Released 2001 Length 48:17 Release date 2001 | Genre World Ambient | |
Label Heilo catalog on Grappa Music People also search for My Shining Hour, Oofotr | ||
Oofotr II (released 2001 in Norway by Grappa Music, Heilo catalog - HCD 7169) is a Norwegian studioalbum by the band Oofotr performing traditional music from Ofoten like World Ambient in a Nordic Traditional style.
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Review
Oofotr II is the second album from this acclaimed Norwegian jazz trio. The project of presenting electronic versions of traditional music from Ofoten in Nordland, is resilient and deserve attention. Keyboardist Jørn Øien and Arve Furset, drummer Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk and vocalist Kjersti Stubø creaes intense soundscapes, heavily melody-based, but with a wide enough range of rhythms, harmonies, beats and timbres that they are far more interesting music to listen to, than a lot of other computer based music. The term ambient world is printed on the cover, and it may so be, but the album consists of a series of fine tunes anyway.
Reception
The review by the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 4.
Personnel
Track listing
- «Meeting Of The Hidden» (5:35), vocals by Ivar Gafseth
- «The Soul» (4:56)
- «New World» (3:34)
- «The Message» (6:42)
- «Walking In The Desert» (4:01)
- «O Lam jeg Ser» (3:13)
- «Poorboy» (4:41)
- «Where You Go» (6:51)
- «Land Of Babel» (5:15), feat. Gunnar Andreas Berg (mixed by Rune Holme)
- «The Face» (6:42)