Artist.......: Einar Stray
Album........: Live At Bi Nuu (Berlin)
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Alternative
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-07-01
Str.date.....: 2012-05-16
Quality......: 222kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.einarstray.no/
track title time
1. Live At Bi Nuu (Berlin) 31:00
Runtime 31:00
Size 49.41
Release Notes:
"Pretty much every track I've heard from him makes me think 'Damn, why has it
taken me this long to find him'. Seriously. He's that good." û The 405
"It is an art to create music that seem to drift around unhindered, floating on
piano and strings, all the time sharply controlled. Einar Stray has done it." û
TV2
"Einar Stray delights, surprises, fascinates and captivates" û Aftenposten
Music writers are a special group of people. Their love for and knowledge of
music is certain, but the sheer amount they are exposed to makes it a very rare
thing for them to be completely blown away by a song. With the music of 20 year
old Norwegian Einar Stray, however, this is more often the case than it's not,
as music writers from all over have cast their inhibitions aside and written
straight up tributes to his music. When listening to Chiaroscuro, the brand new
debut album of this young prodigy, one can do little less than join in the ranks
of those who praise this remarkable piece of music.
Stray's compositions are truly advanced, and tracks some times go on for up to
eight minutes without the listener ever feeling the slightest bit of boredom or
inattentiveness. The music just sucks you in. Stray's simple piano chords and
deep voice are the centrepieces of these incredible compositions that are
steadily getting a growing audience not only in Norway, but also all over the
world. Driven forward by strings, drums and bass, and sprinkled with horns,
synthesizers, samples, guitars and kazoos, these arrangements are never over the
top, just perfectly planned and executed. Isn't it amazing when some one really
risks everything and sets their artistic target incredibly high, only to reach
it brilliantly?