Nils Okland Band – Kjolvatn (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Hard on the heels of his critically-lauded – and distortion-saturated – collaboration with rock players in ‘lumen drones’ comes the next fine album from norway’s hardanger fiddle master.

The idiosyncratic Norwegian musician Nils Økland (fiddle / violin / viola d’amore) has had a diverse career. On this sixth album ‘Kjølvatn’ he has put together a brand new band consisting of some of the leading musicians in Norway: Rolf-Erik Nystrom (saxophone), Sigbjørn Apeland (harmonium), Håkon Mørch Stene (percussion), Mats Eilertsen (double bass).

Økland has played as a solist with several major orchestras, written music for London Sinfonietta, film, ballet and theater and played on records with Christian Wallumrød, Arve Henriksen, Åsne Valland Nordli and Bjørnar Andresen, to mention a few. He has previously published solo album ‘Monograph’ and the duo ‘Lysøen’ along with Sigbjørn Apeland on ECM. Before this he released the albums ‘Bris’ and ‘Straum’ on Rune Grammofon and the self published debut ‘Blå Harding’. Nils plays in rock trio Lumen Drones (ECM), who released a critically acclaimed debut album last October and in the improvisation band 1982. Both as a performer and composer he has built bridges between folk, Jazz and improvised music.

Økland himself describes the music on ‘Kjølvatn’ this way: ‘In my work as a professional violinist in the last 30 years, I have moved between a wide wide range of genres from classical violin to Balkan folk, rock and punk, jazz and free improvisation, to Norwegian folk music. I’ve always composed my own material inspired by all these expressions; a hybrid between folk music poetry and punk energy. In early baroque music – another musical style I let myself be inspired by – it was common to have sketches as the basis for making music. In this band we work with methods that are inspired by this.’

Tracklist:
1. Mali 04:06
2. Undergrunn 06:19
3. Drev 04:21
4. Kjølvatn 05:17
5. Puls 08:17
6. Fivreld 05:14
7. Start 03:06
8. Skugge 03:47
9. Blå harding 04:48
10. Amstel 04:07

Personnel:
Nils Økland, viola d’amore, hardanger fiddle, violin
Rolf-Erik Nylstrøm, saxophone
Sigbjørn Apeland, harmonium
Håkon Mørch Stene, percussion, vibraphone
Mats Eilertsen, double bass

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