Blackjazz

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Blackjazz is an album by the Norwegian band Shining, released January 2010 on Indie Recordings.

Singles

Shining performed the world premiere of the song Fisheye live on Store Studio, a culture talk show on NRK, 10 oktober 2009. Their performance was later released on YouTube, and as a free mp3 download from NRK.[2]

An extended version of Fisheye and the single The Madness And The Damage Done were released on iTunes prior to Blackjazz' release. The Singles were well-received, with Fisheye named Best song of 2009 by a critic in NRK's Lydverket[3], and giving Shining a place on Time Out New York's list the Stars of 2010[4].

Music

As on Shining's two previous albums, the music draws elements from many different genres, particularly jazz and metal. The album's title, Blackjazz, is meant to describe the band's sound.[5]

The instrumentation is far simpler than on the two previous albums, with Jørgen Munkeby focusing on guitars and saxophone. This has made the album's sound closer to how they sound live, as songs from previous albums needed to be simplified for live performances.[6]

A big influence on Blackjazz is Shining's collaboration with Enslaved,[7] with whom they composed and performed a 90-minute ″Armageddon Concerto″, Nine Nights in Nothingness – Glimpses of Downfall, at Moldejazz 2008. In fact, the concerto's seventh movement is an earlier version of the song Fisheye, and a studio version of the first movement, RMGDN, is a bonus track on the vinyl edition of Blackjazz. The concerto was commissioned by Moldejazz after the programme committee saw a video of the two bands performing a cover of King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid Man on their 2007 tour.[8] A new version of the same song forms the final track on Blackjazz, featuring guest vocals by Enslaved's Grutle Kjellson.

Reception

The album was well received by critics. Notably, it was one of the few new releases ever to get a perfect five-star rating in its initial review by Allmusic, although its rating was later downgraded to four and a half stars.

Track listing

CD version
  1. "The Madness and the Damage Done" – 5:20
  2. "Fisheye" – 5:08
  3. "Exit Sun" – 8:36
  4. "Exit Sun" – 0:57
  5. "HEALTER SKELTER" – 5:35
  6. "The Madness and the Damage Done" – 3:24
  7. "Blackjazz Deathtrance" – 10:52
  8. "Omen" – 8:46
  9. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 8:41
LP version
Side A
  1. "The Madness and the Damage Done"
  2. "Fisheye"
  3. "Exit Sun"
  4. "Exit Sun"
Side B
  1. "HEALTER SKELTER"
  2. "The Madness and the Damage Done"
  3. "Blackjazz Deathtrance"
Side C
  1. "Omen"
  2. "21st Century Schizoid Man"
Side 4
  1. "Fisheye [Extended Version]"
  2. "RMGDN"

Personnel

Musicians

  • Grutle Kjellson – Guest vocals on track 8, Omen, and track 9, 21st Century Schizoid Man

Production staff

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums Chart[9] 9

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Norway 18 January 2010 Indie Recordings CD INDIE 045 CD
double LP INDIE 045 LP
Europe 25 January 2010 Indie Recordings CD
United States 2 February 2010 The End Records CD

External links

References

  1. ^ Sean Caldwell (10 January 2010). "Shining - Blackjazz". noripcord.com. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  2. ^ Jørgen Hegstad (30 November 2009). "Last ned ny Shining-singel gratis!". Lydverket (in Norwegian). NRK. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Jørgen Hegstad (20 December 2009). "Årets Beste: Jørgen Hegstad". Lydverket (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 16 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Sophie Harris, Jay Ruttenberg, Colin St. John, Hank Shteamer (14 January 2010). "The stars of 2010". Time Out New York. Retrieved 16 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ ""Blackjazz" Out Jan 25th" (PDF) (Press release). Indie Recordings. 2009-12-05. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  6. ^ Ingmar Wåhlberg (30 April 2009). "Intervju: Shining". groove.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Ingmar Wåhlberg (30 April 2009). [url=http://www.groove.no/html/article/69453244.html "Intervju: Shining"]. groove.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2010. Det er klart at samarbeidet med Enslaved har inspirert oss, og det har også påvirket soundet på den nye skiva. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing pipe in: |url= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Enslaved og Shining lager bestillingsverk til Moldejazz 2008!". moldejazz.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 January 2010. Det var etter at programkomiteen i Moldejazz fikk høre et live-opptak av Shining og Enslaveds felles tolkning av King Crimson-låten "21st Century Schizoid Man" at man bestemte seg for å gi banda utfordringen å lage et bestillingsverk til festivalen. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "VG Lista - Album Top 40". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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