Molvær, Nils Petter - Solid Ether
Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær's superb album CD Khmer was always going to be a tough act to follow, but follow it he has with Molvær Solid Ether, a rollercoaster of a record that combines all kinds of musical styles. As before ambient meets trip-hop meets dance meets melancholy jazz, all oriented via the cardinal reference points of Molvær's trumpet and the guitar of Eivind Aarset. Patches of what resemble Scandinavian film noir soundtracks meld with the emanations from the turntable of DJ Strangefruit and somehow Molvær's enormous musical intelligence moves over it all, endowing it with form and meaning. ... Above all the electronic collages and the furious, driving beats, the voice which speaks most eloquently is that of Molvær's trumpet.
(The Times)
Nils Petter Molvær, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, synthesizer, electronics, bass, percussion, sound treatments
Eivind Aarset, guitar, electronics
Audun Erlien, bass
DJ Strangefruit, voices, beats, samples, ambience
Per Lindvall, drums
Rune Arnesen, drums
Sidsel Endresen, vocals
Reidar Skår, vocoder
Recorded 1999