Light Extracts [Import]

Eivind Aarset | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal/Polygram
• ASIN: B00005Q7RF
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,553,792 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Empathic Guitar

2. Wolf Extract

3. Dust Kittens

4. String Thing

5. Between Signal & Noise

6. Fvfwd/Slow Motion

7. Self Defence

8. Tunnel Church

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sexy jazz, December 28, 2008

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Kactus Kong - See all my reviews

This review is from: Light Extracts (Audio CD)

Norwegian Guitarist Eivind Aarset works in some intriguing guitar on this instrumental electronic-jazz release on Jazzland. Other typical jazz instruments weave in and out of tracks like Nils Peter Molvaer on trumpet (track 8), sax, live drums, and stand up bass (track 3). The overall mood is one of snow and mystery with darkness all around. It's got a sex appeal to it that might turn off an average listener who could possibly label tracks porn music. If you are one of them, then track 7, Self Defence should change your mind as it's an acid jazz noise hardcore beat. Aarset's sound is very similar to electronic jazz artist David Torn. The textures created by the guitar are slow and flow like water over jazz bass lines. The tracks compositionally create very different moods with electronic music being the only common element. Slow movements of air and light touch playing on all instruments cut out the higher frequencies and deliver a relaxing sound that the cool jazz era established.

-johnny darko (from noeyedbird)

4.0 out of 5 stars Heavier, darker than Terje Rypdal, September 7, 2011

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Chris Shenton "Shentonfreude" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Light Extracts (Audio CD)

Just heard "String Thing" on last.fm, O.M.G.! WTF is that? Heavy, intense. Is it Rock? Jazz? Reminded me of some of Terje Rypdal's work, only heavier and darker. Must have it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Controlled Beast!, April 17, 2006

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vivek savant (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Light Extracts (Audio CD)

"Light Extracts" - Live drum-n-bass, and textured guitars create some massive grooves that perfectly reside alongside those typical Scandinavian cold, rattling rhythms.