Électronique Noire

Background

This is a ground breaking debut solo album, and whether collaborating with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer or recording for Bugge Wesseltoft's Jazzland label, Eivind Aarset remains a highly treasured ambasadour of the Norwegian jazz scene. Électronique noire was rated "one of the best electric jazz albums of the post-Miles era" by no less than the New York Times. Melting jazz and electronic music into the most unexpected alloys, incorporating Aarsets unstoppable creativity and very personal sound, the result is an appreciably hearable album.

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars, and the reviewer Beate Nossum of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 3.

Track listing

1. «Dark Moisture» (7:50)
   Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvær
   Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
   Drums – Anders Engen
   Electric piano (Rhodes) – Bugge Wesseltoft
   Mixing (Mix) – Ulf W.Ø. Holand
   Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland
   Recording (Rhodes) – Bugge Wesseltoft
   Recorded By (trumpet) – Giert Clausen
2. «Entrance / U-Bahn» (8:33)
   Voice (distorted shouting) – Nils Petter Molvær
   Bass – Jonny Sjo
   Bass clarinet (additional), soprano saxophone – Vidar Johansen
   Synthesizer – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
   Drums – Kim Ofstad
   Edition – Bugge Wesseltoft & Eivind Aarset
   Recording – Kaj Hjertenes & Per Ravnaas
   Recording (bassclarinet, sax), mixing – Ulf W.Ø. Holand
3. «Lost And Found» (7:32)
   Drums – Kim Ofstad
   Synthesizer, Recording (synthesizer) – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
   Mixing – Bernhard Löhr
4. «Superstrings» (8:26)
   Trumpet – Nils Petter Molvær
   Bass – Jonny Sjo
   Drums – Kim Ofstad
   Edited By, Arranged By – Eivind Aarset
   Mixing, edition, arranging – Bugge Wesseltoft
   Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland
   Recording (trumpet) – Giert Clausen
5. «Électronique Noire» (3:53)
   Drums – Kim Ofstad
   Mixed By – Bernhard Löhr
   Recording (dissonant chords) – Bugge Wesseltoft
   Sounds (dissonant chords), inputs arrangements – Bugge Wesseltoft
6. «Wake-Up Call» (6:36)
   Drums – Kim Ofstad
   Mixing – Bernhard Löhr
   Recording (dissonant chords) – Bugge Wesseltoft
   Sounds (dissonant chords), inputs arranging – Bugge Wesseltoft
7. «Namib» (3:00)
   Composition – Eivind Aarset & Kjetil Saunes
   Synthesizer, sampler, recording (synthesizer), sampler, mixing, programming – Kjetil Saunes
8. «Spooky Danish Waltz» (7:06)
   Bass – Bjørn Kjellemyr
   Drums – Anders Engen & Kim Ofstad
   Mixing – Ulf W.Ø. Holand
   Recording (bass) – Giert Clausen
   Recording (drums) – Truls Birkeland
   Synthesizer, recording (synthesizer) – Kjetil Bjerkestrand
9. «Porcupine Night Walk» (6:40)
   Bass – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
   Drums – Anders Engen
   Mixed By – Bernhard Löhr
   Recording (bass & drums) – Truls Birkeland

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