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Silent Fires
The band reunites four young emerging talents from the European improvised music scene: singer Karoline Wallace, trumpeter/soundscaper Hilde Marie Holsen, violinist Håkon Aase and pianist Alessandro Sgobbio.
Silent Fires performs and improvises on stage with contemporary dancer Synne Garvik, offering a multi-art experience of improvised music and realtime choreography.
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Silent Fires: Forests
by Angelo Leonardi
Non è solo un affascinante progetto elettroacustico questo debutto del quartetto italo-norvegese Silent Fires, comprendente Alessandro Sgobbio al pianoforte (autore di tutte le composizioni), Hilde Marie Holsen alla tromba ed elettronica, Håkon Aase al violino e percussioni e la cantante Karoline Wallace. In opere simili è molto forte il rischio di cadere in superficialità, eccessi estetizzanti oppure astruse e ridondanti sperimentazioni. Gli undici brani del disco si mantengono invece in esemplare equilibrio tra composizione e libera improvvisazione, canto e poesia, ...
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by John Eyles
Silent Fires is a quartet which brings together Italian pianist and composer Alessandro Sgobbio with three renowned Norwegians, violinist Håkon Aase, vocalist Karoline Wallace and trumpeter Hilde Marie Holsen--whose one-woman album Lazuli (Hubro, 2018) was very well received. As the YouTube clip below shows, in concert the four are often joined onstage by contemporary dancer and real-time choreographer Synne Garvik. While the four musicians are all experienced improvisers, their debut album Forests is not freely improvised but consists of eleven ...
read moreA perfect fusion between contemporary acidifications and North-European melodic masses. Musica Jazz (IT) — Album of the month
An album full of suppleness, inventiveness, emotion, abstraction and sensuality. Captivating. Silence and sound (FR)
A very exciting musical excursion with very talented people. A wonderful collective. Nettavisen (NO)
An enchanting sound that ECM boss Manfred Eicher probably would sign for. Jazzradar (NL)
Superbly meditative, immersive - like the most delicate Arvo Pärt. His Voice (CZ)
Jon Balke
pianoNorma Winstone
vocalsArve Henriksen
trumpetNils Petter Molvaer
trumpetSidsel Endresen
vocalsNils Okland
violinSinikka Langeland
vocalsBjörk
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