''Oofotr II'' (released 2001 in Norway by

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– HCD 7169) is a Norwegian studio album by the band

Oofotr Oofotr is a Norwegian music group consisting of jazz musicians from Narvik Municipality. They arrange traditional music from Ofoten and had their debut in Kjeldebotn Church, 1994 with music contributions from local historian Magnus Pettersen from ...

performing

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from

Ofoten Ofoten is a districts of Norway, traditional district in Nordland county in Northern Norway. It consists of Evenes Municipality, Narvik Municipality, and Lødingen Municipality. It is named after the main fjord, Ofotfjorden, which is at the cent ...

, like World Ambient, in a Nordic Traditional style.

Review

''Oofotr II'' is the second album from this acclaimed Norwegian jazz trio. The project of presenting electronic versions of traditional music from Ofoten in Nordland, is resilient and deserve attention. Keyboardist Jørn Øien and Arve Furset, drummer Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk and vocalist Kjersti Stubø creates intense soundscapes, heavily melody-based, but with a wide enough range of rhythms, harmonies, beats and timbres that they are far more interesting music to listen to, than a lot of other computer based music. The term ambient world is printed on the cover, and it may so be, but the album consists of a series of fine tunes anyway.

Reception

The review by the Norwegian newspaper

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awarded the album dice 4.

Personnel

;Standard lineup * Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk – drums and percussions * Jørn Øien – keyboards *

Kjersti Stubø Kjersti Aasan Stubø (born 25 April 1970) is a Norwegian jazz musician vocalist, daughter and musical successor of Jazz guitarist Thorgeir Stubø (1943–1986), mother of elektronica musician Mathias Stubø (b. 1992), and sister of Jazz guitaris ...

– vocals ;Additional musicians * Arve Furset – keyboard *

Gunnar Andreas Berg Gunnar Andreas Berg (born 14 January 1954) is a Norwegian musician, educator, owner of the record label "Bergland Productions". He is known from cooperations with musicians like Palle Mikkelborg, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Bjørn Alterhaug, Siri Gjær ...

– guitar *Ivar Gafseth – vocals

Track listing

#«Meeting of the Hidden» (5:35), vocals by Ivar Gafseth #«The Soul» (4:56) #«New World» (3:34) #«The Message» (6:42) #«Walking in the Desert» (4:01) #«O Lam jeg Ser» (3:13) #«Poorboy» (4:41) #«Where You Go» (6:51) #«Land Of Babel» (5:15), feat. Gunnar Andreas Berg (mixed by Rune Holme) #«The Face» (6:42)

Credits

*Featuring Arve Furset *All titles based on trad folk songs from Ofoten, Norway *Recorded and mixed in Volt Studio,

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*Engineer Arve Furset *Mastered in Skansen Lydstudio,

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, by Stein Brattland *Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 produced by Arve Furset and Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk *Tracks 3, 5, 9 produced by Arve Furset and Jørn Øien *Executive producer: Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Oofotr albums