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The vinyl edition is limited to 500 copies and comes with the CD included.
If anybody deserves to be called a living legend in Norwegian free
jazz it must surely be saxophone, flute and clarinet player Frode
Gjerstad. Born in 1948 in Stavanger, he has since the early 80s been
central on more than fifty records and played with a number of free jazz
players such as Evan Parker, Johnny Dyani, John Stevens, Derek Bailey,
Barry Guy, Bobby Bradford, Paul Rutherford, Hamid Drake, William Parker,
Peter Brötzmann, John Edwards, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Han Bennink and
several others.
Detail is the group he founded in 1981 with close friend Eivin One
Pedersen (1956-2012) and legendary free jazz drummer and Spontaneous
Music Ensemble founder John Stevens (1940-1994). "First Detail" is a
recording from 1982 that predates the first Detail albums, hence the
title. By this time Pedersen had left the group. For personal and
emotional reasons Frode was sitting on the tapes until last summer
before he felt ready to listen to them. Good thing he deemed them
suitable for release because this is a truly great album, in our ears
one of the best free jazz albums ever to come out of Norway! It´s almost
unbelievable that Eivin One Pedersen had just turned 26 at the time,
what an incredible player at such a young age! And John Stevens is on
top form, with a very open approach in his playing and clearly enjoying
the company of the Norwegians.
And Frode Gjerstad, well he is as always himself. At a time when most
Norwegian sax players wanted to sound like Jan Garbarek, Gjerstad
followed his own nose. In that respect there are no obvious references
to other sax players. In our ears he is one of the giants still active
on the international scene. Needless to say, this comes highly
recommended!
Frode Gjerstad - tenor and soprano sax, bass clarinet and alto flute
Eivin One Pedersen - piano and keyboards
John Stevens - drums
Recorded at Henie Onstad Art Centre, October 2nd, 1982
Released 06.02.15
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Limited edition of 700.
Det Flygande Barnet is a theatre piece that has its premiere
performance on 7th February at Orionteatern in Stockholm, Sweden. The
piece will run through March and Fire! will be performing live as an
important part of the piece. This 7" is being released as a souvenir in a
limited edition of 700, mainly to be sold at the theatre. We will have
100 copies to be sold in our webshop. Guests on this 7" is Mariam
Wallentin (Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Fire! Orchestra) and David
Sandström from legendary hardcore punk group Refused. There might be a
couple more singles from this theatre piece with other esteemed guests
later.
Released 06.02.15 |
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Limited to 500 copies and bound to be a collectors item.
We have dusted of the old school "double A-side" moniker simply
because we can´t possibly separate these two wonderful songs by
indicating one is more worthy than the other. ”The Weight Of The Moon"
is a subtle blend of Americana and classic English pop and a taste of
what can be expected from the very exciting new album to be released in
May. "Is It Me?" is an equally irresistible ballad and both are pop
music as it was meant to be; addictive.
The Last Hurrah!! is the project of HP Gundersen; guitarist,
composer, arranger, producer and mentor for a vast number of musicians
and singers from Bergen´s vibrant music scene for three decades. Now he
has teamed up with the sublime up and coming, young LA roots singer
Maesa Pullman as his new partner in crime. The core band is made up of
some of Bergen´s finest and guesting on the single is drummer Larry
Mullins (Iggy Pop, Swans).
Released 27.02.15
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