Atmosphères (2016 album)

Atmosphères is a jazz and ambient double studio album by a quartet composed the pianist Tigran Hamasyan, the trumpeter Arve Henriksen, the guitarist Eivind Aarset and the musician Jan Bang. This album was released in the label ECM Records in September 2016.[7]

Atmosphères
Studio album by
Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2016 (2016-09-02)
RecordedMay 2014
StudioAuditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano in Switzerland
GenreAmbient music, jazz and chamber music
Length1:28:55
LabelECM ECM 2414/15
ProducerManfred Eicher
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz (Ackermann)[1]
All About Jazz (Crisafi)[2]
All About Jazz (Sullivan)[3]
All Music[4]
Cutting Edge[5]
The Guardian[6]

Background

The producer, Manfred Eicher had the idea of this quartet with a Deutschlandfunk radio programme, which included an excerpt from a performance at Punkt Festival in Kristiansand, featuring Tigran Hamasyan with Jan Bang, then he brings trumpeter Arve Henriksen and guitarist Eivind Aarset into the project. This album was also made on only three days, and most of the music is improvised.[7]

Reception

Thom Jurek in his review for All Music says that this album is "make for a demanding listen (at least in one sitting). That said, it offers distinctive, illuminating, and abundant rewards to anyone who will encounter it on its own terms."[4]

In The Guardian, John Fordham gave this album three stars and says that "The pairing of Hamasyan and Henriksen, meanwhile, brings an unexpectedly song-based seductiveness to an all-improv session including such hi-tech experimenters as Aarset and Bang."[6]

Track listing

ECM Records – ECM 2414/15.[7]

All music is composed by Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang, except are indicated.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Traces I" 6:52
2."Tsirani Tsar"Komitas Vardapet5:49
3."Traces II" 4:32
4."Traces III" 5:45
5."Traces VI" 5:14
6."Traces V/Garun A"Tigran Hamasyan12:39
7."Traces VI" 4:50
8."Garun A (Var.)"Komitas Vardapet3:51
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Traces VII" 9:28
2."Traces VIII" 5:59
3."Shushiki"Komitas Vardapet4:41
4."Hoy Nazan"Komitas Vardapet3:51
5."Traces IX" 5:53
6."Traces X" 5:56
7."Angel of Girona/Qeler Tsoler"Jan Bang3:35
Total length:1:28:55

Personnel

References
  1. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/atmospheres-tigran-hamasyan-arve-henriksen-eivind-aarset-jan-bang-ecm-records-review-by-karl-ackermann.php
  2. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/atmospheres-tigran-hamasyan-arve-henriksen-eivind-aarset-jan-bang-ecm-records-review-by-rosarita-crisafi.php
  3. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/atmospheres-tigran-hamasyan-ecm-records-review-by-mark-sullivan.php
  4. "Atmosphères (All Music Review)". All Music. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  5. http://www.cuttingedge.be/muziek/tigran-hamasyan-arve-henriksen-eivind-aarset-jan-bang-%E2%80%98atmosph%C3%A8res%E2%80%99
  6. "Atmosphères (The Guardian Review)". The Guardian. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. "Atmosphères". ECM Records. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
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