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Artist: MIKKEL PLOUG/SISSEL VERA PETTERSEN/JOACHIM BADENHORST Title: Equilibrium [H-SACD] Label: Songlines 1578 Country: USA Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $17.00
Description: [this is a Hybrid SACD (H-SACD) which means it is playable on ordinary CD players as well] Featuring Mikkel Ploug on electric & acoustic guitars, Sissel Vera Pettersen on voice, soprano sax & live electronics and Joachim Badenhorst on clarinet, bass clarinet & tenor sax. This young European chamber collective, inspired in part by Nordic folk traditions and the guitar/vocal atmospherics of Ben Monder and Theo Bleckmann, creates a stark yet delicate and sensuous music of great originality and elegance.
"I was surprised to see this disc compared to the work of Theo Bleckmann & Ben Monder, but after listening to it a few times, I thought the same thing. This is why I placed this disc after my review of Bleckmann's new Refuge Trio CD on W&W in the current newsletter. I didn't recall any of the folks in this trio (Ploug, Pettersen & Badenhorst) before this disc but decided to give them a chance since I dig almost anything that the Songlines label releases. It turns out that Joachim Badenhorst has worked with Simon Jermyn on two discs that I reviewed previously. Again like the work of Theo and Ben Monder, this trio has a more restrained, elegant sound. Ms. Pettersen's delightful voice does sound a bit like Theo's and Mikkel's exquisite guitar also sounds like Monder's more elegant side. On "November", the guitar and clarinet play a layer of intricate, dreamy lines together while Sissel's enchanting voice sails superbly on top. I dig the way the acoustic guitar and two reeds (soprano sax & bass clarinet) spin together on "Soft Spoken", an immensely lovely, haunting piece. Every piece on the this is rich in detail, subtle in substance and very well crafted. It reminds me of series of fairy tales for our mind's eye. It never ceases to amaze me how many delightful surprises are in store for those who wish to check out something new and unknown." - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery
| Artist: MIKKEL PLOUG/SISSEL VERA PETTERSEN/JOACHIM BADENHORST |
| Title: Equilibrium [H-SACD] |
| Label: Songlines 1578 Country: USA |
| Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $17.00 |
| Description: [this is a Hybrid SACD (H-SACD) which means it is playable on ordinary CD players as well] Featuring Mikkel Ploug on electric & acoustic guitars, Sissel Vera Pettersen on voice, soprano sax & live electronics and Joachim Badenhorst on clarinet, bass clarinet & tenor sax. This young European chamber collective, inspired in part by Nordic folk traditions and the guitar/vocal atmospherics of Ben Monder and Theo Bleckmann, creates a stark yet delicate and sensuous music of great originality and elegance. "I was surprised to see this disc compared to the work of Theo Bleckmann & Ben Monder, but after listening to it a few times, I thought the same thing. This is why I placed this disc after my review of Bleckmann's new Refuge Trio CD on W&W in the current newsletter. I didn't recall any of the folks in this trio (Ploug, Pettersen & Badenhorst) before this disc but decided to give them a chance since I dig almost anything that the Songlines label releases. It turns out that Joachim Badenhorst has worked with Simon Jermyn on two discs that I reviewed previously. Again like the work of Theo and Ben Monder, this trio has a more restrained, elegant sound. Ms. Pettersen's delightful voice does sound a bit like Theo's and Mikkel's exquisite guitar also sounds like Monder's more elegant side. On "November", the guitar and clarinet play a layer of intricate, dreamy lines together while Sissel's enchanting voice sails superbly on top. I dig the way the acoustic guitar and two reeds (soprano sax & bass clarinet) spin together on "Soft Spoken", an immensely lovely, haunting piece. Every piece on the this is rich in detail, subtle in substance and very well crafted. It reminds me of series of fairy tales for our mind's eye. It never ceases to amaze me how many delightful surprises are in store for those who wish to check out something new and unknown." - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery |