Μουσική, δίχως ‘ταμπέλες’…
Κάτι περίεργο συμβαίνει με τους Νορβηγούς Elephant9 (Ståle Storløkken πάσης φύσεως πλήκτρα, Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen μπάσο, ακουστικές κιθάρες, κρουστά, Torstein Lofthus ντραμς,κρουστά). Ενώ ξεκίνησαν σαν ένα κάπως ή εντελώς jazz-trio, στην πορεία απέκτησαν περισσότερα «χαμένα» χαρακτηριστικά!Space-psych-jazz να το πούμε αυτό που παρουσιάζουν πια οι Elephant9 στο “Silver Mountain”, άλμπουμ για το οποίο ζητούν και τη συμβολή του κιθαρίστα Reine Fiske (από τους Σουηδούς Dungen, The Amazing κ.λπ.); Να το πούμε… αν και τι σημασία έχουν οι ταμπέλες –ok, έχουν αυτή που έχουν– όταν η μουσική μιλάει από μόνη της;
Πέντε μεγάλης διάρκειας tracks περιέχει το “Silver Mountain” (που κυκλοφορεί και σε 150 μόλις διπλά LP), με το μικρότερο απ’ αυτά να ξεπερνά τα 9 λεπτά και με το μεγαλύτερο τα 22! Κι ευτυχώς εδώ που τα λέμε, γιατί τέτοιοι δίσκοι είναι για να μην τελειώνουν.
Δεν έχω να πω περισσότερα… ακούστε και μόνοι σας…
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Ο ‘μεγάλος’ Jono….
‘Η φράση κλισέ «το πιο καλά κρυμμένο μυστικό»… της νέας νορβηγικής prog σκηνής εν προκειμένω, δεν ξέρω αν ισχύει για την περίπτωση τού κυρίου Jon Andreas Håtun ή αλλιώς Jono El Grande. Το λέω, γιατί ο Jono ηχογραφεί εδώ και καιρό (πάνω από 15 χρόνια) και όποιος έχει έστω και μια μικρή επαφή με τον κατάλογο της Rune Grammofon σίγουρα θα τον έχει πάρει χαμπάρι. Το πιο πρόσφατο άλμπουμ του νορβηγού συνθέτη, κιθαρίστα, οργανίστα και τραγουδιστή έχει τίτλο “Melody of a Muddled Mason” και είναι από ’κείνα που θα εντυπωθούν στη μνήμη σου αμέσως, με την πρώτη κιόλας ακρόαση. Ο Jono δημιουργεί ένα σύγχρονο fusion άλμπουμ (όρος, που χρησιμοποιείται με την κυριολεκτική έννοιά του και όχι με την… seventies μουσική), ανακατεύοντας με τρόπο δημιουργικό και ευφυή –καθότι απαιτείται εξυπνάδα όταν σκαρώνεις κάτι, που μπορεί να θυμίζει «τα πάντα», αλλά να είναι ταυτοχρόνως και δικό σου– στοιχεία του Rock in Opposition (και βασικά των Henry Cow) με «ζαππισμούς» (από τα ορχηστρικά LP του «θείου» των early seventies), υπαινιγμούς από τον Ήχο του Canterbury (τους Hatfield & The North εννοώ και εν μέρει τους Gong) και βουτιές στο ασθμαίνον prog των Gentle Giant. Όλα αυτά στο blender… και το αποτέλεσμα είναι ένα απολαυστικό mix, ασυζητητί ένα από τα ωριμότερα άλμπουμ που άκουσα μέσα στο 2015. Κομμάτια όπως το φερώνυμο 9λεπτο, όπως και το έσχατο 8λεπτο “Smothereve II” (δεν υπάρχει “I”) ανήκουν στην πρώτη γραμμή του σύγχρονου «δύσκολου» progressive.
Κυκλοφορεί και σε limited βινύλιο.’
