Opsvik & Jennings / Commuter Anthems Жанр: Contemporary Jazz, Experimental, Rune Grammofon Страна-производитель диска: Norway Год издания диска: 2007 Издатель (лейбл): Rune Grammofon Номер по каталогу: RCD 2062 Аудио кодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 46:39 Источник (релизер): what.cd (spleener) Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: нет Треклист:
01 The Last Country Village
02 Silverlake
03 Commuter Anthem
04 Wrong Place Right Time
05 Lorinda Sea
06 Port Authority
07 Ways
08 I'll Scrounge Along
09 The Pendler
10 Apology/Goodbye
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Доп. информация: Recorded, mixed and produced by Opsvik & Jennings, New York City, 2005/2006.
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RCD 2062 - Opsvik & Jennings: Commuter Anthems ”Commuter Anthems” is the second album from Eivind Opsvik and Aaron Jennings. Opsvik is from Oslo, Norway, but has lived in New York since 1998 where he's playing bass in several cutting edge groups. Guitarist Aaron Jennings is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, but moved to New York after college. As with many of our releases ”Commuter Anthems” is difficult to categorize. Both players come from a jazz background, but that's only a small part of the picture. Folk and country influences provide the album with a rural, almost relaxed feeling as guitars, double bass, drums, concertina, pump organ, lap steel, banjo, and various recording techniques and software manipulations creates a filmatic musical story being played by a dreamy experimental pop orchestra. Released 26.03.07 Reviews RCD2062
The writing here is celebratory and, well, anthemic, with a whiff of Sufjan Stevens. The broad range of instrumentation combined with laptop work recalls the excellent Swedish trio Tape. Initial reservations that Opsvik & Jennings display cleverness rather than heart are dispelled with repeated listening. Their vision is odd, combining jazz and pop, melody amd whimsy with a dollop of kitsch, but it is done with such delicacy and tenderness that this is an album one could fall in love with.
The Wire (UK) Music can act like an audio photograph, recalling fond but oft forgotten memories. Between 1996 and 1998, great albums were being made by Tortoise ("Millions Now Living Will Never Die"), Gastr Del Sol ("Camofleur"), Bundy K Brown ("Directions In Music") and Matmos ("The West"). These are the albums my brother and I used to play sitting outside in the garden on long summer days, the music pouring out of the rear bedroom window. "Commuter Anthems" takes those cherished sounds and distils them into perfectly formed instalments. Traditional elements (lap steel, banjo, guitars) are juxtaposed with non-organic gurgles and software ticks to conjure effervescent blooms that blossom in full vibrant colour. For some this may be too cloying, but when Opsvik kicks it with the big bass drum on "The Pendler" all objectivity disappears. It's back to the summer of '96 and everything is right with the world.
Plan B (UK) The influence of so-called post-rock bands like Tortoise, Gastr del Sol and Trapist is hard to miss, but the duo ultimately forges its own path. Over shambling yet gentle rhythms the pair sculpts a beautiful patchwork of guitar patterns, organ swells, twangy banjo, nifty samples (including some celeste by Craig Taborn) and occasional horn charts to build irresistible pop melodies. The digitally tweaked arrangements are constantly in flux, adding new wrinkles with each chorus, so even as the music’s tunefulness lodges in the memory, fresh, shifting details emerge continuously. The album is way too good to fuss over how it should be categorized. 4/5.
Downbeat (US) The music they create is very accessible on the hand, and may pass by without noticing it like some ambient music, when listening superficially. The reward comes from listening with more concentration. As said above they use a great diversity of sounds and instruments, and they paint very colorful pieces with good feeling for style and a great sense for detail and finesse. Also their music is very well constructed in an inventive and original way, far from any cliche. Funny to find this sense for musical adventure within this friendly and comforting music. A great album.
Vital Weekly (NE)
