release date:21.10.2022 on Jazzland Records / Punkt Edition
In 2020, the Norwegian duo of Inge Weatherhead Breistein (saxophone) and John Derek Bishop [aka Tortusa] (live sampling) performed a series of five concerts in five separate churches along the west coast of their native Norway. With the aim of exploring both these sites’ unique acoustic profiles and their unique historical resonances, the pair has selected ten shorter etudes from
Jazzland Recordings release BEADY BELLE’s new album, Nothing But The Truth on CD/DL on the 29th April 2022.
Funky soul backbeats, irresistible grooves, timeless electronic elements, angelic harmonies and that perfect voice delivering emotional lyrics with absolute sincerity: it can only be Beady Belle.
release date: 01.04.2022 on Curling Legs Label
Nordic ambient music worth your full attention – MOJO ★ ★ ★ ★
A seductive ambient haze of rarefied beauty – PROG
…marking out a territory between Jon Hassel’s Fourth World music and Harold Budds haunting atmospheres… – ELECTRONIC SOUND
…fans of Aarset and Henriksen will definitely warm to the contemplative pulses and chilly washes on Bre. – JAZZWISE
release date: 24.09.2021 on Arjunamusic Records
Dark Star Safari is a musical entity comprised of Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset, Samuel Rohrer and John Derek Bishop. Their second full-length offering Walk Through Lightly is the first to feature all five musicians together in the studio from the outset, making for a more organic refinement upon their already established methodology: gradually sculpting distinct songs out of collective improvisations, or using the raw material from initial recordings as the basis for more carefully articulated compositions. The final mix is one that invites few
release date: 24.09.2021 on JazzLand Recordings
“Phantasmagoria, or A Different Kind of Journey“, the new album by the The Eivind Aarset 4-Tet, is set for release on Jazzland Recordings on 2LP / CD / DL.
Featuring Eivind Aarset, Wetle Holt, Erland Dahlen and Audun Erlien the album is augmented by Jan Bang, John Derek Bishop (aka Tortusa) and Arve Henriksen.
release date: 26.03.2021 via Jazzland
sonic tapestries blending field recordings with acoustic and electric instruments, often warped into strange new shapes ★★★★ MOJO
a seductive ambient heat haze of rarefied beauty. PROG
a beautifully and slowly evolving album that takes us on a transcendental journey that feels simultaneously unfamiliar, benign and inviting…. Tortusa’s finest and most distinctive work to date
8/10, FUTURE MUSIC
The album has taken three years to create, and features contributions from some of Norway’s finest musicians, including three of his idols: Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Erland Dahlen. “Bre” is composed of ambient experimental music heavily inspired by nature, and takes the listener on an emotional journey. Tortusa paints with sounds, and the music inspires inner visualisation of the story he tells through his weaving and blending of abstract sonic material.
