal Jakob Walstad-vocals

Caroline Jacobsen-vocals

Leni Torvbraten-vocals

Anne Rolfsen-vocals

Nora Kremer-vocals


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Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"New Rituals is exploring the relation between form and freedom, between modern Western culture and traditional Eastern culture, and between written and open musical material. The piece is written in three parts for (1) ensemble and a chant-choir, (2) ensemble, and (3) solo bass.

The three parts are all rooted in and based on the same source material: 10 ancient Zen Buddhist sutras, or chants. The music is presenting Buddhist philosophy in a nutshell: What we experience as an independent self is in reality inseparable from everything else and is always changing. Furthermore the music is questioning the necessity of form as a means to experience freedom. This might hold true for music as well as other aspects of our lives."-Nakama


Artist Biographies

"Agnes Hvizdalek is an improvising musician originating from Vienna's experimental music scene and is based in Oslo and Vienna. From an early age, she has dedicated her life to new music and her fascination with the human voice. She celebrates this in her abstract vocal music, for which she has received international acclaim. Always exploring new horizons, Hvizdalek has engaged in numerous cross-disciplinary collaborations merging voice and visual and performance art, dance, theatre, film, writing."

-Agnes Hvizdalek Website (http://agneshvizdalek.at/)
5/25/2023

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"Adrian Løseth Waade is a violinist/composer known from groups such as Skadedyr, Trondheim Jazz-Orchestra and the Swedish/Norwegian quartet Bone Machine. Adrian is looking to develop the violin as a tool for both free and structured improvisation, and create frameworks in order to make the instrument sound in new, interesting ways. He incorporates both old and new, rhythmic and classical music in his work."

-Nakama Records (http://www.nakamarecords.no/adrian-lseth-waade/)
5/25/2023

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"Ayumi Tanaka is a Japanese pianist, composer and improviser living in Norway. She leads her own trio together with drummer Per Oddvar Johansen and fellow Nakama-member Christian Meaas Svendsen on bass. Her curiosity about the possibilities of combining ideas from different styles of music and thoughts make her music unique and fresh in an organic way. Attracted by the communicative powers of music, her motivation for creating music is to open the listener's heart, and create a space which is free from ethnicity, culture and history."

-Nakama Records (http://www.nakamarecords.no/ayumi-tanaka)
5/25/2023

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"Andreas Wildhagen was raised in Oslo and attended the Norwegian Academy of Music in 2012, earning his Masters degree in 2014. He is a sought-after jazz drummer and participates on a series of records with bands like like Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Nakama, Lana Trio, Momentum, Jonas Cambien Trio, and Mopti. He has released a solo drum album in 2016 on the Nakama Records label, No Right No Left"

5/25/2023

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"Svendsen started his jazz career within Kongsberg Big Band, was a year at Toneheim folkehøgskole and later studied Performing jazz music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. In 2007 he was awarded Kongsberg Jazzfestival's talent scholarship. During the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in 2010, Svendsen referred to as The festival's busiest musician by Laagendalsposten[1] when he performed seven gigs in different constellations during the festival. In 2011 he received Kongsberg Municipality's Cultural Grant.[2] for sitt arbeid med byens tradisjonelle julejam.

Together with his own quintet Mopti he won the 2012 JazzIntro award.[3][4] After this he has performed among others with the brilliant Japanese pianist and band leader Ayumi Tanaka in the band Nakama with the release Before The Storm (2015) and the exiting Ayumi Tanaka Trio with the release Momento (2016)."-Wikipedia

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Meaas_Svendsen)
5/25/2023

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"Kjetil Jerve was Born in Ålesund, Norway on August 28th, 1988.

Raised by a family of five in the same town.

Played recorder for one year at age 6, and started taking piano lessons the year after. Age 8 was the first on clarinet in the local school ensemble (Åse Skolekorps).

After finishing high school at Fagerlia VGS and 11 years at Ålesund Kulturskole (the local music school, as nearly seen in the picture), it was all about Sund Folk College on Inderøya and its jazz department.

Age 20 brought Trondheim's Jazz Department "Jazzlinja" at NTNU, and after two years Jazz and Improvisation Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.

He is currently doing a master degree at The Norwegian Academy of Music in improvisational music and jazz."

-Kjetil Jerve Website (http://www.kjetiljerve.com/b-i-o.html)
5/25/2023

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Track Listing:



CD1



1. Lotus Sutra 16:50

2. Heart Sutra 02:38

3. Dharani for Preventing Disasters 01:37

4. Shakyamuni Eko 01:02

5. Dharani for the Great Compassionate One 02:50

6. Patriarch Eko 01:24

7. Dharani for the Hungry Ghosts 03:11

8. Hungry Ghost Eko 00:54

9. The Final Instructions of Master Kozen Daito 02:13

10. The Four Great Vows 04:38

CD2



1. Lotus Sutra 14:29

2. Heart Sutra 02:40

3. Dharani for Preventing Disasters 02:24

4. Shakyamuni Eko 01:17

5. Dharani for the Great Compassionate One 03:13

6. Patriarch Eko 00:50

7. Dharani for the Hungry Ghosts 03:30

8. Hungry Ghost Eko 00:41

9. The Final Instructions of Master Kozen Daito 02:02

10. The Four Great Vows 05:06 CD3



1. Lotus Sutra 16:15

2. Heart Sutra 02:42

3. Dharani for Preventing Disasters 02:41

4. Shakyamuni Eko 01:13

5. Dharani for the Great Compassionate One 02:32

6. Patriarch Eko 01:30

7. Dharani for the Hungry Ghosts 03:56

8. Hungry Ghost Eko 01:07

9. The Final Instructions of Master Kozen Daito 01:57

10. The Four Great Vows 04:16

Related Categories of Interest:


Improvised Music
Compositional Forms
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
Large Ensembles
Solo Artist Recordings
Unusual Vocal Forms
Stringed Instruments
New in Compositional Music

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