John Hegre
Axis
The initial vinyl edition comes with a CD. The debut album from this Norwegian-American trio consists of two long tracks that move between intimate lyricism and hardcore expressionism, shaping one of the strongest free jazz offerings we have heard for quite some time. Filipino-American Jon Irabagon has topped both the Rising Star Alto Saxophone and the Rising Star Tenor Saxophone categories in Down Beat´s critics polls and been named one of Time Out New York´s 25 New York City Jazz Icons. Among …
A Nice Place To Leave
John Hegre is one half of norwegian improv duo Jazzkammer (Smalltown Supersound, Rune Grammofon) w/ Lasse Marhaug and Bergen's pop sensation Kaptein Kaliber (Telle). While he has released a massive amount of music with the latter two projects and as a member of Der Brief "A Nice Place To Leave" could be considered his solo debut (though he has released a few solo tracks on a project CD w/ Marhaug and Supersilent's Helge Sten). "A Nice Place To Leave" is music beyond improvisation, composition, g…
Ballads
"Ballads“ ist the first collaborative album by two key figures of the Norwegian noise, improv, experimental, whatever-you-call-it music scene. Anyone expecting a rackety wall of distorted feedback guitars and voices will be gently surprised though by the sparse and intimate sketches to be found on this wonderful record. Songs are stripped down to their raw bones using only the most essential elements to reveal the soul behind every single sound. Superfluous effects seem to be completely absent,…
Colors don’t clash
Finally, here it is! An album we’ve been waiting for since starting the label a few years ago and it was worth waiting every minute. While maintaining a busy release and tour schedule with Jazzkammer (now called Jazkamer, a duo with Lasse Marhaug) which recently included their new glorious metal album for Smalltown Supersound (aptly titled „Metal Music Machine“), the „Panic“ CD on the Bottrop-Boy label and concerts all over the world (including South America, South East Asia, Japan, etc.), his m…