The Jist

Biography

Sandtrov and Standall are bouth from Ålesund in the western part of Norway but did not meet until they started musical studies in Oslo 2011. The two wanted to explore sonically the implications of distressed urban life in the big city. They released the self-titled debut album (2014) that was recorded after two years of exploring and articulating a highly original language, employed with alternative approaches to their instruments in order to sketch dynamic, free-improvised soundscapes. Here they bring the experimental concept of improvised meetings between innovative vocal artists and guitarists to a new extreme. The album was recorded in Bergen, and John Hegre known from Jazzkammer has controlled the mixing and mastering. The album cover is made by the artist Henrik Koppen.

The Jist was well received at the 2015 Match & Fuse Festival in Warsaw.They "managed to make the whole venue literally rattle with just a guitar going through a volume pedal and a TC Electronic Mojomojo with some crocodile clips". They visited Poland with the tour "Owls Are Not!" and performed at the MÓZG Festival, among others. They alsso played a gig at the Yellow Vision in Asagaya, Tokyo, and the avantgard music Cafe Oto in London, the same year.

Band members

Discography