Eick, Mathias - Skala
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Mathias Eick: trumpet, vibraphone, electric guitar, double-bass; Tore Brunborg: tenor saxophone; Andreas Ulvo: piano; Morten Qvenild: keyboards; Audun Erlien: electric bass; Torstein Lofthus: drums; Gard Nilssen: drums; Sidsel Walstad: harp
Link to e-cardNorwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick's new album extends the concept and the panoramic sweep of his ECM debut "The Door" (recorded 2007). "It's wider and bigger in all directions," Eick says. "Skala" calls upon the services of more musicians - including, at times, two drummers - and there is more detail in the arrangements. What hasn't changed is the emphasis on the lyrical soloist at the centre of the production. Eick's elegant trumpet now has a larger space in which to sing.
"Skala" was crafted, Eick explains, like a pop production. Where most ECM discs are famously completed in three or four days, this project began with five weeks in Oslo's Cabin Recorders Studio. At the outset, Mathias was mostly alone, sketching demos on a variety of instruments, then inviting players in as needed. The project moved on to Bugge Wesseltoft's studio, vibraphone was added at Pooka Studio, and the album was completed at Rainbow Studio where it was mixed by Mathias, co-producer Manfred Eicher and engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug.
"Skala" pools new and older compositions, all written by Mathias, and inspired, he says, by music from classical to pop. The title tune is one that the trumpeter says has been following him "for many years", its network of inspirations including Sting's 1993 song "Shape of My Heart". It is one of two pieces on the disc to incorporate the expressive saxophone of Tore Brunborg.