Khmer (album)
| Khmer | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–97 in Lydlab A/S, Oslo, lydingeniør: Ulf W.Ø. Holand | |||
| Genre | Nu Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:44 | |||
| Label | ECM Records | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher and Ulf W.Ø. Holand | |||
| Nils Petter Molvær chronology | ||||
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Khmer (released 1997 in Germany by ECM Records (ECM 1560) – 537 798-2) is an album by the Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. 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
Christian Genzel of Allmusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars.[3] 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.
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| Allmusic |   [3] |
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Track listing
- «Khmer» (4:59)
Drums – Rune Arnesen
E-bow (guitar), sampler – Eivind Aarset
Percussion, dulcimer – Roger Ludvigsen
Trumpet, percussion, sampler – Nils Petter Molvær - «Tløn» (7:52)
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Effects (guitar treatments), performer (talk box) – Eivind Aarset
Guitar – Morten Mølster
Sampler – Ulf W. Ø. Holand
Trumpet, bass, sampler – Nils Petter Molvær - Felles spor (5:50)
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Effects – Reidar Skår
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Sampler – Ulf W. Ø. Holand
Trumpet, bass, sampler, guitar – Nils Petter Molvær- «Access»
- «Song of Sand I»
- «On Stream» (5:01)
Guitar – Eivind Aarset & Morten Mølster
Sampler – Ulf W. Ø. Holand
Trumpet, bass, sampler – Nils Petter Molvær - «Platonic Years» (6:33)
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Featuring (samples) – Ab und Zu
Featuring (sample production) – Bill Laswell
Guitar – Morten Mølster
Guitar (ambient), sampler – Eivind Aarset
Trumpet, bass, sampler – Nils Petter Molvær - «Phum» (3:39)
Acoustic guitar – Roger Ludvigsen
Trumpet, sampler – Nils Petter Molvær - «Song of Sand II» (6:10)
Drums – Rune Arnesen
Guitar – Eivind Aarset
Sampler – Ulf W. Ø. Holand
Trumpet, bass, sampler, guitar – Nils Petter Molvær - «Exit» (2:42)
Acoustic guitar – Roger Ludvigsen
E-bow (guitar) – Eivind Aarset
Sampler (percussion) – Nils Petter Molvær
Credits
- Composer – Nils Petter Molvær
- Design – Sascha Kleis
- Engineer – Ulf W. Ø. Holand*
- Cover photography – John Gollings
- Photography (liner photo) – Knut Strand
- Producer – Manfred Eicher, Ulf W. Ø. Holand
- Production – ECM
Notes
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.