Khmer (album)
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–97 | |||
| Studio | Lydlab A/S Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Nu jazz | |||
| Length | 42:44 | |||
| Label | ECM ECM 1560 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher, Ulf W.Ø. Holand | |||
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Khmer is an album by Norwegian trumpeter, composer and producer Nils Petter Molvær recorded between 1996–1997 and released on ECM in 1998.
Recording and production
[edit]The album mixes elements of electronica and jazz.[1][2][3]
The album is based on sampled and artificially generated sounds, backed by beats from house and drum'n'bass. However, the often very slow rhythms are played on acoustic drums.[4]
Reception
[edit]Christian Genzel of AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars. He wrote, "Khmer is surely the most unusual album ever released by ECM" due to the CD's then-unprecedented mix of jazz and electronica.[3]
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
Track listing
[edit]- "Khmer" (4:59)
- "Tløn" (7:52)
- "Felles spor" (5:50)
- "Access"
- "Song of Sand I"
- "On Stream" (5:01)
- "Platonic Years" (6:33)
- "Phum" (3:39)
- "Song of Sand II" (6:10)
- "Exit" (2:42)
Credits
[edit]- Nils Petter Molvær – trumpet (tracks 1–7), bass (tracks 2–5, 7), sampler (all tracks), percussion (sampler) (tracks 1, 8), guitar (tracks 3, 7)
- Rune Arnesen – drums (tracks 1–3, 5, 7)
- Eivind Aarset – guitar (EBow) (tracks 1, 8), guitar (3, 4, 7), guitar (ambient) (track 5), sampler (tracks 1, 5), guitar treatments and talk box (track 2)
- Morten Mølster – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5)
- Ulf W. Ø. Holand – sampler (tracks 2–4, 7)
- Roger Ludvigsen – percussion and dulcimer (track 1), acoustic guitar (tracks 6, 8)
- Reidar Skår – effects (track 3)
- Ab und Zu – samples (track 5)
Technical personnel
[edit]- Manfred Eicher, Ulf W. Ø. Holand – producer
- Ulf W. Ø. Holand – engineer
- Bill Laswell – sample production (track 5)
- Design – Sascha Kleis
- John Gollings – cover photography
- Knut Strand – liner photo
Notes
[edit]- Recorded 1996–97 at Lydlab A/S, Oslo.
- Track 5 contains samples from the albums: "Axiom Ambient: Lost In The Translation" Courtesy of Axiom / Island Records; "Totally" Courtesy of Curling Legs Productions
- The cover shows the statue "Les Lutteurs". The photography was reproduced from the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais exhibition catalogue "Angkor et dix siècles d'art khmer”, Paris 1997
- All compositions published by ECM Verlag
℗ 1997 ECM Records GmbH
© 1997 ECM Records GmbH - This CD was partly supported by "Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere” and NOPA[5]
References
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- ^ Walters, John L (25 February 2010). "Nils Petter Molvaer Queen Elizabeth Hall, London". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Nils Petter Molvaer's "Khmer"". MontrealJazzFest.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ^ a b c "Nils Petter Molvær – Khmer review". Allmusic.com.
- ^ "Nils Petter Molvær: Skeletons, Samples and Fish Fillets". AllAboutJazz.com.
- ^ "Nils Petter Molvær – Khmer". Discogs.com.
