16/03/2012
POING+Maja Ratkje: Wach auf!
The red revolution has a new face in our time. Is it progress or sentimentality? How can we, by caressing old idioms with contemporary lust and energy, suggest an inviting alternative to the egocentri…read more
16/03/2012
RUSK: RUSK II
An accordion plays a walking tune, soon the violinist and the vocalist enter, and in the first few seconds of Rusk II, you sense the nerve and skill of this trio. Rusk is the Norwegian trio of the sin…read more
16/03/2012
RUSK: RUSK
Norwegian folk music from the area of Solør and Finnskogen. The album contains traditional dance music, songs and psalms from the mysterious woods of Finnskogen – in new arrangements! Two of No…read more
16/03/2012
The Source: Of Different Cikadas
Following on from the critically-acclaimed and prize-winning “Different Rivers”, here’s Norwegian saxophonist Trygve Seim’s other band, the Source, which he co-leads with tromb…read more
16/03/2012
Frode Haltli: Looking on Darkness
‘Looking on Darkness’ is the solo recording debut of accordionist Frode Haltli, a major talent from Norway, destined to make his mark on several genres. He was last heard on ECM in the com…read more
16/03/2012
Trygve Seim: Sangam
“Sangam”, means “coming together”, in Sanskrit, sometimes taken to signify “the meeting point of three rivers”. Interpret that literally in Trygve Seim’s case and the different rivers mi…read more
16/03/2012
Frode Haltli: Passing Images
Frode Haltli, acknowledged as one of the most outstanding accordion soloists in contemporary music, is also an exceptional improviser and an authority on folk music. His second ECM recording under his…read more
16/03/2012
Trygve Seim / Frode Haltli: Yeraz
Trygve Seim and Frode Haltli have collaborated often over the years, and Frode is also a member of Trygve’s “Sangam” ensemble. But the flexible duo format has provided a particularly useful foru…read more
15/03/2012
POING: Giants of Jazz
‘Giants of Jazz’ is the debut album of the trio POING (Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, sax; Frode Haltli, accordion; Håkon Thelin, double bass).
The album captures the spirit of one of the most excit…read more