Electra (Slip)

Arild Andersen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B0007YH4M6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,754 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A majestic soundscape, February 5, 2009

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Nitya "Nitya" (Mercer Island, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electra (Slip) (Audio CD)

Arild Andersen
Electra

Arve Henriksen trumpet
Eivind Aarset guitars
Paolo Vinaccia drums, percussion
Patrice Héral drums, percussion, voice
Nils Petter Molvær drum programming
Savina Yannatou vocal
Chrysanthi Douzi vocal
Elly-Marina Casdas chorus vocal
Fotini-Niki Grammenou chorus vocal
Arild Andersen double bass, drum programming

Bassist Arild Andersen has created a majestic soundscape that seems to hover in the air like an early autumn mist. Swirling around this self-contained world are numerous components, all of which vie for your attention from Arve Henriksen's trumpet to Eivind Aarset's anti-guitar via the ethereal voices of Elly Casdas and Fotini Grammenou. The result is an album that surges forward then subsides, holding your attention like a page-turning novel. Both original yet somehow familiar , this is music that as yet doesn't have a name, which doesn't detract, thankfully, from its shimmering brilliance.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Largely forgettable soundscapes, September 28, 2007

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David J. Ohanlon "David J OHanlon" (Lilyfield, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electra (Slip) (Audio CD)

Clearly written as a dramatic accompaniment, as stand-alone music (ie. as opposed to background music) this Arild Anderson disc just doesn't cut it. For the most part (& especially as evidenced by the first 5 tracks) it is entirely predictable & ponderous with long, drawn-out musical soundscapes with over-use of bass (surprise, surprise!) & drum loops & other technology. The only highlights worthy of note are tracks 9 (which itself takes ages to get going but ultimately features beautifully haunting trumpet work by Arve Henriksen) & 13 plus the vocals of Savina Yannatou (on 6 tracks in total) - 2.5 stars.

1 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scandinavian scenery is "Garden of Eden' of great musical landscapes!, October 22, 2005

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A.J.H. Woodcount "FJB/O!-music" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electra (Slip) (Audio CD)

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