Artist: Food: Thomas Strønen, Iain Ballamy
Title: Mercurial Balm
Year Of Release: 2016 (2012)
Label: ECM Records
Genre: Jazz, Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [24Bit/96kHz]
Total Time: 53:29
Total Size: 0,99 GB (d.booklet)
Recorded: 2010 and 2011 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Victoria National Jazz Scene, Oslo.
The Food team of Norwegian drummer Strønen and British saxophonist Ballamy continues to invite guests to bring something to the table. The form-and-texture conscious improvisations here are drawn from live performances in Norway, England and Germany and studio sessions at Oslo's Rainbow. To the latter group belong tracks on which Indian slide guitarist and singer Prakash Sontakke is partnered by Eivind Aarset's atmospheric guitar and electronics. The first half of the album finds Food augmented by Austrian guitarist Christian Fennesz, taking further the experiments with layers of sound begun on "Quiet Inlet". Nils Petter Molvær joins Strønen, Ballamy and Fennesz for a track recorded at Mannheim's Enjoy Jazz Festival.
Tracklist:
01 Nebular 5:54
02 Celestial Food 4:24
03 Ascendant 6:00
04 Phase 3:47
05 Astral 9:07
06 Moonpie 4:33
07 Chanterelle 3:46
08 Mercurial Balm 5:01
09 Magnetosphere 6:17
10 Galactic Roll 4:42
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Thomas Strønen, drums, percussion, electronics
Iain Ballamy, saxophones, electronics
Guests:
Christian Fennesz, guitar & electronics (Tracks 1 - 6, 10)
Eivind Aarset, guitar & electronics (Tracks 7 - 9)
Prakash Sontakke, slide guitar & vocal (Tracks 7 - 9)
Nils Petter Molvær, trumpet (Track 6)
