Eivind Aarset. Sonic Codex (2007). CD, Album. Norway. Jazz Rock/Fusion, Progressive Rock.

Playlist: 1 Sign Of Seven Baritone Guitar, Celesta – Audun Erlien Bass Clarinet, Clarinet – Hans Ulrik Written-By – Aarset* 6:26 2 Quicksilver Dream Bass Clarinet – Hans Ulrik Drums – Anders Engen Featuring [Sample] – Punkt Written-By – Aarset* 6:23 3 Dröbak Saray Synth – Audun Erlien, Wetle Holte Written-By – Aarset* 6:47 4 Cameo Celesta – Wetle Holte Written-By – Aarset* 5:17 5 Still Changing Banjo – Tor Egil Kreken Clarinet – Hans Ulrik Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Sampler [Vocal Samples] – Audun Erlien Synth, Piano – Wetle Holte Written-By – Aarset*, Holte* 8:11 6 Black Noise / White Silence Electric Bass – Marius Reksjø Written-By – Aarset*, Reksjø*, Holte* 3:06 7 Family Pictures III Electric Bass – Eivind Aarset Field Recording – Erik Honoré Sampler – Jan Bang Written-By – Aarset*, Honoré*, Bang* 3:38 8 Sleeps With Fishes Written-By – Aarset* 6:28 9 The Return Of Black Noise & Murky Lamabada Electric Bass – Marius Reksjø Written-By – Aarset*, Reksjø*, Holte* 11:34 Acoustic Bass – Marius Reksjø (tracks: 1, 2, 8) Artwork – Stoffer Ganes Booking [International] – Hopper Management* Booking [Scandinavia] – Kalleklev Management* Drums, Percussion, Programmed By [Programming] – Wetle Holte Electric Bass – Audun Erlien (tracks: 3 to 5) Guitar [Guitars], Kalimba, Slit Drum [Logdrum], Programmed By [Programming], Glockenspiel, Recorded By [Additional Recordings] – Eivind Aarset Mastered By – Thomas Eberger Mixed By – Erik Honoré, Mike Hartung (tracks: 1, 5), Reidar Skår (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 9), Ulf Holand (tracks: 3, 4) Photography By [Photo Of Eivind Aarset] – Johannes Rodach Photography By [Cover Photos] – Fin Sersk-Hanssen* Producer [Produced By] – Eivind Aarset, Erik Honoré (tracks: 7), Jan Bang (tracks: 7) Recorded By – Erik Honoré (tracks: 7), Espen Gundersen (tracks: 3 to 5), Mike Hartung (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9) Recorded By [Clarinet, Bass Clarinet] – Pelle Fridell (tracks: 1, 2, 5) Track 02 includes a sample from “Body Language“ by Punkt, from the album “Crime Scenes“ Track 1, 2, 6, 8 & 9 recorded at Propeller Studio Track 3 to 5 recorded at Audiopol Track 7 recorded at Punkt Studios Clarinet and bass clarinet recorded at Pelles room Additional recordings at Katakomben Track 1 & 5 mixed at Propeller Studio Track 3 & 4 mixed at Lydlab Track 2, 6, 8 & 9 mixed at 7 etg Track 7 mixed at Punkt Studios Mastered at Cutting Room, Stockholm This project is supported by Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere Comes in an etched, blue jewel case 6-page booklet. ℗ 2007 Jazzland Recordings © 2007 Universal Music Norway Eivind Aarset (born March 23, 1961) is one of Norway’s highly appreciated contemporary guitarists, notable also as an electronic craftsman, an eclectic music composer and producer, He is faithfully integrated, from all sorts of various angles such as his main works, his intrinsic and conserved style, and several significant collaborations and connections, in the electronic/nu-jazz current. While ambient or a sonic-explorative art describes in general lines Aarset’s input, it is still mildly the surface of something growing from a substrata of influences and genre extracts, and flourishing into an improvised or exercised musically complex test. Closest to this kind of expression stands his long-time and often reciprocal collaboration with equally-acclaimed trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer. From a platonic love for Jimi Hendrix’s unique guitar technique, Aarset systematically discovered the big & familiar names from the (hard) rock & psychedelic scene, after which followed an immersion into Miles Davis and the 70s generation of fusion giants (WEATHER REPORT, MAHAVISHNU, etc.), switched (or combined) with seminarists of the so-called (yet fully patented) ECM sound (most prominently RYPDAL or GARBAREK). One could say that a bit of all this is present in the music affair he developed so far. AARSET started off as a musician playing in a heavy metal band, then in Ab & Zu or Bendik Hofseth’s band. It was however the contact with Bugge Wesseltoft that highlighted an opening road and a major change. Since the 90s, the number of collaborations is simply remarkable - and we’ll pause on mentioning just Anja & Jan Garbarek, Bill Laswell’s Material, Wesseltoft’s New Conception of Jazz, Jan Eggum, Dhafer Youssef, John Hassell or, emphasizing once more, almost every one of ’s creations. 1998 marked the solo debut, signed with Jazzland Records, called Électronique Noire. It seems that, critic-wise, this album is, on one hand, significantly compared with the electric Miles established genre, while, on the other hand, a mix of aroused wailing heavy guitar blasts, electro-psychedelism and soft or inner-centered fusion is also grasped. Through this album, Aarset expresses just as much the breakthrough into groove, lounge or trance composition,