The debut album from this artist from Norway.
Andre Drage did the drums and percussion on this album.
He got help from a quartet of musicians who added bass, guitars, violin, organ, synths and effects.
Andre Drage has been active in the jazz and rock scene for many years before he started his own record label Drage Records and released no less than two albums this year... so far. Maybe several more albums are under way. I will review his second album Wolves later this summer.
Although he label this album as a fusion album, it does comes across as a jazz album. A bit ethno jazz but still a jazz album.
There is a lot of violins in the vein of Jean Luc Ponty here. There is also some good organ, synths and off course drums here. The guitars sometimes sounds like saxophones too.
The music is more of the dense solos orientated type of jazz than melodic jazz. Hence, the music comes across as more eclectic than melodic. The melodies are here, but they are not so obvious and not so easy listening.
I am a bit of a newcomer to the jazz scene.... Well, I have been that for the last fifteen years and probably should know this genre a bit better by now... but I really like what I hear here. The music is tight and it has a lot of very interesting details.
This is indeed a good album and one that has opened my eyes for this drummer. I cannot wait for more music from Andre Drage.
3 points
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