Jazzkammer: Sound of Music
3" CD - [ohm] Records, Norway - 2002
Reviews:
JAZZKAMMER: Sound Of Music (Ohm records)
Rå og brautende kammermusikk i nærkontakt med det spissfindige. Jazzkammer hekter deg på uten forvarsel. John Hegre og Lasse Marhaug opererer uten innledning. Du suges inn i en strukturert støy som er alt annet enn monoton. Ja, de to flørter med kaos, og bruker både rytme og melodi i sjarmoffensiven. Kvaliteten ligger i alle overraskelsesmomentene i dette live-opptaket fra Tokyo-klubben Milk. Det 20 minutter lange stykket, med den ironiske tittelen "Sound Of Music", rekker tunge til lett underholdningsmusikk, og gir labb til rockens industri- og feedbacktradisjon. Jazzkammer pløyer ny grunn - og det vil gamle Norge ha!
(Arild R. Andersen, Aftenposten)
JAZZKAMMER - SOUND OF MUSIC (Mini-CD by OHM Records)
The title of this latest Jazzkammer release is a very nice reference to their tactics: they create sound out of music. With the help of electronic equipment and a guitar, they blast their way through definitions of the term that shocks so many. This little disc leaves no questions about Jazzkammer's intentions: they want noise and they'll make it happen. In twenty minutes time they offer the whole spectrum of the genre as we know it: fierce rumbles, glithches, hisses and piercing tones. And not to forget: some looped melodic elements, heavily distorted and, more often than not, buried under an avalanche of other noise. In the end it's actually possible to make out a guitar, be it one with a grim sound. Having said this, it must also be said that it's a good piece, with enough happening to keep it interesting and exciting. Way to go!
(Roel Meelkop, Vital Weekly)
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