Week 4

I started this week off playing two tracks from Arve Henriksen and Thomas Stronen, two artists from the excellent Norwegian label Rune Grammofon. Arve Henriksen is a Norwegian Trumpetist and his latest album Strjon is a delicately minimal series of arrangements for trumpet with additional guitar and piano. Thomas Stronen's Pohlitz is filled with highly crafted electronic beats and additional "beatable" instruments. All the songs were done in one take with no overdubs which is pretty amazing considering the how nuanced each sound is and the layering of the arrangements. Check out the Rune Grammofon website for free downloads and their most recent releases.