Giraffa Records Oslo, Norway
Norwegian experimental label run by Oslo based saxophonist / clarinettist Mathilde Grooss Viddal. Home of Eick/Viddal duo and Friensemblet. All Friensemblet albums from friensemblet.bandcamp.com
Giraffa Records recommends:
Undergroove
by Mathilde Grooss Viddal, Friensemblet
Friensemblet's third album, led by Mathilde Grooss Viddal. "12 musicians across all genres - where jazz, folk, and electronica merges to an elevated entity." - Erling Wicklund
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Come Closer
by Mathilde Grooss Viddal, Friensemblet
Second album from Viddal's Friensemblet group. ”[Here] the artistry is let loose... This is raw, wild and ill-mannered, jazz with no restrictions or rules." - Per Ivar Henriksbø
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Holding Balance
by Mathilde Grooss Viddal, Chateau Neuf Fri Ensemble
Album from Mathilde Grooss Viddal and Chateau Neuf Fri Ensembe, the first incarnation on record of Friensemblet. "Gil Evans surely would stir in his grave to hear this better." - Roald Helgheim
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Inspired by the rhythm & timbre of bellringing, “Pendulums” folds neo-classical, jazz, & even ambient music into a wondrous whole.
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First as Farce
by Hein Westgaard
The Hein Weingard Trio mix free improvisation and controlled composition, making music for avant-garde jazz adventurers.
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