Format Details: 180g Vinyl
Release Date: 20 April 2015
Label: Ozella Music
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4038952000577
Release Date: 20 April 2015
Label: Ozella Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4038952010576
Description
The debut solo album from Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Jens Fossum. On 'Bass Detector' he explores the synergies between different string instruments in the context of contrasting musical cultures - from West to East, from Europe to Latin America and from Africa to India.
'Bass Detector' is all about essence, risk, breaks with routine and complete freedom. The album sees Fossum handling a variety of different basses - double bass, electric bass, piccolo bass as well as piccolino bass with a built in midi system - plus a wide range of other instruments, including the Chinese er-hu and pipa next to cello, mandolin and guitar. He challenged himself with finding an organic connection between acoustic- and electronic interfaces. Musically, it encompasses a wide range of styles, from pumping funk rhythms and soulful horn sections to dense ensemble parts and cool licks, running the full gamut of his influences and passions.
In the end, however, none of this could work without the exchange between his many collaborators, including his brother Håvard Fossum on various reed instruments, Anders Aarum on Rhodes/keys, Melvin Smith on trumpet, plus the drummers Ivar Thormodsæther, Tor Bjarne Bjelland, Hermund Nygård and Håkon Mjåset Johansen.
Description
Limited edition 180 gram audiophile vinyl, pure analogue sound with high end mastering.
The debut solo album from Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Jens Fossum. On 'Bass Detector' he explores the synergies between different string instruments in the context of contrasting musical cultures - from West to East, from Europe to Latin America and from Africa to India.
'Bass Detector' is all about essence, risk, breaks with routine and complete freedom. The album sees Fossum handling a variety of different basses - double bass, electric bass, piccolo bass as well as piccolino bass with a built in midi system - plus a wide range of other instruments, including the Chinese er-hu and pipa next to cello, mandolin and guitar. He challenged himself with finding an organic connection between acoustic- and electronic interfaces. Musically, it encompasses a wide range of styles, from pumping funk rhythms and soulful horn sections to dense ensemble parts and cool licks, running the full gamut of his influences and passions.
In the end, however, none of this could work without the exchange between his many collaborators, including his brother Håvard Fossum on various reed instruments, Anders Aarum on Rhodes/keys, Melvin Smith on trumpet, plus the drummers Ivar Thormodsæther, Tor Bjarne Bjelland, Hermund Nygård and Håkon Mjåset Johansen.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Oddgeir Berg Trio
Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg
Helge Lien Trio
Oddgeir Berg Trio
Dagobert Bohm
Helge Lien & Knut Hem
Helge Lien & Knut Hem
Helge Lien Trio
ADHD
Allan Holdsworth
Thomas Stieger
Kronstad 23
Spyro Gyra
Snarky Puppy
Mike Stern
Simon Jefferis
