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Artist:	JAZZKAMMER
Title:	Pulse
Label:	BOTTROP-BOY (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	BBOY 017CD

"Jazzkammer are Lasse Marhaug and John Hegre from Norway. Together they have been making music as Jazzkammer since 1998. Past releases include Timex, Rolex (a remix album), Pancakes and a live album with Merzbow. Jazzkammer are relentless sound explorers with no set style or specific 'sound' -- they move swiftly from hardcore overload electronics and sonic freakouts to lowercase soundscapes and location recordings. Once described as 'sonic architects', Marhaug and Hegre insist they are merely trying to make 'good music'. Pulse was recorded in Singapore during the SARS-crisis in April of 2003. It was inspired by a theatre piece of the same title that they were working on at the same time, though the music on the CD does not resemble that of the play. The album Pulse is a single beautiful 32-minute piece; its basic structure is a drifting electronic drone that slowly unfolds and mutates, with subtle layers of location recordings and vinyl-static adding color and depth. Like last year's Pancakes, Pulse has a cinematic feel to it, a feeling that is further enhanced by the photos of acclaimed photographer Yuen Chee Wai that grace the cover and 12-page booklet."

Artist:	JAZZKAMMER
Title:	Timex
Label:	RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RCD 2014CD

"Jazzkammer is the joining of two Norwegian composer/musicians. John Herge is a guitarist, improviser, and composer who's been making music for over 15 years. He plays in Der Brief, a band often compared to Supersilent. Lasse Marhaug has been networking within the noise/experimental underground for ten years, having been involved in over 100 cassette, vinyl, and CD releases, playing concerts and taking part in countless collaborations. Timex features turntables, field recordings, guitars, static electric atmospheres, samplers, casios, and sine waves. All are used in free improvisation and to create collages. At exactly what time does the final track from an innocent New Year's Eve transform into the soundtrack from one of CNN's war reports? Lasse and John have previously collaborated on the Comfort of Objects CD with Helge Sten (Deathprod/Supersilent)."

Artist:	JAZZKAMMER
Title:	Knitter
Label:	TONSCHACHT (GERMANY)
Format:	7"
Price:	$7.00
Catalog #:	TONS 013

"Knitter is the first 7" from this Norwegian duo -- guitarist, improviser and composer John Hegre (also in Der Brief) and Lasse Marhaug, one of the most productive musicians in the international noise/experimental underground of the last 10 years. Jazzkammer combines timbre sound textures, drones, crashing noise, digitalia, field recordings, turntables, static electric atmospheres, samplers sine waves and location recordings, all used in free improvisation to create fragmented, eclectic and relentless yet focused and massive collages. 'A-sia' might remind you of mixture between the hi-speed electronics of Belgian irregularities scratch pet land and the microsound-turntablism alà Otomo Yoshihide or Martin Tétreault, 'b-sia' begins like 'Pop' defined by the Tochnit Aleph crew, but slowly between layers of distortions there rise sweet, Fenneszian melody as if they were re-arranged by Rudolf E.ber."

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