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Ένα σύντομο bio του Jono El Grande
Jono El Grande (born July 29, 1973) is the stage name of Jon Andreas Håtun.
Jono El Grande is an autodidactic Norwegian composer, band leader, guitarist and conductor. He cites as his major sources of influence Captain Beefheart, ’60s Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Igor Stravinsky and Art Rock.[1] Jono El Grande claims that his extreme mixture of genres and timbres is a result of his musical vision: moving away from the traditional concept of ‘music as a result of social processes’.[2]
Although Jono El Grande is enjoying modest growth on the European avant-garde scene,[3] he is most well known in his own country for his eccentric and amusing performance art/dada-inspired live shows. In 2000 he formed The Jono El Grande Orchestra, renamed Jono El Grande & The Luxury Band in 2005.
Jono El Grande has released five albums, Utopian Dances (Krusedull Prod. – 1999), Fevergreens (Rune Grammofon – 2003),[4] Neo Dada (Rune Grammofon – 2009),[5] «Phantom Stimulance» (Rune Grammofon – 2010) and The Choko King (Rune Arkiv – 2011) in addition to contribute with compositions on other projects (both Rune Grammofonsanniversary albums Money Will Ruin Everything 1[6] & 2” and on Wire Tapper #21”, the avant-garde music magazineThe Wire’s 21st edition of their CD series). Jono El Grande served as festival composer for Happy Days 2007, presented by Ny Musikk, the Norwegian section of ISCM – International Society For Contemporary Music. He also became a member of Norwegian Society Of Composers fall 2010.[7] He played at the Zappanale #22 (August 2011) and world premiered a new orchestral piece for the Bergen located sinfonietta orchestra BIT20 Ensemble December 2011.[8] In 2014 he wrote and released the classical piece «Til Anbjørg» (For Anbjorg) for his late wife. In November 2014 he world premiered a new piece for Trondheim Sinfonietta at Rockheim, Trondheim.[9]
Early life
Jon Andreas Håtun was born at Bærum Hospital, Norway. At the age of ten, far before he touched his first instrument, he began inventing various band concepts without the intent for performance.[10] In 1988 he bought his first guitar, and in 1989 he formed his first actual band along with three school buddies – a teen-age punk rock combo called Mannes Fatales.[11] They would perform stunt poetry in combination with pre-arranged electric noises. Jono El Grande served as the lead vocalist and lyricist. Mannes Fatales performed three concerts before disbanding in 1990. In the years 1990 – 1992, Jono El Grande assembled a series concept bands intended for one-night performances and recordings and/or rehearsings only: The Terror Duo, Black Satan, The Pez Dispensers, Acetaded Beat, As Droserain addition to a handful of school bands formed to mark end-of-term celebrations and similar occasions.[12]
From 1991 – 92 Jono El Grande worked as a radio host at the local station Radio Express.[13] Two hours every Sunday for about a year, he played pure Frank Zappa- and art rock-related music. He also guest-hosted the progressive rock radio spot Uhørt in its very infancy. As of 2008, the show still airs on Norway’s FM 99,3. After graduating from high school in 1992, Jono El Grande attended art school in Bergen.[14] In 1994 – 95, Jono El Grande worked as assistant decorator atNorsk Film, building props for the movie Pakten (movie)[15] (Waiting For Sunset) with Robert Mitchum. Eventually, in 1995, he quit the job to become a full-time composer.
