New Conception of Jazz Box Set In the early 90s (how long ago it seems!) Jazz music was in the grip of a dictatorship: the Jazz Police were on patrol, conducting raids and dispensing summary justice on any music that sounded even remotely post-1967, non-blues-based or - lord help us all! - electrified. Little did they know that one man had a vision of huge scope for Jazz, matched in proportion by his sheer nerve. Bugge Wesseltoft burst free from the shackles of this dictatorial system with a brand new project he had the daring to call a "New Conception of Jazz". And for 10 years this project burned across the landscape of Jazz, issuing a call to arms that many followed. And the rest, as they say is history: The freedom of Jazz was restored ...
OK, this is a flippant simplification of the whole situation; but there is no denying that Bugge Wesseltoft's New Conception of Jazz made a huge impact when its first eponymous Jazzland release came in 1996. Fearless hybridizing, experimentation, and inventivene ... Read More >>
Latest Releases
Camel Walk - Maria Kannegaard Trio “Camel Walk” (Jazzland, 2008) is
pianist Maria Kannegaard’s third
album, recorded as a trio together with Ole
Morten Vågan on contra bass, and Thomas
Strønen on drums. After her initial
releases of 2000’s “Breaking the Surface”
(Act), and her second studio album of 2005, “Quiet Joy” (Jazzland), we are again warmly welcomed into
Kannegaard’s exquisite style.
Consisting
of ten songs composed by Kannegaard, ... Read More >>
Punkt - Live Remixes Vol.1 Punkt
THE dual-concept music festival that has been tearing up the rulebooks since 2005 in Kristiansand, Norway: performance meets remix, stage meets studio. Where jazz blurred the boundaries between rehearsal and performance, Punkt blurs the boundaries between performance, recording and mixing. "Normal" concerts happen on stage 1, and are simultaneously remixed live on stage 2. And the live performances are not just limited to jazz: Punkt has involved the entire spectrum of modern and cla... Read More >>
Retrograde - Atomic The Scandinavian quintet Atomic are now entering, in piano player Haavard Wiik’s words, "our difficult second box set-phase". Not too many years have passed since their universally acclaimed 3-disk bonanza The Bikini Tapes, but now they are at it again with Retrograde. The triple collection is bursting with exciting new material that is further advancing the legacy of this stellar jazz combo. Their initial goal of combining the american Fire music of the sixties with the advanced stylings ... Read More >>
The Year of The Boar - Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: The new
Chicagoan.
The
Year of the Boar introduces the powerhouse
bassist's new band, a five-piece that reflects his adopted home in the American
prairie (he's lived in Chicago since late 2006) as well as his deep roots in
the bustling Norwegian jazz scene. The
result is nothing short of a full marshaling of trans-Atlantic creative music
forces, a roundhouse punch in the face of complacent listening.
Of course, parallels between the improvised
m... Read More >>
Apo Calypso - Motif MOTIF was founded in the fall of -99, and have since that time been working continuously with the creation of their own sound, a sound that echoes the acoustic outings of Miles Davis, the structures of Ligeti, and the electronic collage of Aphex Twin. The band members met studying at Trondheim Conservatory’s Jazz Department, and are now key players in the young European improvising scene.
Their two records on the indie label AIMrec received great reviews all over, and with their third r... Read More >>
Belvedere - Beady Belle In these me me myspace, facebook, iphone, iLike, i don´t like, omg, lol, like...let´s just say the
00´s desperate search for soul, identity, and melody in a most dischordant world - where can a listener, a lover of fine music go?
Answer: Jazzland records. An oasis of talent, the boundary-breaking Norwegian label.
A place where music comes first and uncompromising artists are there to guide you though it all. Back to music!
2008 heralds the return of Beady Belle. And ... Read More >>
