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Lars Horntveth

Lars is a Norwegian composer, musician and producer based in both Oslo, Norway and Los Angeles.

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Jaga Jazzist: '94 - '14

Read "Jaga Jazzist: '94 - '14" reviewed by John Kelman


It's hard to believe that Norway's Jaga Jazzist is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, in 2014. Not that there aren't other groups that have lasted as long, but look for a group whose primary composer was just 14 when the whole thing began, find a band where five out of its eight current members were there when everything started in 1994, and scope out one that has managed to remain as stylistically enigmatic and impossible to categorize as... well, ...

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Album Review

Lars Horntveth: Kaleidoscopic

Read "Kaleidoscopic" reviewed by John Kelman


As a younger demographic increasingly accepts cross-pollination and challenges simple stylistic categorization, there's an increasing number of artists for whom defying boundaries has long since transcended conscious consideration and become, instead, an organic and completely natural modus operandi. Norway's Jaga Jazzist both regularly and successfully disregarded narrow confines and became, instead, something no longer resembling any of the markers that positioned it, while undeniably referencing the multiplicity of influences that made it such a popular group and launching pad for ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

'94 - '14

Ninja Tune
2014

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Kaleidoscopic

Smalltown Supersound
2009

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Kaleidoscopic

The ACT Company
2008

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The Joker

The ACT Company
2004

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