1995 – 1999
In 1995 Jono El Grande formed his first group called Menü Bizarra, which performed only three concerts before it was disbanded later the same year.[16] This band led to the performance art group Menü Tizz Aura, which performed dada shows in Oslo on on both theatrical scenes as well as television shows.[17] He then formed the group Grande Corpse, which never performed live. Grande Corpse played only at a few rehearsals in 1996, a project related to the never performed opera A Gangrene Hangover.[18] He also formed The Gringo Quartet, which held one show only at Volapük Cultural Forum in 1997.[19] After this he formed Vidunderlige Vidda, also called Vidda, with one of the members from Menü Tizz Aura in 1997, Stein Stölen Bjerkaker. Vidda reached some local success the following years.[20]After disbanding Vidda late in 1998, Jono El Grande performed solo with electronic works. He then released music from the whole period 1995 – 1999 on his debut album Utopian Dances in December 1999.[21]
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Πληροφορίες από το έγκυρο progarchives.com για το ‘Melody Of A Muddled Mason’
Studio Album, released in 2015
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Bach’s Beach (8:22)
2. Melody of a Muddled Mason (9:17)
3. Lament X (1:40)
4. Violent Water Promenade (4:10)
5. Abiding Swansong (4:03)
6. Smother Eve II (7:40)
Total Time: 35:12
Lyrics
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Music tabs (tablatures)
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Line-up / Musicians
– Jono El Grande / guitars, vocals, percussion, Farfisa, piano
– Erik Løkra / alto, tenor & baritone saxophones, flute
– Anders Kregnes Hansen / vibraphone
– Torgeir Koppang / Fender Rhodes
– Terje Engen / drums
– Eivind Henjum / bass
With:
– Kari Rønnekleiv / violin (2 final part, 4, 6)
– Ole Henrik Moe / viola (2 final part, 4, 6)
– Katrine Schiøtt / cello (2 final part, 4, 6)
– Isa Caroline Holmesland / violin (1, 2 except final part, 3, 5)
– Ragnhild Lien / violin (1, 2 except final part, 3, 5)
– Karoline Vik Hegge / violin (1, 2 except final part, 3, 5)
– Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen / violin (1, 2 except final part, 5)
– Eva Lunde / vocals (2)
– musicians from Oslo Sinfonietta
Releases information
CD Rune Grammofon RCD2175 (2015 Norway)
LP Rune Grammofon RLP3175 (2015 Norway)
Και ένα χαρακτηριστικό ακρόαμα…
…Από το ‘Ασημένιο Βουνό’
«Φούζιον» με τα όλα του!
Από το normanrecords.com:
«There are officially too many elephant-associated music things. There’s Elephant Six, from whom I was anticipating this record, and there’s Elephant9, who it actually turns out to be. The difference cast isn’t really that significant — like, both are very annoying — but to expect weird psych folk that begun a whole indie rock thing and instead receive half-skronk prog rock fighting itself? It’s something of a nuisance.
Here they are, though, the ninth elephant, as accompanied by their now old hat of a pal Reine Fiske. Having joined their ranks for ‘Atlantis’, he remains for ‘Silver Mountain’, an ambitious record that divides itself between furious percussive bluster — tempered with the clarity and melodic persistence of a Mahavishnu Orchestra cut — and ambient segueing. The first track alone is a journey through a cluttered, full band frenzy into a hazy meditation, and finally out the back door of a tightly rhythmic psych piece whose drums suddenly feel as tight as a badly modified bus seatbelt.
On this record, Elephant9 actually sound freer and more determined to do whatever the fuck they want than usual, which says a lot: they give Stevie Wonder’s standard “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” a cosmic do-over, stretching it out into an ambient dusk before laying into warbling synths and cascading guitar plucks. What are they doing? Nobody that I know of has ever asked for a prog summation of Stevie Wonder’s career, but trust Elephant9 to make it do it anyway.
I like it best when Elephant9 dabble in pure sunshine, as they do on “Kungsten”, which subsides its ominous guitar-grazing for a shaken a drumbeat and rustic strums that sound gloriously out of step. This one stays jamming without really moving from its original idea too much, though eventually the whole thing breaks down into a second, more plaintive segment, as if by a contented Kayo Dot. You know the deal: they’re all very good at their instruments, and they’re all pals. It’s a fine combo.»
Elephant9…(meet)…Reine Fiske…
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