release date: 15.04.2022 on Jazzland Recordings
wholly dud-free Bortenfor excels in catalyzing beauty from relatively simple sources. ★ ★ ★ ★ MOJO
Comforting beauty is the consistent, satisfied aim. ★ ★ ★ JAZZWISE
Jazzland Recordings release MARIDALEN’s second album, Bortenfor on CD/DL on the 15th April 2022. The album includes the singles Portrommet and På Nye Eventyr
The Norwegian jazz trio Maridalen takes its name from the scenic valley that lies just north of Oslo city center. With the warm and acoustic sound of double bass, trumpet and woodwind, the trio creates their own musical space that captures different moods and spins small stories. Like its predecessor, this album is also recorded in the old wooden church in Maridalen, but this time the trio also move a little beyond the valley – down to night-lit streets and old apartment buildings. Through these moments, the listener is invited to new adventures; from a city gateway, old and forgotten places are explored: through pictures from a movie, to a ride on a moon bike in dreamland.
The moods and stories are conveyed through a strong collective where the sum is greater than the individual performances – where the space, atmosphere and excitement become an inextricable part of the whole.
The soundscape is intimate, transparent, and provides great opportunity and plenty of space for the three musicians to play. The trio also rounds out the sound with contributions from piano, an old radio and kitchen utensils, in addition to the fact that they have brought with them pedal steel guitarist Emil Brattested on two songs.
MARIDALEN credit Jørgen Nordby
Maridalen: Bortenfor
CD/DL – 15th April 2022
Jazzland Recordings CD 377 945 0
Tracklisting:
1 På nye eventyr 5:22
2 Portrommet 4:44
3 Månesykkel 5:33
4 Der hvor vi ikke kunne gå 3:52
5 Sandermosen 4:56
6 Dørstokken 4:10
7 Silhuett 2:54
8 Bilder fra en film 4:36
9 Danse du soir 3:32
10 I havn 4:04
Line up:
Anders Hefre : saxophones, clarinet
Jonas Kilmork Vemøy : trumpet
Andreas Rodland Haga : double bass
guests:
Aleksander Sjølie : piano
Emil Brattested : pedal steel
Recorded by Aleksander Sjølie and Maridalen at Maridalen kirke in Oslo, June 2021