Outstairs Christian Wallumrød Ensemble
Album info
Album-Release:
2013
HRA-Release:
07.07.2013
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 2 Bunadsbangla 08:20
- 3 Tridili # 2 03:45
- 4 Very Slow 06:50
- 5 Startic 02:31
- 6 Beatknit 06:29
- 7 Folkskiss 03:22
- 8 Third Try 03:39
- 9 Ornament 03:44
- 10 Outstairs 02:31
- 11 Exp 05:33
Info for Outstairs
“Die immensen klanglichen Ressourcen dieser Musiker scheinen immer größer zu werden”, merkte John Fordham im britischen Guardian an, als das Christian Wallumrød Ensemble 2010 sein letztes Album “Fabula Suite Lugano” veröffentlichte. Und als wolle der norwegische Komponist und Multiinstrumentalist Fordhams Worte unterstreichen, setzt er diese klangliche Erweiterung auf “Outstairs”, dem fünften Album des Ensembles für ECM, auf ureigene, fast schon idiosynkratische Weise fort. Niemand sonst schreibt Stücke wie Wallumrød: Mehrdimensionale zeitgenössische Kammermusik, inspiriert von den Klangwelten des norwegischen Folk- und der Kirchenmusik, beeinflusst von Alter Musik und Post-Cage-Avantgarde, und beflügelt von der gedanklichen Freiheit des Jazz. Diesmal haben sich die Ensemblemitglieder die Arbeit an den Arrangements geteilt - mit dem Resultat, dass die Musik noch organischer und vielfältiger, um neue Klangkombinationen bereichert wurde.
In der Besetzung seines Ensembles hat Wallumrød zwei Änderungen vorgenommen: für die Barockharfenistin Giovanna Pessi kam Tenorsaxophonist Espen Reinertsen in die Band und die Cellistin Tanja Orning wurde durch Tove Törngren ersetzt. Reinertsen mag in diesem Sextett zwar neu sein, bildet aber mit CWE-Trompeter Eivind Lønning schon seit längerem ein eingespieltes Team: im Duo Streifenjunko und im Quintet Koboku Senju machen sie gemeinsam improvisierte Musik, arbeiteten davor aber auch bereits mit Sidsel Endresen und Keith Rowe zusammen. Auf “Outstairs” gibt das Gespann der Musik des Christian Wallumrød Ensemble einen deutlich jazzigeren Anstrich. Ensemble-Leader Wallumrød macht sich hier ihr Feeling für Timbres und Strukturen sowie ihre außerordentlichen instrumentaltechnischen Fähigkeiten zunutze. Und auch der ideenreiche schwedische Cellist Tove Törngren - der nicht nur über Spielerfahrung im Bereich der Kammermusik verfügt, sondern auch in der Popmusik und Improvisationszene zuhause ist - wurde hervorragend in das Ensemble integriert und bringt ebefalls neue Klangfacetten ein.
'..with this latest salvo his creations have never sounded more bewitching and elusive (..) the luminescent sound of the group is practically enough to dazzle the ears for hours.' (Peter Margesak, Downbeat)
'...a music that is, by turns, of the head and heart, celebratory and mocking (..) Is it jazz? No. It's music that makes its own space.' (Ray Comiskey, Irish Times)
Christian Wallumrød, piano, harmonium, toy piano
Eivind Lønning, trumpet
Gjermund Larsen, violin, hardanger fiddle, viola
Espen Reinertsen, tenor saxophone
Tove Törngren, cello
Per Oddvar Johansen, drums, vibraphone
Recorded in May 2012, Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
Engineered by Markus Heiland
Produced by Manfred Eicher
Christian Wallumrød
made his ECM debut with the trio album “No Birch”, recorded in 1996. “Sofienberg Variations” (recorded 2001) introduced the first version of the Christian Wallumrød Ensemble – with Nils Økland, Arve Henriksen and Per Oddvar Johansen – “A Year From Easter” (2004) followed. The sextet version of the Ensemble was launched with ”The Zoo Is Far” (recorded 2006). In 2008 the trumpeter Eivind Lønning replaced Arve Henriksen in the sextet version of CWE, and the ensemble recorded and released the album ”Fabula Suite Lugano” in 2009. It was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize 2010. Since 2002, the Wallumrød Ensemble has toured widely through Europe, North America, Japan and Australia.
In his performing life, Wallumrød juxtaposes the meticulously composed music of the Ensemble with totally free group improvising in the group Dans Les Arbres with Ingar Zach, Ivar Grydeland and Xavier Charles. The DLA group also has albums issued by ECM: “Dans les Arbres” (recorded 2006) and “Canopée” (2010-11).
In May 2013, Christian Wallumrød premiered a commissioned orchestral work, “When celebrities dream of casual sleep (second try)” at the Angelica International Festival in Italy. It was performed by the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
There are some changes in the line-up: Espen Reinertsen comes in on tenor saxophone, and Tove Törngren is the band’s new cellist. Reinertsen and CWE trumpeter Eivind Lønning have much experience together, playing free improvised music in the duo Streifenjunko and in the quintet Koboku Senju, as well as earlier collaborations with Sidsel Endresen and Keith Rowe. Their shared feeling for timbre, texture and extended instrumental technique is well-utilized by Wallumrød – as is the resourcefulness of Swedish cellist Tove Törngren, who works regularly in contexts from chamber music to pop to improvisation.
Gjermund Larsen, who joined the ensemble in time for the first sextet recording “The Zoo Is Far”, has a sound informed by a profound knowledge of Norwegian folk music. The yearning tone of his Hardanger fiddle has become one of the characteristic sounds of the Wallumrød group.
Wallumrød and Per Oddvar Johansen have been collaborating for more than twenty years in diverse projects, and the drummer (who has also recorded for ECM with Trygve Seim’s ensembles) has a highly-developed sense for shading and detailing the inner architecture of Wallumrød’s compositions.
Booklet for Outstairs