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Anja Garbarek's third album -- and her first for a major label -- is a departure from her previous efforts in that she's enlisted the help of musicians who understand how to blend her electronic textures with more organic instrumentation. The daughter of ECM jazz saxophone legend Jan Garbarek, Anja has moved far from the distorted soundscapes of her debut, the elegantly weird Balloon Mood from 1996. Here she employs the talents and tactics of musicians such as Mark Hollis (formerly of Talk Talk), Richard Barbieri and Steve Jansen from Japan and Rain Tree Crow, respectively, and the production savvy of Steve Wilson from Porcupine Tree. Her sound is all but impossible to describe, but there are moments where the wispy, almost invisible vocal style of Stina Nordenstam echoes in the mix, as the does the lyrical irony of Laurie Anderson, and the broken poetic phrasing of Bjork. But this is no comparison, as shades and specters of different music such as jazz, classical, rock, trip-hop, and even dub waft through this airy mix, through all of them appear as ghosts, musics that are what we remember them as, from some near future emptiness, rather than as current constructs from which to make music from. There is the notion of observance, Garbarek is always the outsider, witnessing small occurrences in everyday life and reading who knows what into them. There is a duet with Robert Wyatt, entitled "The Diver," where besides a double bass -- present in every track -- there is little but a spare, lilting piano, some string, and an oboe. The pair's voices comment on witnessing the art of a diver's plunge. Their voices entwine and then separate, creating a view both from pool side and in Wyatt's case, distance. The up-beat trip-hop of "That's All," where drum loops engage a chamber group with bass; a flute slips and slides along underneath the listener like a ball rolling under the couch, almost moving by you before it can be grasped: "And he crawls to the door in a warm nurse/where he walks for the first time/surrounded by the dry clouds/he is leaving a trail/that's all we know." The next piece, the melancholy, "And Then," with nothing but a bass, the London Session Orchestra, and harpist Helen Turnstall, is at once a song of absence and arrival: "Unpack moments/the girl in the redcoat turns/passing. Entering. Going places/bring her name under the chain of lights/kneeling down/she throws herself into sound/passing. Entering. Going places..." In the broken lyric and shimmering instrumental quality we hear an artist emerging from her influences into a music of her own creation, shedding the pop influences of her past; in the process she is unearthing a signature music which turns in on itself before slowly opening to the listener in mysterious and wonderful ways. Smiling & Waving is an opaque, sensual gem.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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London Session Orchestra, Strings - Steve Jansen, Percussion - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - John Pigneguy, French Horn - Richard Bissill, French Horn - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Chris Lawrence, Bass - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Steve Jansen, Percussion - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Robert Wyatt, Recorder, Recording - Tony Lewis, Strings - Ivo Van Der Werff, Strings - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Phill Brown, Recorder, Recording, RecordingEngineer - Andy Ward, Engineer - John Bradbury, Strings - Ewan Davies, Recorder, Recording - Melinda Maxwell, Oboe - Steven Wilson, Mixer, Guitar, Programmer - George Shilling, Engineer, Recorder - Chris Lawrence, Bass - Mark Hollis, Producer, Arranger, Electric Bass Guitar, Piano, Bass, Melodica - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - Robin O'Neill, Bassoon - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Lyricist, Mixer, Arranger, Percussion, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Tony Hinnegan, Strings - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Steve Jansen, Drums, Percussion - Paul Kegg, Cello - John Pigneguy, French Horn - Nick Bucknall, Clarinet - Anthony Pike, Clarinet - Richard Bissill, French Horn - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Chris Lawrence, Bass - Tony Pleeth, Cello - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Steve Jansen, Drums - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer - Richard Barbieri, Musician, Samples - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer, Recorder - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Engineer, Recorder - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Laurence Pendrous, Organ - Jørgen Knudsen, Miscellaneous
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Robin O'Neill, Bassoon - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
Gavyn Wright, Violin - London Session Orchestra, Strings - Peter Lale, Viola - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Phill Brown, Recorder, Recording - Andy Ward, Engineer - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - George Shilling, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Chris Lawrence, Bass - Mark Hollis, Producer, Arranger - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Robin O'Neill, Bassoon - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixer, Arranger, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Theo Travis, Saxophone - Laurence Pendrous, Guitar, Rhodes Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Martin Ditcham, Percussion - Robert Wyatt, Recorder, Vocals, RecordingEngineer - Tony Lewis, Strings - Ivo Van Der Werff, Strings - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Phill Brown, Recorder, Recording, RecordingEngineer - Andy Ward, Engineer - John Bradbury, Strings - Ewan Davies, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Melinda Maxwell, Oboe - Steven Wilson, Mixer, Programmer - George Shilling, Engineer, Recorder - Chris Lawrence, Bass - Mark Hollis, Producer - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Mixer, Percussion, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Tony Hinnegan, Strings - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Theo Travis, Flute - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Theo Travis, Flute - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Frank Ricotti, Vibraphone - The London Session Orchestra, Strings - Helen Tunstall, Harp - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Chris Lawrence, Bass - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Theo Travis, Flute, Musician
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Piano, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Theo Travis, Flute - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Harris, Composer - Lloyd, Composer - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Steven Wilson, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Markley, Composer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Theo Travis, Flute - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
London Session Orchestra, Strings - Mark McGuire, Mixer - Andy Ward, Engineer, Personal Assistant, Assistant - Steven Wilson, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Guy Wiffen , Engineer - John Mallison, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Nick Coplowe, Engineer - Anja Garbarek, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Vocals, MainArtist - Patrick McGovern, Engineer - Mitsuo Tate, Engineer - Lincoln Fong, Engineer - Tom Davidson, Engineer - Miguel Diaz de Lopez, Programmer - Theo Travis, Flute - Laurence Pendrous, Piano
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2001 Parlophone Music Norway AS
Albumbeschreibung
Anja Garbarek's third album -- and her first for a major label -- is a departure from her previous efforts in that she's enlisted the help of musicians who understand how to blend her electronic textures with more organic instrumentation. The daughter of ECM jazz saxophone legend Jan Garbarek, Anja has moved far from the distorted soundscapes of her debut, the elegantly weird Balloon Mood from 1996. Here she employs the talents and tactics of musicians such as Mark Hollis (formerly of Talk Talk), Richard Barbieri and Steve Jansen from Japan and Rain Tree Crow, respectively, and the production savvy of Steve Wilson from Porcupine Tree. Her sound is all but impossible to describe, but there are moments where the wispy, almost invisible vocal style of Stina Nordenstam echoes in the mix, as the does the lyrical irony of Laurie Anderson, and the broken poetic phrasing of Bjork. But this is no comparison, as shades and specters of different music such as jazz, classical, rock, trip-hop, and even dub waft through this airy mix, through all of them appear as ghosts, musics that are what we remember them as, from some near future emptiness, rather than as current constructs from which to make music from. There is the notion of observance, Garbarek is always the outsider, witnessing small occurrences in everyday life and reading who knows what into them. There is a duet with Robert Wyatt, entitled "The Diver," where besides a double bass -- present in every track -- there is little but a spare, lilting piano, some string, and an oboe. The pair's voices comment on witnessing the art of a diver's plunge. Their voices entwine and then separate, creating a view both from pool side and in Wyatt's case, distance. The up-beat trip-hop of "That's All," where drum loops engage a chamber group with bass; a flute slips and slides along underneath the listener like a ball rolling under the couch, almost moving by you before it can be grasped: "And he crawls to the door in a warm nurse/where he walks for the first time/surrounded by the dry clouds/he is leaving a trail/that's all we know." The next piece, the melancholy, "And Then," with nothing but a bass, the London Session Orchestra, and harpist Helen Turnstall, is at once a song of absence and arrival: "Unpack moments/the girl in the redcoat turns/passing. Entering. Going places/bring her name under the chain of lights/kneeling down/she throws herself into sound/passing. Entering. Going places..." In the broken lyric and shimmering instrumental quality we hear an artist emerging from her influences into a music of her own creation, shedding the pop influences of her past; in the process she is unearthing a signature music which turns in on itself before slowly opening to the listener in mysterious and wonderful ways. Smiling & Waving is an opaque, sensual gem.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:45
- Main artists: Anja Garbarek
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone Norway
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS. This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2000 Parlophone Music Norway AS ℗ 2000 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Music Norway AS
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