Bluesand

Name: Bluesand
Brand: Karin Krog & John Surman
SKU: CDMR9
Price: 12.00 GBP
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Cat No: CDMR9

Release Date: 18 December 2008

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 7051070000097

Description
Recorded and remastered in 1999 with engineers Jan Erik Kongshaug and Terje Hellem. This album is a mix of electronic and acoustic music, and it broadly represents the kind of music that the couple have been playing throughout the last couple of decades (1978-1999). John Surman is playing soprano and baritone saxes, bass and contrabass clarinets, piano and synthesizers, while Karin Krog is using her voice with different electronic voice effects. The music consists of originals by Krog/Surman. This album won the Norwegian award "Spellemannsprisen" in 1999.

From 'The Penguin Guide To Jazz' by Richard Cook and Brian Morton (2002): "(4 stars). Immaculately recorded by Jan Erik Kongshaug at the legendary Rainbow Studio in Oslo, this fine duo set conjures up a huge range of timbres and tonalities, the product of now twenty years working as a duo. Krog's voice has rarely sounded better and Surman's finely developed accompaniments are deployed as effectively here as as on his solo records. The longer tracks are the most powerful, allowing both performers to stretch out, but the shorter pieces, like the mysterious 'Hidden Dreams's, are equally effective. The title-track is equally enigmatic, a terse central theme strung out across a rich, almost orchestral backdrop. Even when the arrangements are stripped down to basics, there is so much grain and texture to Surman's playing that one senses much larger forces at work. An exceptional record."
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