Artist
Ingar Zach / Ivar Grydeland
Title
Visiting Ants
| Catalog id | Release date | Barcode |
| SOFA502 | 2000-09-25 | 7042986105020 |
Musicians
Ivar Grydeland - electric guitar
Ingar Zach - percussion
Tracks
01 Sofamiliar... (2:14)
02 First Visit (3:46)
03 Sofasticated Lady (5:33)
04 Fiskum Drisk (3:06)
05 Hakavik Loek (2:05)
06 Think Happy Thoughts (2:09)
07 ...But Still Sofanatic (7:46)
08 Darbu (2:42)
09 Dog (5:49)
10 Last Visit (2:24)
About Visiting Ants
Ingar Zach and Ivar Grydeland has worked as a duo for the past two years. They have used their distinctive style of performance to develop a powerful and special sound. Metal plates, bells, bowed guitar and cymbals, electric motors, voice and electronic noise give the duo its unique form of expression. This is a remarkable debut recording.
Reviews
Hi-Fi News
Having proved themselves adept apprentices with the pioneers of British Free Improvisation, they now record together. Their duo makes a useful comparison to that of Eugene Chadbourne and John Zorn: these musicians find in Free Improvisation a space to breathe, relishing the music's ability to absorbe sheer physicality, destruction and humour into the dialogue. The closer here, «Last Visit» sounds like if Zach is splintering his drumsticks, yet everything is integrated with finesse. -- read the whole review»
Jazz Review
«Think Happy Thoughts» plunges us into the sort of electronically distorted white noise that makes Jimi Hendrix sound like Nelson Riddle... -- read the whole review»
All Music Guide
«The performance shines and bristles. They are having fun — so are listeners.» -- read the whole review»
Jazz Weekly
The webmagazine Jazz Weekly has reviewed the CDs «visiting ants» and «llaer»: «To sum up: two discs, three musicians, many ways to approach improvised music. Both CDs deserve investigation, not only for the minute unfolding of a new Bailey partnership, but also to hear two young Norwegians evolving their version of the freest of musics.» -- read the whole review»
Aftenposten
Aftenposten/Oslo Puls has elected Visiting Ants by Ingar Zach and Ivar Grydeland as one of the 100 best CDs in year 2000 — without regard to category. -- read the whole review»
Dagbladet
«...lydmaleriene inneholder flere sterke scener der de framføres med lydhør kommunikasjon og innlevelse.» -- read the whole review»
Stavanger Aftenblad
«Egentlig er det grenseløst irriterende...» -- read the whole review»
PULS
«Hvis kompromissløs frijazz er din greie, så har du kommet helt rett her...» -- read the whole review»