A Zooloy of the Future (Clean Feed 2016)

by Jonas Cambien Trio

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The first album by Jonas Cambien Trio, released by Clean Feed on Compact Disc.

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1.	Gulf 03:24	buy track
2.	We the King 04:43	buy track
3.	Clap 03:41	buy track
4.	Times 03:10	buy track
5.	Helium 03:58	buy track
6.	Frosk 03:34	buy track
7.	Sing 04:52	buy track
8.	We the People 08:13	buy track
9.	Clap (Alternate take) 01:48	buy track
10.	Times (Alternate take) 02:03	buy track

about

Belgian-born, but living in Oslo and being strongly involved in the Norwegian scene, pianist Jonas Cambien makes his debut as a band leader with two of Norway’s most exciting players from the younger generation.
Cambien has a particular view of the way improvisation and written material can intertwine. Influenced by textures and methods of free improvised music, his compositions function as a sort of toolbox with a limited set of surprisingly simple ideas that form a starting point for complex improvisation and interplay. Out of abstract landscapes, a collage of recognizable rhythmic and melodic elements emerge, drawn back into abstraction by obsessive repetition.
One can hear a broad range of references, from jazz to contemporary music to folk music from non-existing countries, revealing the diverse backgrounds in which the musicians have been working. Drummer Andreas Wildhagen provides energetic rhythms with a healthy dose of free jazz, and reed player André Roligheten orchestrates with a broad pallet of sounds on bass clarinet and saxophones. On two tracks Roligheten plays tenor- and soprano saxophone simultaneously, making his horns sound like an african brass band, and making the band sound much larger than a trio. A solo by Cambien can go to Ligeti-land, revealing his classical background, and patterns of prepared piano sound like small malfunctioning machines.
All music is acoustic and recorded live by the trio themselves in their practice room, which gives the sound a DIY touch, and the music a raw, spontaneous energy.
“A Zoology of the Future” is very much like a box of surprises, one after the other after the other, for our astonished pleasure.

credits

released May 15, 2016

André Roligheten soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet
Andreas Wildhagen drums
Jonas Cambien piano

All compositions by Jonas Cambien except “Clap” by Andreas Wildhagen
All arrangements by André Roligheten, Andreas Wildhagen and Jonas Cambien

Recorded by Jonas Cambien trio at Fabrikken, Oslo | Mixed by Kyrre Laastad | Mastered by Christian Obermayer
Produced by Jonas Cambien | Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design by Travassos

The album title is borrowed from Dougal Dixons book After Man: A Zoology of the Future

''Cambien's fierce intent has yielded impressive results and many will be looking forward to his next move.'' ( * * * * * )
John Sharpe on allaboutjazz.com

''One of the best recordings of the year.'' ( * * * * * )
Marcin Jachnik on multikulti.com

''Cambien is (…) an inspiring pianist. His trio has created a unique, poetic and suggestive music with a long-lasting aesthetics.''
Bjarne Søltoft in Jazznytt

''...a welcome and rather unanticipated surprise for 2016.'' (* * * *)
Glenn Astarita on allaboutjazz.com

''If this album represents the sound of the future (as its title suggests), I won’t complain. It’s three men, a pile of instruments, and an aversion to musical convention. Mix those all together, and you get the wild racket that is A Zoology of the Future. Highly recommended!'' (* * * * 1/2)
Derek Stone on freejazzblog.org