release date: 25.10.2024 on Rune Grammofon
Five years ago, Elephant9 released two double live albums, Psychedelic Backfire I and II, the latter with guest guitarist Reine Fiske, whose favourite guitarist happened to be Terje Rypdal. With both albums out of print, Catching Fire is a most welcome addition to their discography. Recorded at a remarkable concert from 2017 in Oslo, Rypdal would turn 70 later in the year.
release date: 24.09.2021 via Rune Grammofon
“.…juggernaut drums broken up by staccato Hammond and followed by every shade of jazz and prog underpinned by monster bass ” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ HI FI CHOICE
” The intense mix of guitar, sax, electronics and rums moves effortlessly from spiky, wild pummeling to stealthy and hypnotic ” ★ ★ ★ ★ MOJO
” Q forms a suite of grandly anthem motifs, storm import, clamoring drum tattoos and celestially suspended sax notes ” ★ ★ ★ ★ Editors Choice, JAZZWISE
As David Fricke pointed out in his liner notes to “Q”, the previous album from this expanded edition of Krokofant, this is not just another novelty guest-project. In fact, all the involved were so happy after finishing “Q” that a follow-up was decided upon straight away. So here it is, with four new tunes from guitarist and leader Tom Hasslan, each clocking in between eight and twelve minutes.
