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Svein Rikard Mathisen
Svein Rikard is the founder of the group Somebody's Quartet, which features on Mathisens debut as a leader, COPENHAGEN DIARIES (2015). The album is critically acclaimed in various countries around the world, and the music was written during his five year stay in the danish capital (2010-2015). Mathisen has stated himself that it was: created in moments where couriosity meets nightmares and self-imposed pressure meets coffein. Curling Legs A/S stated upon its release that: Copenhagen Diaries stands as an excellent example of originality and exquisite interplay from a new generation of nordic jazz musicians. In 2015 Mathisen eventually moved back to Norway, but he had a strategy in mind for the sequel, and on October 6th 2017, MONSTERS was released, continuing the project's gradually expansion across Europe. The album is a conceptual piece, drawing most of its atmospheric influences from the brilliant novel The Snowman, written by Jo Nesbø in 2008 (not to be mistaken for the movie, with the same name).
Svein Rikard also co-leads the group Mathisen/Breistein with saxophonist Inge W. Breistein. The duo focuses on composing pieces of music together with the timbre of the saxophone and guitar in mind. The melodies and the music are remarkably different, than what Mathisen composes for his solo project. In this project the textures of sound is more in focus, which has lead Mathisen down a new path - The focus on sound in general. Mathisen/Breistein presented their commission work, MUTANT at the Nattjazz festival in Bergen in 2017. They will release their first album together in 2018, GADGETS, on AMP Music & Records.
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Mathisen, Breistein: Gadgets
by Neri Pollastri
Protagonista di questo lavoro è un quartetto di musicisti scandinavi (tre norvegesi e un danese) codiretto dal sassofonista Inge Weatherhead Breistein e dal chitarrista Svein Rikard Mathisen, coautori anche delle musiche. La cifra è molto moderna, basata su composizioni lontane dalla forma degli standard, aperte ma molto narrative e attraversate in filigrana da un certo lirismo. I tempi sono perlopiù medio-lenti, ma il clima è tutt'altro che nordeuropeo, rimandando invece assai più all'attuale musica statunitense. Sax tenore e ...
read moreSvein Rikard Mathisen: Copenhagen Diaries
by Eyal Hareuveni
Copenhagen Diaries documents Norwegian, Bergen-based guitarist Svein Rikard Mathisen experiences while studying at the acclaimed Rhythmic Music Conservatory in the Danish capital, an era described by him as a twilight zone" where curiosity meets nightmares and angst meets caffeine." Fortunately, Matisen experiences were processed into an appealing yet complex compositions, reflecting the dramatic emotional turmoil of that seminal time. Mathisen core quartet feature Swedish pianist William Larsson and double bassist Paul Hinz and Danish drummer Andreas ...
read more"A guitarist with a clear, classic jazz tone and remarkable fluency of improvisation.." - Peter Bacon, 2015
"His intricately crafted, original compositions flow with fast shifting, inventive ideas that gravitate toward complex harmonic structures. Echoing at times early Pat Metheny and the singing voicing of Ben Monder. A promising debut." - Eyal Hareuveni
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson