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Terje Isungset composed new music for Vossajazz to be performed in April 2017. This album is partly from the premiere concert and partly recorded in 2018.

An all star ensemble of musicians:

Terje Isungset - drums, percussion, mouth harps & a music box.

Arve Henriksen - trumpet, vocals & electronics (track 04, 06, 08, 09, 10).

Morten Qvenild - hyper piano & pump organ.

Sissel Vera Pettersen - vocals, live electronics & saxophone.

Gunnar Halle - trumpet, aquarium & vocals (track1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11)

Mats Eilertsen - bass.

Nils Økland - violin & hardanger fiddle.

Mats Eden - viola d`amore, violin & hardanger fiddle.

Recorded at USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway on April the 21st - 2018.

«Turke» recorded live at Vossajazz - Norway, April 9th 2017.

Recordings and live sound by Asle Karstad.

Additional trumpet and electronics recorded by Arve Henriksen (track 04, 06, 08, 09, 10).

Additional mouth harp and drums recorded by Terje Isungset (track 6 & 7).

All water recordings at track 10 by Terje Isungset (Aurlandsfjellet, Gullfjellet & Damsgårdsfjellet).

Mix by Anders Bjelland and Terje Isungset in Broen Studio Bergen.

Mastering by Helge Sten at Audio Virus Lab.

Produced by Terje Isungset.

Cover photo by Szymon Szcześniak.

Cover design by ABOVO Kåre Thomsen.

All Ice Records 2019 - Norway.

All music composed by Terje Isungset.

All rights: Terje Isungset/All Ice Records/TONO.

Thanks to Tom Svendsgård (Bergen Jazzforum), Trude Storheim, Vossajazz & Norsk Komponistfond.

Thanks to Arve Henriksen for overdubs & orchestration and to Mats Eden for programming the music box.

Supported by: Art Council Norway, Norsk komponistforening, Bergen Kommune, Vestnorsk Jazzsenter.

About the work Sildrande:

The meaning of the word ‘Sildrandre’ is trickling.

Sildrandre might take form as water that never stops trickling, moving like the flow of energy through the creation of art and music. Always changing directions and always developing - Sildrandre energy that merges art and music into nature itself.

Musical energy may have deeper meaning too, like Sildrandre slowing with a lack of water, stalled in polluted water or flowing too with too much water. Across millennia, this planet has always retained the same water, it should be cherished and treated carefully.

We do need nature. Nature does not need us.

Additional information and meaning of titles:

Sildrande/ Trickling

01 Dråpe/ Droplet (Morten, Mats, Nils, Gunnar on aquarium, Sissel, Mats, Terje.

02 Skodde/ Ground Cloud (Morten, Mats, Nils, Gunnar, Sissel, Mats, Terje

03 Sky/ Cloud(Morten, Mats, Terje, Mats, Gunnar)

04 Vatnspeil/ Water reflection(Sissel, Gunnar, Mats, Nils, Morten, Arve on electronics)

05 Heim/ Home(Terje, Sissel, Gunnar on voice, Mats, Nils, Morten, Mats)

06 Elv/ Water source/River (Sissel, Mats, Nils, Morten, Mats, Arve on voices and trumpets, Gunnar on voice, Terje)

07 Ungdomskjelde/ Fountain of youth(Sissel, Gunnar, Mats, Nils, Morten, Mats, Terje-drums & mouth harp.

08 Oppkomme/ Water source(Morten, Arve, Terje on music box, Sissel, Nils)

09 Steingard/ Stone fence (Arve, Mats, Nils, Mats, Sissel, Morten)

10 Turke/ Dearth(Sissel, Mats, Nils, Morten, Mats, Arve, Terje)

11: Etter/After(Sissel, Gunnar, Mats, Nils, Morten, Mats)

Some reviews of the premiere in the press:

Isungset has come down off the mountain to create what was possibly the highlight of this year’s fest, in the form of a commissioned work, “Sildrande.”

Down Beat.

Even though they played the specially- commissioned 'Sildrande' piece for around 90 minutes, our attention was constantly gripped, even during the most environmental of openness.

Jazz Wise Magazine

Terje Isungsets use of wood, stone and water - the most primordial of instruments-brought an organic element to an ensemble featuring fiddles, jazz instrumentation and electronics on the stunning premier Sildrande.
All About Jazz

Det var store kontraster, alt fra det vakreste vakre til stunder som nesten gjorde vondt.

Salt Peanuts.