Similar to his ECM project ‘The Sea’, this release uses different personnel to take Bjornstad’s romantic melodic sense into even purer realms. Without Rypdal’s propensity for the unpredictable, ‘The Nest’ is a more stable but less exciting place.
Guitarist Eivind Aarset, who normally lets rip with Nil Petter Molvaer’s ‘Khmer’, is very much on the leash as an ambient sound-generator, whilst vocalist Anneli Drecker sandwiches the instrumentals with interpretations of Hart Crane’s poems, delivered in a peculiarly Anglo-Scandinavian dialect.
With the usual Jan-Erik Kongshaug sonic wash, this won’t disappoint scholars of Nordic jazz.
Guitarist Eivind Aarset, who normally lets rip with Nil Petter Molvaer’s ‘Khmer’, is very much on the leash as an ambient sound-generator, whilst vocalist Anneli Drecker sandwiches the instrumentals with interpretations of Hart Crane’s poems, delivered in a peculiarly Anglo-Scandinavian dialect.
With the usual Jan-Erik Kongshaug sonic wash, this won’t disappoint scholars of Nordic jazz.
Personnel:
Eivind Aarset (guitar)
Kjetil Bjerkestrand (synthsizer, percussion)
Ketil Bjørnstad (piano, synthesizer)
Annelie Drecker (vocals)
Nora Taksdal (viola)
Tracklist:
01. The Nest (Preludium) (Bjørnstad) 2.40
02. In Shadow (Bjørnstad) 4.20
03. The Window (Bjørnstad) 3.06
04. The Bridge 1 (Bjørnstad) 5.06
05. The Bathers (Bjørnstad) 4.06
06. The Hope 1 (Bjørnstad) 1.37
07. Exile (Bjørnstad) 3.14
08. The Circle (Bjørnstad) 4.34
09. Darkland (Bjørnstad) 2.37
10. Forgetfulness (Bjørnstad) 4.01
11. The Joy (Bjørnstad) 3.40
12. The Bridge 2 (Bjørnstad) 5.04
13. Old Song (Bjørnstad) 3.49
14. The Hope 2 (Bjørnstad) 2.41
15. The Memory (Bjørnstad) 4.30
16. Fear (Bjørnstad) 3.28
17. The Nest (Postludium) (Bjørnstad) 4.04
Words from the poetry of Hart Crane (1899 - 1932
ARMU 2004 (zippyshare)