Elvesang, by Sigurd Hole solo

Elvesang

by Sigurd Hole solo

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Signed copy, 180 g 12" Vinyl in standard cover with printed inner sleeve. Beautiful artwork by Jonas H. Sjøvaag.

"Elvesang is a quiet, introspective album where Hole's instrumental mastery always comes second to the music itself [..] an album of profound beauty" John Kelman, www.allaboutjazz.com/elvesang-sigurd-hole-elvesang-review-by-john-kelman.php

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Signed copy, comes in a 6-page gatefold cover with beautiful artwork by Jonas H. Sjøvaag.

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1.	Prelude 05:36	buy track
2.	Soloppgang 04:36	buy track
3.	Torden 01:26	buy track
4.	Tre 05:43	buy track
5.	Fugler 02:12	buy track
6.	Løvskimmer 00:52	buy track
7.	Løvskimmer 04:03	buy track
8.	Regn 02:55	buy track
9.	Skogdans 02:43	buy track
10.	Månemørke 03:57	buy track
11.	Kornaks 01:28	buy track
12.	Elvesang 06:23	buy track

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*Recommended* by The New York City Jazz Record
“Beautiful and masterful” - Eyal Hareuveni, salt-peanuts.eu
“Vulnerable, naked and intense” - Eivind Strømstad, HA
“Einen überaus kreativen solist” - Klaus Halama (sound-and-image.de)
“Eine Platte auf hohem künstlerischen Niveau” - Manfred Krug, Vinyl-fan.de)

Excerpt from review by John Kelman, allaboutjazz.com

"A wooden church may, for some, be far from an ideal recording facility, but it was clearly the perfect place for Hole to shape Elvesang. The intrusion of outside sounds, ranging from thunder and bird sounds to gentle rain on the roof, only add to the album's overall nature-driven ambiance, made all the more so by the room's lovely natural reverb. It may be a bold move for Hole to make his first release under his own name a solo bass record, but even when it reaches beyond melody to more adventurous texture and color, Elvesang is an album of profound beauty and, more often than not, calming quietude. A recording that trades nuanced, delicate evocations for the merely obvious, Elvesang is all the more impressive—and captivating—for it."

read the whole review here:
www.allaboutjazz.com/elvesang-sigurd-hole-elvesang-review-by-john-kelman.php

Press release 19.01:
Elvesang (eng.: River song) is Norwegian bass player Sigurd Holes new solo double bass album, set for release in January 2018. The album is a result of his long-lasting exploration of the double bass as a medium of sound inspired by amongst other things Norwegian folk music and the Japanese bamboo flute Shakuhachi. As the album title suggests, sounds arising in nature is another important source of inspiration. Through a combination of different playing techniques and tunings, soundscapes, textures and rhythms with a wide dynamic range are created. At times powerful, like the sound of roaring thunder, at times almost inaudible like the sound of a dewdrop falling to the ground.

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released January 19, 2018

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Sigurd Hole Oslo, Norway

As a bassist Sigurd Hole represents an innovative approach to his instrument strongly influenced by Norwegian folk music and nature. In 2018 he released his first two albums
as a leader. The follow up solo album "Lys / Mørke" came in 2020. 2022 sees the release of "Roraima" - an ensemble work for 7 players and field recordings from the Amazon rainforest. ... more

discography

Roraima

Feb 2022
Lys / Mørke

Feb 2020
Elvesang

Jan 2018
Encounters

Apr 2018

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