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Divine Shadows - Dhafer Youssef |
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Dhafer´s band consists of the cream of Norway´s electronic nu-jazz scene. Eivind Aarset, one of the finest guitarists in the world today, is renowned for the ambient washes and eastern flavoured drones that have featured on the work of Nils Petter Molvaer, Kjetil Bjornstad and for his own band, Electronique Noire. Drummer Rune Arnesen´s urgent beats also feature in Molvaer´s work and add a distinctive, contemporary drum´n´bass sensibility ably teamed with the highly in-demand depth charges of bassist Audun Erlien. The line-up is completed by trumpeter Arve Henriksen recipient of one of Norway´s Jazz launch Europe awards whose unique style of trumpet playing and vocals is confounding audiences and fellow musicians alike.
"I am the only one who doesn´t speak Norwegian!" says Dhafer, "but our gigs together are not about what happens for an hour on stage. These are simply great human beings, and how we are as musicians comes as much from the time we spend hanging around: waiting at airports, traveling together, being on the road, in a bus, sharing good food."
Fiona Talkington - Journalist, DJ and Presenter, Late Junction, BBC Radio 3
Dhafer Youssef - Oud & Voice
Arve Henriksen - Trumpet
Eivind Aarset - Guitars, Electronics & Programming
Audun Erlien - Electric bass, Balalaika & Electronics
Rune Arnesen - Drums & Programming
Marilyn Mazur - Percussion
Jan Bang - Programming
Oslo Session String Quartet
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