Helge_Lien_Trio-Hello_Troll-2008-SnS

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    ▀▀▓▓█▌               Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll                ░
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      ▀▀▄▓▒▓   Artist .....: Helge Lien Trio                        ▓▒▓
        ▐█▓▓   Title ......: Hello Troll                            ▓▓█
        ▀██▓   Year .......: 2008                                   ▓██
         ██▓   Genre ......: Jazz                                   ▓██
         ███   Label ......: Ozella Music                           ▓██
         ███   Source .....: CD                                     ▓█▓
         ███   Bitrate ....: 195 kbps avg                           ██▓
         ███   khz ........: 44.1                                   █▓▓
         ███   Mode .......: Joint Stereo                           ██▓
         ██▓   Encoder ....: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new               ██▓
         ██▓   Reldate ....: 2009-03-29                             ▓██
         ██▓   Storedate ..: 2008-00-00                             ▓██
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  ███▌  Tracklist ▀                                          ███
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  ███   1.  Gamut Warning                               4:41 ███
  ███   2.  Axis Of Free Will                           4:52 ███
  ███   3.  Radio                                       7:20 ███
  ███   4.  Troozee                                     5:03 ███
  ███   5.  Diverted Dance                              6:51 ███
  ███   6.  It Is What It Is But It Is                  7:28 ███
  ███   7.  Halla Troll                                 6:29 ███
  ███   8.  Snurt                                       4:50 ███
  ███   9.  In The Wind Somewhere                       5:37 ███
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                ██▓   It's nearly impossible to keep up with the           ▓██
                ██▓   Norwegian jazz scene. Considering the country's      ▓██
                ██▓   population is about one-quarter the size of New      ▓██
                ██▓   York City's Greater Metropolitan Area, the           ▓██
                ██▓   vibrancy, diversity and sheer amount of music        ▓██
                ██▓   coming out of this small country is astounding.      ▓██
                ██▓   Pianist Helge Lien and his trio may be unknown to    ▓██
                ██▓   most North Americans, but they've already got five   ▓██
                ██▓   albums to their name and have racked up              ▓██
                ██▓   achievements, including a 2002 Norwegian Grammy      ▓██
                ██▓   nomination. Hello Troll is Helge Lien Trio's sixth   ▓██
                ██▓   release, and a terrific introduction to its many     ▓██
                ██▓   strengths.                                           ▓██
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                ██▓   Lien's trio, along with bassist Frode Berg and       ▓██
                ██▓   drummer Knut Aalefl?t, has been together long        ▓██
                ██▓   enough to possess the same kind of telepathy that's  ▓██
                ██▓   made e.s.t.'s final disc, Leucocyte (ACT, 2008)      ▓██
                ██▓   such a career-defining record. Collective            ▓██
                ██▓   improvisation is a significant component; still,     ▓██
                ██▓   like its Swedish counterpart, the trio is            ▓██
                ██▓   predisposed to form, melody and groove. Unlike       ▓██
                ██▓   e.s.t., however, Hello Troll is an all-acoustic      ▓██
                ██▓   affair, recorded by legendary ECM engineer Jan Erik  ▓██
                ██▓   Kongshaug at the legendary Rainbow Studio in Oslo    ▓██
                ██▓   with his characteristic attention to detail,         ▓██
                ██▓   clarity and transparency.                            ▓██
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                ██▓   Shades of Dave Holland pervade the opening "Gamut    ▓██
                ██▓   Warning," where a potent bass vamp drives nearly     ▓██
                ██▓   five minutes of extended soloing by Lien, but a      ▓██
                ██▓   challenging 7-8-7-9 metric shift keeps everyone on   ▓██
                ██▓   their toes. Lien's slow-build, where space is a      ▓██
                ██▓   strong component in keeping the tension high even    ▓██
                ██▓   as the dynamics ebb and flow, is relentless despite  ▓██
                ██▓   its ultimate fade to black. "Axis of Free Will"      ▓██
                ██▓   possesses some of Brad Mehldau's cerebralism and     ▓██
                ██▓   oblique lyricism but, like that pianist's            ▓██
                ██▓   trioùespecially since drummer Jeff Ballard came      ▓██
                ██▓   aboardùthere's an unmistakable energy and visceral   ▓██
                ██▓   interaction between the three members that still     ▓██
                ██▓   makes it an exciting ride.                           ▓██
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                ██▓   Swing may be one of the definers of the American     ▓██
                ██▓   tradition, but it's the rubato temporal elasticity   ▓██
                ██▓   of time, even as the music aims for a deeper         ▓██
                ██▓   melodism, that distances Lien's trio from any        ▓██
                ██▓   references to young American piano trios. The        ▓██
                ██▓   pensive "Radio" has form, with changes that run      ▓██
                ██▓   through its seven-minute exploration of democratic   ▓██
                ██▓   exploration, but time is fluid, with nary a pulse    ▓██
                ██▓   to be found. Berg's arco, during the tune's dark,    ▓██
                ██▓   classically informed melody, creates more texture    ▓██
                ██▓   than harmony, while Aalefl?t also plays colorist.    ▓██
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                ██▓   The Latin-informed "Troozee" works within more       ▓██
                ██▓   conventional form despite its odd meter. Time,       ▓██
                ██▓   changes and melody set up another lengthy solo from  ▓██
                ██▓   Lien, running the gamut from long, serpentine lines  ▓██
                ██▓   to repeat motifs which help build thematic tautness  ▓██
                ██▓   that ultimately demand release. The title track      ▓██
                ██▓   plays with an idiosyncratic cued intro, leading to   ▓██
                ██▓   a powerful, chord-driven groove that dissolves into  ▓██
                ██▓   total free play before gradually regaining form,     ▓██
                ██▓   another example of the trio's empathic               ▓██
                ██▓   improvisational acumen.                              ▓██
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                ██▓   In a manner that doesn't create a muss or a fuss,    ▓██
                ██▓   Helge Lien Trio delivers an impressive set while     ▓██
                ██▓   avoiding any signs of self-indulgence or             ▓██
                ██▓   unnecessary demonstration. Well worth watching, the  ▓██
                ██▓   2008 Kongsberg Jazz Festival got it right when they  ▓██
                ██▓   awarded the trio the celebrated DnBNor Musicians     ▓██
                ██▓   Award.                                               ▓██
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01-helge_lien_trio-gamut_warning.mp36,96 MB
02-helge_lien_trio-axis_of_free_will.mp36,93 MB
03-helge_lien_trio-radio.mp39,93 MB
04-helge_lien_trio-troozee.mp37,38 MB
05-helge_lien_trio-diverted_dance.mp39,30 MB
06-helge_lien_trio-it_is_what_it_is_but_it_is.mp310,20 MB
07-helge_lien_trio-halla_troll.mp38,78 MB
08-helge_lien_trio-snurt.mp37,02 MB
09-helge_lien_trio-in_the_wind_somewhere.mp37,66 MB