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Meredith Monk: Volcano Songs

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On March 11, 1997, “ECM New Series” label released “Volcano Songs”, the tenth Meredith Monk album. It was recorded 1988 – 1994, and was produced by Tina Pelikan

Personnel:

  • Meredith Monk– vocals
  • Allison Easter – vocals, photography
  • Dina Emerson – vocals
  • Katie Geissinger – vocals
  • Harry Huff – piano
  • Nurit Tilles – piano
  • James A. Farber – engineer
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug– engineer
  • Michael Hofstetter – design
  • Tina Pelikan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Meredith Monk.

Volcano Songs: Duets (1993)

  1. Walking Song
  2. Lost Wind
  3. Hips Dance
  4. Cry 1
  5. New York Requiem

Volcano Songs: Solos (1994)

  1. Offering
  2. Boat Man
  3. Skip Song
  4. Old Lava
  5. Cry 2
  6. Petersburg Waltz
  7. Three Heavens and Hells

From Light Songs (1988)

  1. Click Song #1
  2. Click Song #2

Tord Gustavsen: The Ground

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On January 31, 2005, “ECM” label released “The Ground”, the second Tord Gustavsen album. It was recorded in January 2004, at “Rainbow Studio” in oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Tord Gustavsen- piano
  • Harald Johnsen- bass
  • Jarle Vespestad- drums
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Chris Tribble – linear notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Tord Gustavsen.

  1. Tears Transforming
  2. Being There
  3. Twins
  4. Curtains Aside
  5. Colours of Mercy
  6. Sentiment
  7. Kneeling Down
  8. Reach Out and Touch It
  9. Edges of Happiness
  10. Interlude
  11. Token of Tango
  12. The Ground

Jan Gunnar Hoff: Fly North

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On January 6, 2014, “Losen Records” label released “Fly North”, the 14th  Jan Gunnar Hoff album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Rainbow Studios” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Arve Henriksen and Jan Gunnar Hoff.

Personnel:

  • Jan Gunnar Hoff – piano, keyboards
  • Arve Henriksen – vocals, trumpet
  • Anders Jormin – bass
  • Marilyn Mazur – drums, percussion
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording, mixing
  • Darcy Proper – editing
  • medicineheads.com – design
  • Petter Furuseth – front cover photography
  • Guro Skjelderup – group photography
  • Mari Rokkan – Jan Gunnar Hoff photography
  • David Fishel – liner notes
  • Odd Gjelsnes – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Jan Gunnar Hoff.

  1. Fly North
  2. Living
  3. Arise
  4. Places
  5. Sacrifice
  6. Böcklin
  7. Spheres
  8. Valse De Décembre
  9. Questions
  10. Gathering

Ketil Bjørnstad: The River

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On January 1, 1997, “ECM” label released “The River”, the 33th Ketil Bjørnstad album. It was recorded in June 1996, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, Norway, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Ketil Bjørnstad: piano, liner notes
  • David Darling: cello
  • Jan Erik Konghshaug – engineer
  • Mayo Bucher – design
  • Detlev Riller – layout
  • Pal Hoff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ketil Bjørnstad, except where noted.

  1. I – William Byrd
  2. II
  3. III – William Byrd
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
  8. VIII – David Darling, Ketil Bjørnstad
  9. IX
  10. X
  11. XI
  12. XII – Orlando Gibbons

Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic

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On November 12, 2012, “ECM” label released “Dream Logic”, the sixth Eivind Aarset studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “Punkt Studio & Tjernsbråtan”, in Norway, and was produced by Jan Bang.

Personnel:

  • Eivind Aarset- guitars, bass guitar, electronics, percussion, samples, programming
  • Jan Bang- samples, dictaphone, programming, recording, miing
  • Audun Kleive- log drum sample
  • Erik Honoré, Jan Erik Kongshaug – recording, mixing
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Close (For Comfort)
  2. Surrender
  3. Jukai (Sea of Trees)
  4. Black Silence
  5. Active
  6. Close (Variation I)
  7. Reactive
  8. Homage to Greene
  9. The Whispering Forest
  10. Close (Variation II)
  11. The Beauty of Decay

Tord Gustavsen Emsemble: Restored, Returned

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On October 12, 2009, “ECM” label released “Restored, Returned”, album by Tord Gustavsen Emsemble. It was recorded in January 2009, at “Rainbow Studios” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Tord Gustavsen- piano
  • Kristin Asbjørnsen- vocals
  • Tore Brunborg– tenor and soprano saxophone
  • Mats Eilertsen- double bass
  • Jarle Vespestad- drums
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Jan Fricke – cover photography
  • Hans Fredrik Asbjørnsen – linear notes

Track listing:

Lyrics by W. H. Auden, except lyrics in tracks 3, 5 and 7, from Auden’s “Another Time. All music by Tord Gustavsen.

  1. The Child Within
  2. Way In
  3. Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love
  4. Spiral Song
  5. Restored, Returned
  6. Left Over Lullaby No. 2
  7. The Swirl/Wrapped In a Yielding Air
  8. Left Over Lullaby No. 1/O Stand, Stand At the Window
  9. Your Crooked Heart
  10. The Gaze
  11. Left Over Lullaby No. 3

Tord Gustavsen Quartet: Extended Circle

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On January 17, 2014, “ECM” label released “Extended Circle”, the first Tord Gustavsen’s Quartet album, and Gustavsen’s sixth album overall. It was recorded in June 2013, at “Rainbow Studio” in Oslo, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Tord Gustavsen- piano
  • Tore Brunborg- tenor saxophone
  • Mats Eilertsen- bass
  • Jarle Vespestad- drums
  • Jan Erik Kongshaug – engineer
  • Sascha Kleis – design
  • Espen Rasmussen – cover photography
  • Alesasndra Freguja – photography
  • Hans Fredrik Asbjørnsen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tord Gustavsen except where noted.

  1. Right There
  2. Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg – Norwegian traditional religious hymn
  3. Entrance – Jarle Vespestad, Mats Eilertsen, Tord Gustavsen, Tore Brunborg
  4. The Gift
  5. Staying There
  6. Silent Spaces
  7. Entrance (variation) – Jarle Vespestad, Mats Eilertsen,Tord  Gustavsen,Tore Brunborg
  8. Devotion
  9. The Embrace
  10. Bass Transition
  11. Glow
  12. The Prodigal Song