Dream Logic (album)
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| Studio album by Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang | ||||
| Released | November 12, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011/2012 at Punkt Studio & Tjernsbråtan by Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, & Jan Erik Kongshaug | |||
| Genre | Nu jazz | |||
| Length | 47:27 | |||
| Label | ECM Records | |||
| Producer | Jan Bang | |||
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Dream Logic (released November 12, 2012 in Germany by ECM Records, ECM 2301 – 371 3657) is a nu jazz album by the Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset.[1][2]
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| Source | Rating |
| The Independent |   [3] |
| Allmusic.com | [4] |
| Dagbladet | [5] |
Review
On this album where Aarset alone heap up layers of guitars, bass and percussion, totally integrated with the processing and programming constituting a dream like landscape, with tasteful creative contributions from producer Jan Bang, known from the annual Punkt festival in Kristiansand, with his samples and effects, here in collaborations with Erik Honoré, who mixed this album together with Jan Bang and Jan Erik Kongshaug. In spite of thecknology the guitarsound is naked as can be, and the music reveals the full breadth of the flowing, imaginative and unorthodox performance of Aarset. He delivers an album in a soft mode, that keep coming so close to silence without ever actually reaching it, with great depth, dark shades and trance generating twists, Dream Logic is a tastefully sensitive masterpiece from this style finished guitarist who constantly amaze with his ability to find new exciting soundscapes.[1][2][6]
Reception
The Independent review awarded the album 4 stars,[3] the Allmusic.com review awarded the album 4 stars,[4] and the review of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album dice 5.[5]
Track listing
- «Close (For Comfort)» (06:34)
- «Surrender» (04:21)
- «Jukai (Sea of Trees)» (03:45)
- «Black Silence» (04:03)
- «Active» (03:20)
- «Close (Variation I)» (02:39)
- «Reactive» (02:21)
- «Homage to Greene» (05:29)
- «The Whispering Forest» (05:42)
- «Close (Variation II)» (01:43)
- «The Beauty of Decay» (07:06)
Personnel
- Eivind Aarset - guitars, bass guitar, electronics, percussion, samples, programming
- Jan Bang - samples, dictaphone, programming
- Audun Kleive - log drum sample (track 9)[1]
Credits
- Recorded and mixed 2011/12 at Punkt Studio and Tjernsbråtan by Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, and Jan Erik Kongshaug
- Mastering: Jan Erik Kongshaug, Rainbow Studio
- Produced by Jan Bang[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Kelman, John (2012-12-05). "Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic (2012) - Jazz Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- 1 2 Grillo, Tyran (2012-10-28). "Between sound and space - ECM Review". ECM Records. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- 1 2 Johnson, Phil (2012-11-18). "Album: Eivind Aarset, Dream Logic (ECM)". Music Reviews. The Independent. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Eivind Aarset - Dream Logic - Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- 1 2 Mosnes, Terje (2012-11-07). "Drømmelogikk og nye (nett)omgivelser". Music Reviews. Dagbladet. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ Furu, Svein Magnus (2012-11-22). "Gitarheltens svanesang". Music Reviews (in Norwegian). Morgenbladet. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ↑ "Eivind Aarset – Dream Logic". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-11-13.